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It's possible to run simultaneous total station data and levelling, I think, but difficult. I don't do it.?ÿ I do run 3d adjustments almost exclusivel...
During my time in OK I put a lot more time and effort into recoveries than anyone else I was working with, and endured a lot of resistance from cowork...
I use Google Earth. It's the poor man's GIS. In concert with StarNet's ability to export KML files, which import nicely to Google Earth. As long as yo...
If your engineering projects are parking lots, heck even a drone would work for the topo.... Except for the need to set out control for the photograph...
The use of "reputably" just means that writer had some documentation saying that your family owned the property but that he didn't have proof that it ...
Posted by: Just A. Surveyor Mark, I used a trailer for a long time but it is a P.I.T.A.. Easy to load but cumbersome for maneuverability and backing a...
I don't see why there should be a problem with Mr. Dontstink demanding that the land be split the way he wanted it.?ÿI do have trouble with him being ...
Service bodies come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. So do 4 wheelers. I'm sure if you got a service body on an F350 you would have no problem g...
I'm a HP fan. But if the students already have TIs I can't see making them buy HPs just for the class. Frankly, only a few of them will go on to use a...
Posted by: Andy Bruner Isn't Ford the one with the aluminum bed? ?ÿ Andy Sure, but only on the latest ones. Not the 2005s. I found out a few years ago...
There is precious little that has been written on the subject of control for tall buildings.?ÿ
Posted by: Jim Frame Don't forget the incremental cost of liability exposure.?ÿ If the sub screws up, the damage claim is coming to you first. The sub...
GPS and GLONASS have different orbital periods so, one being a function of the other, they naturally orbit at different heights. No surprise there. Ac...
I really work at having only one Point of Beginning and no "commencing point" or "true point of beginning".?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿ Beginning at a point which bear...
This is a skill that should be among the first things that entry level field hands should be taught but a lot of PLS's have never learned. Pretty goo...
I'm?ÿ with Peter on this one. Sometimes, not often, one line is independent of the others. More frequently you make measurements to monuments not on t...
A local surveyor by the name of Clarence Pace recorded hand drafted surveys in Washington County, Oregon as late as 2005.?ÿ I'm not aware of any anyon...