Come to think of it, the Lunar Laser Ranging?ÿ(LLR) experiment is probably the champ, about 239,000 miles. ?ÿ
Not a Total Station but I had the opportunity in the 70s to run a Tellurometer CA-1000 with the standard horn antennas for several hundred slope dista...
Yep, a Kern fixed rod forced centering theodolite with a DKM 503 attachable EDM was the shizzle prior to the integrated total stations with data colle...
@paden-cash Yep, we're quibbling over what constitutes 20+ miles from a road.?ÿ I live on a sailboat on the West Coast and in 4 hours or can be so far...
At 3,700 square miles it's certainly a candidate except for the fact it's littered with airstrips which make access easy using mechanized equipment. C...
@paden-cash?ÿ Hmm.?ÿ That's in Lake Michigan.?ÿ Although the strict definition of a?ÿroad?ÿis a?ÿthoroughfare, route, or way on land between two?ÿplac...
I still have a Verizon 3G flip phone and they've threatened this for years.?ÿ Verizon stopped activating 3G CDMA devices on its network in 2018, prepa...
I've been anti-paint since the beginning of time.?ÿ Certainly no need to mark every turning point running levels or every topo shot with a daub. Const...
@holy-cow Nope, bailing wire degrades fast when used to attach tags to rebar, much better is to Monel wire which lasts decades+.?ÿ Sorry to be repetit...
Ah yes, the mon well digout kit.?ÿ The 18" marine hand operated bilge pumps work well and you can pop off the bottom flap valve & clear it in a ji...
Back to the original post I'm overjoyed when the record describes a monument even if not a complete pedigree.?ÿ A stone/IP/rebar statement especially ...
HOAs are a weird breed where you cede property rights to your neighbors ostensibly for the good of all to preserve property values.?ÿ I've seen some g...
@loyal In 1966 one man in a party of 3 land surveyors touched a privately-set CG, which exploded and hit him in the hand. The injured man saw a doctor...
Astounding it's stamped "US GEOCACHING SURVEY" and the effort of the drill hole.?ÿ I've never seen anything like it.
Yup an ALTA is an existing conditions survey concerning physical features with no warranty as to their effects on the boundary or ownership.?ÿ What I ...
@holy-cow?ÿ Yup, it's the same in the medical profession.?ÿ You have an ophthalmologist do a basic cataract lens replacement it'll cost roughly 4 gran...
Slightly off topic but the history of toponyms is interesting concerning risque', scatological & bawdy names.?ÿ Here's an excellent excerpt from a...
@wendell?ÿ A firm I worked for in Eastern Washington did a small subdivision that involved two new streets.?ÿ When queried the developer said "I don't...
Did a lot of angle only resecting in the '70s and considered it only good to a few tenths when measuring locally, fine for bringing in construction co...
Another good read is "The Wealthy Barber."?ÿ The Cliff Notes is "The basis of the book is advice to "save 10 per cent of all that you earn and invest ...
