Richard Imrie, post: 406750, member: 11256 wrote: .....just give us the 2d plines with elevations, 3d faces, tin, etc and we can pump it into Civil 3D...

timdoggy, post: 406784, member: 12364 wrote: I like the paint pen idea. do these have issues freezing? I can't say for certain. It doesn't stay freez...

In Oregon photogrammetric mapping is included in the definition of Land Surveying. There is also separate licencing of Photogrammetrists.

I've found the chalk paint sticks even longer than regular paint. So I don't recommend that.How about just regular chalk? Chalkboard chalk.I use a pi...

Brad Ott, post: 406629, member: 197 wrote: Crap. So 2500, or 250 then, huh? The other option is to go through what all you are carrying in your truck...

Ladd Nelson, post: 406521, member: 307 wrote: LandXML is not the problem Still, there is no question that the conversion is sometimes imperfect. As y...

Bow Tie Surveyor, post: 406492, member: 6939 wrote: Just for the heck of it, I imported a LandXML surface that I just sent to an engineer into a dummy...

Bow Tie Surveyor, post: 406362, member: 6939 wrote: So, what exactly would a Civil3D end user be missing out on working from a Civil3D database that w...

Bow Tie Surveyor, post: 406302, member: 6939 wrote: So, is there now a separate Civil3D point database "file" that is kept secure? WA-ID Surveyor, po...

flyin solo, post: 406253, member: 8089 wrote: You give a consistent- and consistently good- product to engineers and they won't care what software you...

Bow Tie Surveyor, post: 406244, member: 6939 wrote: I demoed Civil3D when it first came out.... C3d 2017 is a very much more mature product than the ...

Jim Frame, post: 406209, member: 10 wrote: What advantages does the 1st edition offer over the 2nd edition? Collector value. Supply and demand. There...

Dave Karoly, post: 406193, member: 94 wrote: I paid 26 each $51 for the 1st edition is still a fair price.

Dave Karoly, post: 406105, member: 94 wrote: I found the first and second on eBay for a buy it now of under $26. That's a very good price for both. I...

One place I work many years ago had a "base rod" - all the way down. Then we would "boot" it, in even foot increments. The instrument man would key in...

I've told the story here a couple of times of the subdivision where the monuments were all placed before the lot was graded. The excavators pulled up ...

Dave Karoly, post: 406048, member: 94 wrote: The third seems to be relatively available, it's tempting. The 1st is the only one that is rare. The res...

0.3048 (meters in an Int'l foot)1200/3937 (meters in a US Foot)

Jim Frame, post: 405907, member: 10 wrote: I thought the company and development team came out of Corvallis, OR. Nate The Surveyor, post: 405910, mem...

GISJoel_GetItSurveyed, post: 405845, member: 11867 wrote: A tape stiff enough in windy situations. I use a folding 6' ruler to do measure ups, partly...