Wendell, post: 433664, member: 1 wrote: I didn't work in the Portland area very long, so I didn't have the pleasure of finding a Ramsey Point. Many h...

Bill93, post: 433671, member: 87 wrote: Obviously not a tack. But the aluminum would have fooled me. Why aluminum? How did he install them?Were they p...

This is a brass screw. Also very characteristic of Portland. Very old ones like this have slotted heads and are often in very small diameter holes s...

kotuku4, post: 433616, member: 8886 wrote: Sorry I didn't type that well. Well, I was just having a bit of fun with it.

kotuku4, post: 433604, member: 8886 wrote: storm today with snow to 600m 600m is a lot of snow.

Holy Cow, post: 433592, member: 50 wrote: It's pretty close to the equivalent of Christmas weather way down yonder. So it is. The lighting has a mid-...

That person in the background looks to be dressed for cold weather.

Paul, post: 433479, member: 624 wrote: Do you know why they give us all the GPS converters, but make us pay for the conventional converters? I suppos...

If you are using Survey Pro you can also convert your .survey file to .jxl and then use the StarXML converter for Trimble format files.

I do resections a lot. But if my dc only did 2 point resections I would not do them very much, if at all.

Kent McMillan, post: 433425, member: 3 wrote: the tooth of the paper was a bit problematic. The paper is a bit rough. Switching to an H pencil may im...

dwayne, post: 433352, member: 12506 wrote: Thanks for the reminder of those rare occasions. I did spend a little time working in Arizona once upon a ...

These Rite-in-the-Rains have been through the vest pocket mill. Plus they've been rained on numerous times and thoroughly soaked at least once or twic...

dwayne, post: 433328, member: 12506 wrote: There are practically no flies, mosquitos, or chiggers in the desert areas. That's putting a happy face on...

My guess is that the head is not original to the legs. The legs look too lightweight to have supported a survey instrument, except perhaps a compass....

Jawja, post: 433225, member: 12766 wrote: I can count the times on one hand. And that is in 25+ yrs. You are very lucky to have such cooperative peop...

Jawja, post: 432946, member: 12766 wrote: Here, we put caps on irons. Surveyors know who is wh by the caps and can get copies of maps from each other....

dwayne, post: 432868, member: 12506 wrote: Is their a benefit to the public if the records of a boundary retracement are shared? When I find a monume...

The best place to survey is near where you live. Where do you want to live?