Last seen: August 3, 2025 1:00 pm
I would not think of using "Theodolite" for any real surveying stakeout work. It's a handy way to get location information on photos. Nothing more.?ÿ
Field to Finish, raw data files, and digital photographs mostly do what field notes once did, and do it better.?ÿ What gets my goat is how many survey...
Rover83's description is a good one. I'd just like to add that Carlson comes out of the box with '"+7" as the begin line code instead of something mor...
I like to examine and edit my data while my memories are still fresh. So I download and edit immediately after returning from the field.?ÿ To prevent ...
Field crew sketches scene with South up on the page and fails to include a north arrow.?ÿ Office puke fails to realize that. Produces corner record in...
@chris-mills i did say ??in theory?. To illustrate the point. In practice one would be foolish to not drop a nail or some such.
@rover83 On the subject of forced centering traverses - forced centering removes centering error from the overall traverse, but not from the individu...
@tim-v-pls I'm not sure what happened..... I ..uh, Norman...made a comment about Prevailing Wage to the effect that he doesn't really like the idea, ...
There is a little box of Tuna Salad and crackers thing - find it alongside the tinned tuna in the store - that makes a decent field lunch.?ÿ?ÿ
The tool I use is a calculator. For software I might employ Excel.
Judging by the 5' easement along that line, the fence might be no more than few inches over the line, at most. Given that fences have some width, and ...
It's fairly common for people to get irrational ideas about where their property line is.?ÿ They never call for a survey because that would be rationa...
@loyal I think otherwise. Operating a GPS receiver is a skill anyone can pick up in a few hours. Knowing where to operate it, that is quite another t...
@half-bubble In Oklahoma, the crews all had a total station but they used them so infrequently that they were less than comfortable using them. So I ...
In western Washington and Oregon probably more than 75% of all survey work is done with a total station. In fact, there are a number of companies in t...
@field-dog I think that you are going to need some more evidence before you can proceed with setting corners. It is indeed unusual, although not unhe...
@field-dog IMO, the assumption is that curves are tangent unless they clearly and positively aren't. Remembering that?ÿ highway curves often have spi...
@thebionicman Highway right of way monuments in Oklahoma are generally only very crudely positioned. Paden has written of how, in the past, they were...
Day 2 going well, technologically speaking. 'Most everyone has found their mute buttons.