"I suppose that if you can tolerate an automatic transmission (I can't and never will)."I too was an anti-dentite and only bought manual tranny cars u...
I've never charged a research retainer fee prior to proffering a proposal.?ÿ Demanding money prior to offering an estimate is silly.?ÿ Estimates are n...
Concerning doing two surveys on the same parcel years apart, I've had to call myself wrong a few times.?ÿ Worst one was where I did an ROS on a large ...
Yup.?ÿ The only concern I have is ancillary maps where a valid Record of Survey (or equivalent) is overlaid on Google Earth/GIS/local non-orthorectifi...
I used Google Earth extensively for checking photogrammetrically derived topo mapping.?ÿ Dive in to "Street View"?ÿ and walk down the road, looking le...
I dunno, 1/4" (0.02') for position seems excessively tight,?ÿ but 1/4" for the vertical it isn't unreasonable.?ÿ It's hardscape, and in some cases bui...
Looks like the Board is backing off;?ÿ from the Feb. 2019 Board Opinion referenced below:?ÿ?ÿ "The following items are not to be considered as activit...
"The board??s action, says?ÿthe complaint, ??will silence Vizaline??s constitutionally protected speech.? Interesting defense I've not seen befor...
Around here (recording PLSS State) "pull them out" is frowned upon, although permitted if you file a ROS or corner record showing what you found...
"Recently I've been told by several land surveyors that if a property owner wants to have a survey of a property in Calif. performed by a licensed sur...
This is a complex situation.?ÿ Is ownership to the center of the pond, or is it US waters with Federal and States rights concerning navigable waters??...
I assume you're talking about Canada. Actually is was a difficult transition. "The process was fraught with political interference and public re...
Which is what I said: "Surveyors working with coordinate systems where the point of origin is a million feet from the situs must pay attention, ...
Hear-hear! Meters are not a problem for surveyors, but a big problem for construction contractors. Their brains (and machinery) are calibr...
"I would also, if possible, try to get the backsight closer to you. 400 feet is quite a distance. I don't know the constraints of your site, and it mi...
I ran a Trimble 4000 series receiver set on a 1st order control station continuously during the last rollover event; no problems whatsoever with...
I retired my Washington state license a few years ago. If you're (or will be) 65 you can apply for retirement status which means no more registration ...
Yes,?ÿ it does matter.?ÿ If it's an ingress/egress easement for the Northern Tract it's private and the owner can bar public use.?ÿ ?ÿIf dedicated (an...
Back in the day I worked both private and guv'mnt as an employee and the up front wages are a small part of the package.?ÿ Is the company financially ...
I got bit by dogs early in my career until I learned it ain't worth it, and I don't want to hurt or kill somebody's dog just to do my job.?ÿ So if con...