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I've migrated from the 4400 RTK backpacks with wires everywhere carrying camcorder batteries, a radio, a L1L2 antenna on the pole all controlled by a ...
I'm a big supporter of the TDC600, if this is better and not much more expensive then it's a great DC.
Sounds like it's your tripod and not the ground. Also, if your backsight is on a tripod it can be moving. Probably not as big a deal, but you might wa...
You're using two rods to speed the run up? Instead of leap-frogging a rod and level, you're moving two rods forward with the level? Rod 1 occupies th...
That's fairly typical. Even if there are GIS sewer lines available, I don't trust any data associated with them, I've watched them get collected. Boot...
I got my White's rebuilt, they were very used and when I got them back they are kinda like new. All the important parts are new. I won't ever buy a ne...
Anytime there is a lot split that becomes a Minor Subdivision, part of the sequence is to do a partial vacation which eliminates the existing easement...
Do you get a partial vacation for these splits?
We follow regulations related to filing surveys.
Just did a one line survey yesterday, found almost all the original monuments, they "fit" within 0.2' from the deeds written circ 1979. The purpose of...
The education model going forward will help, there isn't the same path with mentoring there was. One man crews can't mentor anyone. It's a different w...
Your class was exactly right.
Any state that requires a professional degree should provide a degree at a state institution that meets the requirement. Sadly that is clearly lacking...
Best practices are always the same. Use your drone and compare it to a physical survey. The drone will have the advantage of capturing more data than ...
The 3-1/4" caps shown are constructed to fit over a 3/4" aluminum power grip rod. I've probably set 3-4 thousand of them for sectional/boundary marker...
It would be interesting to figure out what the Low-water mark is with a lake behind a dam. Probably close to impossible to figure it out for the proje...