There was a spate of those fees during some O&G exploration. The most annoying one was an attorney that lived 20 miles NW of a town. His place was...

@mathteacher For the airport the error is 483PPM. This means an error in distances of .48' in 1000 feet. Another way to visualize it would be the s...

@boffc130 Trimble offers a line staking program, set the two endpoints assign one as 0+00 then station stake along that line. It takes 10 seconds t...

@mathteacher There was a push to make boundary lat, long based, more like the GLO. It was mid to late 1990's and I used that program, but, like m...

@murphy I would do the same if I lived where state plane was "close". I almost never give out coordinates, except for DOT and some rare construct...

Basically it comes down to what is the error budget for the project. We generally see 200-400PPM using a state coordinate system. That is probably muc...

$500 for a used one compared to hours of searching, seems like a no-brainer. Last time I checked a new one is around $1300. We've had little use fo...

I got that tee shirt a few times. One reason to stop using paint for anything. There are many more reasons.

There may be a disconnect between the state board and county planning. I've not seen where the state board enforces subdivision rules created by each ...

Good luck "breaking the rules" here. However, the final decision rests with the Boards. If they wish they can approve plats and maps that don't adhere...

FEMA map acceptance is political. The last one was a struggle, after the results of it, I doubt this time around it will fly very easily in many nearb...