Don't polish it. It's the patina that gives antiques their real value.

Dave Karoly, post: 432648, member: 94 wrote: This is a good example of a title problem, location of the parcels is apparently not in question. This i...

billvhill, post: 432994, member: 8398 wrote: There were other BMs that were ... a couple miles west of my project ....that ... were originally set ......

Since when is it appropriate to allow the client to dictate which measurement tool you are going to use?

Tommy Young, post: 432657, member: 703 wrote: Caller: You did a survey on this tract 10 years ago and there is a problem with the description. Can I g...

Fredh, post: 432751, member: 12570 wrote: when its resting on top of a 1/2 ton BFR. BFR? I've not heard that acronym before. Big F***ing Rock, perhap...

A "closure" is something that is used to express the accuracy of a closed traverse. In the context of a resection it has to be sort of a made up numbe...

Jim Frame, post: 432807, member: 10 wrote: I do have a ground conversion specified that also translates and rotates the project, but I wouldn't think ...

Kent McMillan, post: 432774, member: 3 wrote: Why isn't that a DV line instead of an M line? Change it to that and tell us if the problem disappears. ...

Tommy Young, post: 432657, member: 703 wrote: I was just wondering if there was anyone, anywhere, that would release a copy of this plat. If I were y...

You will have to remove the ".txt" from the filename. ".def" is not an allowed extension for uploading here. Good luck! Attached files Com...

An Oregonian of my acquaintance, not a licensed surveyor, borrowed some equipment one weekend to survey the boundary of his church's property. I belie...

Seriously, there is probably a way to shut that off.

What, no flying toasters?

This is the variety I use. It sounds like what Kent described. Attached files

Holy Cow, post: 432385, member: 50 wrote: Any ideas on how to better explain the real world to her? Survey her house lot and "subdivide" her property...

Jim Frame, post: 432310, member: 10 wrote: I think you pretty much need a paper copy to prove alteration. Even a paper copy is not unassailable proof...

If the input data was actual 1" data, instead of 3" data masquerading, the SD results might be different. But not much.Kent McMillan, post: 432294, me...

Jim Frame, post: 432264, member: 10 wrote: ....refuting a claim of negligence based on a DWG is still going to rely on a hardcopy comparison..... If ...

What I see is that going to a 1" gun doesn't do much for the precision of the final coordinates.