[INDENT].....had McCarthy found original monuments set by Bonner in South Avenue (or monuments set by others and known to perpetuate the positions of ...

Looks like a vertical bust to me. I'd be looking at the zenith residuals and where they are high I'd be checking the measure ups in the corresponding...

Field Dog, post: 440237, member: 9186 wrote: Are there any free least squares adjustment programs I can play with? Bill93, post: 440249, member: 87 w...

aliquot, post: 440202, member: 2486 wrote: Per the previous discussed case this would be the wrong way to go in Montana. I haven't fully digested thi...

Surveyor In Training, post: 440055, member: 10308 wrote: The surveyor my father worked under had a typewriter that typed the symbol for degree. When m...

Seriously, if you dig a fairly deep plug out you won't cut the roots, and things should be good.The soil here in Oregon has a lot of clay and a plug h...

aliquot, post: 440176, member: 2486 wrote: What purpose is there to reject it, what is the benefit of moving a boundary by 0.2 feet? Why give away ri...

Green paint.

aliquot, post: 440167, member: 2486 wrote: So you would pincushion a monument that was caused to be set by DOT We have to accept that some monuments ...

The tack in the cap is the "piece de resistance". Pin cushioning the pin cushion.Portland is also very smoky. The morning and evening sun is deep oran...

Substantial features observed in the process of conducting the survey fieldwork (in addition to the improvements and features required underpursuant t...

Rankin_File, post: 440117, member: 101 wrote: A caveat- In Mt we have the recent Wohl V City of Missoula No mention of any monuments. The centerl...

I have taken only a few minutes to scan Wohl v. Missoula (2013). I point out that:[INDENT]a) the strip of contested additional right of way is 20-30 ...

Larry Best, post: 440110, member: 763 wrote: The last I used only a steel tape for distances was mid 80's and I quit that job for that reason. IN '91...

Rankin_File, post: 440097, member: 101 wrote: do you think they are monuments on the Right of way or merely references to the centerline? I'd like to...

Kent McMillan, post: 440015, member: 3 wrote: the circle reading system in effect adds a pseudo-random error In other words, "your mileage may vary".

The error in an angle is given by the equation:[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]E = (2 x Edin) [INDENT] ƒ??n[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT]...

Steward Souten, post: 439997, member: 12714 wrote: That is ridiculous, it doesn't help people like me who are new to surveying and trying to learn abo...

Field Dog, post: 439992, member: 9186 wrote: how to calculate misclosure and adjustment of an open traverse. If it's truly open no closure or adjustm...

Which brings something to mind. Driving along we saw a tripod set up with a Leica mini prism. My work partner commented about using such a tiny prism....