Definitely some great advice here and and all of the responses are in line with my thoughts on the topic as well.?ÿ

From a younger surveyor, thank you.

Surveyors will never be as bad as the FAA regarding acronyms.

@jewel-chadd Or that, but LiDar and Drones are cool! 

The most modern way to do would be with a form a LiDar and from the air. A few passes with aerial LiDar and you would have more than enough data, howe...

@just-a-surveyor Very cool, glad there was some evidence in the ground. Nice looking map too. 

So what was the bearing?

By looks and age of the plat, the bearing between lots 1 & 2 would somewhere between what looks like 2 section corners, and whatever has been monu...

Right on. Unless the project was specifically required to be tighter on paper I feel that unless using well calibrated robotics or digital levels, clo...

The high tech in me was hoping this was thread about a modern app with the ability to create a 3d model and point cloud within a cell phone... Not yet...

@Skeeter1996, yes that is true. It wasn't meant as a jab, just that the people that obtain the Part 107 to use drones commercially as required be the ...

Additionally, the OP referenced that in "advanced" mode it wandered off until the battery got low. Check the remote to make sure it is not in "Atti" m...

At the beginner level, you need to find an open field and learn how the drone acts to your stick input. Flying an autonomous mission without having th...

2 point resections can very helpful on a construction site where line of sight between control points is typically blocked by who knows what. The rout...

DroneDeploy only allows for the used GCPs in the highest tier of processing and it is done remotely. Pix4D allows for GCPs by default which is essenti...

It's a last resort kind of thing... 

In reality, the control provided should be treated with a grain of salt. In doing your verifications you are essentially starting from scratch just wi...