I used metric at the beginning of my surveying career. I would measure all control in feet, switch to the metric option on the distance meter and reme...

You must be sure you're comparing apples to apples throughout the entire process. The exact datum, the exact controlling coordinates for each program....

UTM is listed in the Datum reference on the plat, I very much doubt that there is a way to use ITRF or other Datums with the OP's knowledge of the DC....

I can't quite make out the information on the shown plat. I think you're in BC and the Datum is UTM in Zone 10 which makes sense for BC. They show a...

I'll tap out around -10. And over 100.

If you use no projection, no datum, then available canned photography and some other easily connected data sources usable for AutoCAD can't be accesse...

.07' in 1000' is 70ppm. I dream of that kind of accuracy. 800ppm Is more likely here than 70ppm within a state coordinate system. Normally it floats b...

All our administrative processes are done with Xcel. From timesheets, billing, filing, even super simple ones like bidding. If your spreadsheets ar...

Field time is the most productive of all surveying time. Frankly, I don't understand how this became a question.

Do you really mean predicting field crew time? Tracking it isn't difficult. I don't know what "firms" you're discussing this with, but my experi...

Looking for 60mph winds tomorrow, rain and snow; getting field work done today. The space stuff isn't going to mess with us, we will be inside.

I don't think AI is intelligent. The mistakes that pop up when it's activated leave me wondering if it's more of a troll generator than anything else.

The problem I've run into with these "plans" are the violations of ADA and other codes and requirements. Be careful taking on re-design of these pictu...

Landscape Architects. Also Know As: hand it to the surveyor to be fixed

@summerprophet An important issue to consider with ROW's from the early 1900's era and before is the basis of bearings which may not be stated but ...

I haven't spent time looking at this thread, but I took a quick look at the diagram, it's clear that the issue is with point 3102. You don't need an a...