Sorry to point out the obvious, but to find any evidence of an original monument, be it bent, not of record but with provenance, 2' out of the ground,...
Oh yes, 1 mm liquid of water is enough to stop a GPS signal or at least reduce greatly its strength. Indeed, with this amount of liquid water, the C/N...
A while back I asked my dentist what to do if a tooth gets knocked out.?ÿ He said don't touch the root, if necessary wash off dirt with water,?ÿ and s...
Yah, the old split bubble vertical circle leveler was the finickiest adjustment done when observing.?ÿ The auto-compensator was quite an advancement.
Sorry to disappoint you you but it's not my theory ????;?ÿ I'm merely parroting what I read in technical papers and journals. If by stating "water is...
Almost tricked me.?ÿ The early Wild?ÿT-2s?ÿwere inverted image but later versions were erect.?ÿ I used both extensively and although the inverted imag...
????ÿ Although increased water vapor in the lower troposphere does slightly increase signal attenuation it's trivial compared to the overall attenuati...
The general public's perception is different: Often when I say I'm a surveyor in social contexts they think I do phone surveys or work for the media...
I'll probably get pooped on but when I moved to a metropolitan area I briefly worked for a three man outfit called "Research Enterprises" that had no ...
I've maybe 50 pounds of hardbound Survey books from the 20's to early 90's (a few from the 1800s) which I paid dearly for but maybe only a few are wor...
Around here sticky backs haven't been allowed for 30 years or so.?ÿ They're not archival and tend to fall off or get stuck to the bottom of the Mylar ...
One thing that's always irked me is crews that spray paint a dot at every turning point when spirit levelling.?ÿ Ostensibly it's so they can use the s...
I've found folks confused by what 19th century means but I take it as 1800-1899.?ÿ That being said given the technology in the 1800's to survey and mo...
My personal experience is a seasoned PLS in the (circa 2013) high rent States US made about $60USD/hr.?ÿ assuming there's a pension plan, full medical...
You want a tale of massive GLO surveying fraud look up Benson Syndicate.
