We try to never take on construction jobs unless we can dedicate the personnel to be there every day for the whole project. We learned that no matter...
This discussion goes round our office on occasion, with the focus being on just how large a second of a circle is at a given distance. At 10,000 feet...
Holy Cow, post: 382304, member: 50 wrote: Nobody wants to see me out strolling around along the highway or in your neighbor's backyard in gym shorts, ...
On Google Earth, a N32 43 34.41 W99 37 36.41 you can find the Alexander Ranch house, and at N 32 43 51.27 W 99 37 46.12 the old Ft Griffin to Anson r...
Loyal, post: 382245, member: 228 wrote: these days, you would need a team of Clydesdales to get me out of Big Nosed Kate's when it's that hot outside....
Dave Karoly, post: 382231, member: 94 wrote: My 4" K+E staff compass will be 1/2 degree off if my car is parked 50' away but it's right on in my backy...
There is so much history that went on in this stretch of Texas I am not able to keep up with it all. I read the diaries I can, and the articles, book...
Kent McMillan, post: 382227, member: 3 wrote: It would be interesting to experiment with different techniques for determining a true meridian using as...
I'm drawing a blank right now, but I am thinking that this area might of been Bexar Land District before the counties were formed. I been stuck in the...
No balancing the rod around here. Our average wind speed is somewheres around 17 MPH, which makes holding a rod steady kinda hard, but balancing it, ...
Kent McMillan, post: 382174, member: 3 wrote: The value of 9å¡45' East at Fort Phantom Hill looks suspiciously like a value lifted from the records of...
Well hello to ya. I ain't been here long, but they have made me feel pretty welcome, so hopefully I can return the favor to you. Do you think you ca...
Chowclate? Whuts that? LOL There was such a difference from one locale to the next. To me a document that is dated before 1860 is rare, but I see y...
He's a surveyor, what does he need to be able to multiply for? :rolleyes: Likely he saw the storekeepers error to his favor, and kept his mouth shu...
well, lets just change the vara measurement in thee middle of the game... I always called 3 feet a yard. Gonna have to recall the name Kuechler so i...