There's an old joke about a fellow seen repeatedly banging his head against a post. When asked why, he replied, "Because it feels so good when I stop!...

Does Star*net allow an azimuth in a DV record? Isn't the purpose of the DV record type to allow inclusion of azimuth free records?

If you're using Google, then it often gives wrong answers and corrects itself when you "dive deeper." Often contradictory info between first answer an...

Interesting. But if you enter 1.00000000, you get ground. What would you get if you entered 1.000000001? Better still, what if you entered 0?  

Two packages let you enter points into your computer and download them to Garmin GPS units and maybe others. DNRGPS originated at Minnesota Departme...

@landbutcher464mhz Be sure to scroll down to the links to spreadsheet apps. You can choose a lat/lon and time of day and date and get a mind-numbin...

Try this one:  

@jon-payne So we know there's a difference, but how do we know that there's a problem with Surveyor's coordinates and not RFC's coordinates or no p...

@landbutcher464mhz I can see from my spreadsheet that 3102/1:2 has the largest difference of squares, but how do you know that the problem is with ...

@landbutcher464mhz Yes, you can do that, but I've always been wary of leaving out data. That's where statistics sometimes turns into lies. If I w...

@landbutcher464mhz Below is a screenshot from Geogebra, a math tool. It shows RFC's Eastings as the x-coordinate and Surveyor's Eastings as the y-c...

@landbutcher464mhz I gave you a snippy reply and I want to apologize for that. No excuses, just an I'm sorry for that. As you've pointed out, the...

@hpalmer WPA -- Works Progress Administration

No, your description is great, I just sometimes skim rather than read. Dropping a pin on GE and reading lat/lon is subject to two main error sources...