I've maintained compasses on sailboats for 45 years now and it depends.?ÿ Mineral oil and alcohol seem to be the two choices, with mineral oil used in...

@john-putnam?ÿ Strange, exactly the opposite around here.?ÿ For example: ?ÿ

Seen "failed" subdivisions with later adjudication essentially become reversion to acreage without benefit of a recorded Reversion to Acreage Map.?ÿ I...

Slide rules are not typically used for addition and subtraction, but it is nevertheless possible to do so using two different (tricky) techniques.?ÿ I...

Not CFedS, but I took the BLM Cadastral Survey Course at a community college back in the mid-70s, part of their adult education program, taught by BLM...

@bstrand?ÿ Bingo!

Been down that road.?ÿ The civil plans were so lame the roadway would have birdbaths and drainage inlets were missing the low point by 100 feet, under...

@bill93 It's because larger trees affect adjacent landowners; they can block solar/viewshed access if planted, and mature ones help define a community...

Signage/safety plan was required for any work within State/Federal R/W for contract bidding, which was a line item in the bid.?ÿ Yes, we were compensa...

Building too tall, 2007.?ÿ We did the precise height/airspace survey which was not disputed Building too tall

@jim-frame Thanks.

Agreed.?ÿ But back in the eighties when I was doing lots of LLAs ????, mostly recorded subdivison fixes to increase marketability of the lots, some ci...

It's because an ROS cannot subdivide, it's merely a Record of existing conditions, although profound because an LS attests to it.?ÿ Required in many n...

Obviously bridges are built using ground coordinates.?ÿ Sad when prestressed beams show up and they're two inches too short because some yahoo surveyo...