DocuSign works well for me. I'm not sure about the pricing, but I've heard that they charge by the signature which is an easy cost to pass to the clie...

@peter-lothian It was a culture shock when I left Maine and witnessed how aggressive folks in other states are with trespassing. Folks are shocked ...

Duncan-Parnell rents Schonstedts for $50/day. I bet you could find a survey supply store near you that rents them.

@peter-lothian Agreed, strange way of wording it. I wonder if it relates to hunting. In Colorado and Utah, I've seen landowners advertising "trespa...

I keep everything in State Plane but I'm in a generally low and flat area. Statewide LiDAR is on SPCs, as our ortho panels and all tax maps. I've seen...

Yes, I meant my proposals expire. I use the house renovation analogy when they request a firm completion date. Regarding the survey-ignorant client...

Buy once, cry once. Buy nice or buy twice. Get the GA-52Cx. It has a 7 year warranty, it works, and as others have mentioned, you could probably sell ...

People have no idea what surveyors do or even what a survey is. If I get annoyed or frustrated with a surveying-ignorant person asking an ignorant que...

I'll trade with you. Our reviewers reject plats on a whim based on unwritten rules. They make developers add things, "just because it'd be nice". They...

It's great as a proof reader and for comparing documents. I use it as a first edit to see if I've addressed all element in an RFQ. Don't limit yoursel...

The first large volume survey I performed as an entry level surveyor provided an opportunity to compare the results of a 100' grid topo to the same ex...

It's a bummer seeing people waste money, but I'm not going to spend much time talking myself out of profit. Say your piece once, then charge a PITA fe...

Regarding east vs N-90°-00'-00"-E, my reading of Wattles left me with the impression that writing a deed description is not necessarily about hard fas...

@norman-oklahoma Fortunately, we're allowed to satisfy the requirement with a tie to a CORS. Ten years ago I had more sympathy for PLSs not using G...

NC has had a requirement to tie all surveys to the NCSPCs if any part of the subject tract is within 2000' of a published and recoverable NGS benchmar...

@norman-oklahoma I get what you're saying but I'd bet a good chunk of change that Callwood was crooked before he took the position. I know numerous...

A six month suspension for blatant fraud and seemingly no acceptance that what he did was wrong, what a joke. Callwood would have had his license perm...

Yes, I would label it as every metes and bounds description has a POB, your description just didn't provide the redundant label. Before writing a new ...

The answer is dependent on the project's requirements, such as relative accuracy or absolute accuracy, error budget and the geometry of the monitoring...