Old PC MusingsSon, This here is what you call a total station. You are to treat it kind of like you treat your girlfriend. Don't abuse it, respect i...
I used to work for a guy that wrote every topo shot in the field book, and never noted break lines. Then we would plot all the shots with a protracto...
I agree. Monuments should be specifically called out. I always do, and that is part of the reason I am barely in business anymore. I don't think it...
I've had lyme disease for about a month one time. Not fun. Thought I was going to die. I know a guy who has had it 3 times and now thinks he is imu...
I have an MFC-6490CW Brother. I was able to get a trade in on my old junk printer. I think I only have about $130 invested in it. Get generic ink c...
I know a couple surveyors who use sanitary sewer pipe to hold their tripods. I use a pvc pipe to hold my prism poles. How many people think it's a g...
Don't put ice in you water, or drink it cold on a hot day. It will trick you into thinking that you are refreshed and hydrated. Also make sure you e...
When I wrote the (3 I meant it more for retracement surveys, not original surveys.
Yeah, I agree. There are a lot of exceptions that make the above mentioned 3 step process not so black and white. But they are good rules for startin...
Over time, I've graduated to accept other surveyors monuments IF: 1) there is a record of a surveyor setting it and 2)if I believe it to be undisturbe...
Over time, I've graduated to accept other surveyors monuments IF: 1) there is a record of a surveyor setting it and 2)if I believe it to be undisturbe...
I think disagreeing with any survey monument over a discrepancy of 0.01', under nearly any circumstances, is ridicules. There needs to be a balance be...
