With several firms involved, I'd say hold them pretty tight, just as Kent says here. Hopefully one person/firm could dictate this specification. If ...
Looking back at the original post, in any jurisdiction where I have worked, landowners can write their own deeds. HOWEVER, the exchange of land is re...
Now, follwing this discussion, I'm interested in figuring out how to tweak the datum just a little bit so the data will match the existing database. ...
One thought on the GPS, if you do the sort of thing you're doing often, bite the bullet and get your own post-processing software and download some ba...
The other thing I've heard of now is the use of iPads in the field for certain kinds of things. With the really cheap Android pads available, you cou...
The method we use is as above, to do it with TPS Modem, a free applet. Works sort of like PCCDU. I saw an installed field utility recently on some h...
Oh, I think I might be coming to this seminar. Nice to meet you in person?
I was wondering the same about the deed. If it's my rebar and the cap has been mangled, then I'll pull it, straighten it, put it back, and replace th...
Fun pictures!Is it okay to lift a couple of them to throw into advertising messages for prospective surveying students? Maybe it's best to balance th...
That's where we're at in our house, too. Lots of SAT and ACT anxiety. Has your young'n got any interest in "following in the footsteps," as it were?
Just a general comment...I think this was a very enlightening discussion. I read the whole thing with fascination and felt proud of my profession for...
Washington doesn't have many ticks, but we do have some. Although we have not had a warm winter/spring here, we had no big cold spell, and I expect a...
Seems to me the truth is variable in the middle of all the opinions. As we all know, parties to the boundaries determine them. However, ask people w...
I, too, would have preferred to stay with Word Perfect. I'm a darned good Word user if I say so myself, and still can't totally control how stuff jum...
It will be interesting to see what they do with it. Keeping it free but adding geodetic capability and COGO functions might make a nice utility out of...
Aye, so what were the errors, just out of curiousity? Were they point naming?Funny I'm just the opposite--I use at-from-to out of habit, but not becua...
Did Rankin File figure it out for you? I couldn't corroborate that error.I tried playing the dataset and it refused to calculate approximate coordinat...
A few thoughts, if not a total answer. Make sure you have a transcript ready to go, of course. There can be great variability in what transfer credi...
I was mentored in my early years in California to tag found monuments only if they play a significant role in the survey solution, and if they don't a...