@aliquot I meant tight in regards to a representation of NC-Grid coordinates.?ÿ The site is around 600 acres and the three BMs they located were all a...

I have a similar situation at a landfill.?ÿ I don't understand why their coordinates were 101' SW of GRID. They traversed through three NCGS benchmark...

@dmyhill You are factually incorrect.  In Maine, there is PLS/client confidentiality.  A client can forbid me from disclosing boundary info...

The real bad ones are the neighbors who pretend to be nice in an effort to get some dirt on your client. I have never surveyed a day in my life for th...

I'm not a fan of snitch laws.?ÿ I'm also not a fan of compulsory speech or coercion and NC's law, regarding mandatory reporting of violations, has ele...

Your first step will be the application process.?ÿ Start the process immediately.?ÿ The administrator I dealt with was lazy, rude, and incompetent, (b...

There are always going to be people who can rationalize harming others in their pursuit of order. Unfortunately, the PLSS provides them with a templat...

Cool find!?ÿ I've opened thousands of MHs but I've never seen one like that.?ÿ I use the tool below when I need to open up a bunch of raised MHs.?ÿ It...

If you contact NC's board of licensure, they will definitely do something about it.?ÿ The lead investigator is a former LEO.?ÿ Failure to set corners ...

It's easy for me in NC. I tell them that I am required, under threat of administrative penalty, to perform a retracement survey anytime I offer my pro...

@beuckie Roughly how much time was neded to process the scan data to the point where it could be used for engineering design?

@burnormj You will need to call a Trimble dealer. I am not sure if Duncan Parnell will help if you've never done business with them but here in NC th...

Can you please explain where in the post processing routine you run into problems? I no longer use our GeoX but I ran into an issue with Windows 7 and...

There is a vague rule saying we need to keep records of our surveys. I've been looking for it this morning but I can't seem to find it. I may have t...

Thanks for the replies. I'll try a scribe next time. Between dealing with the contractor's schedule and evolving blueprints, I never feel like I com...

Nostalgia is a powerful elixir. All my point descriptions are coded so that I'm drawing field sketch as I go. I draw curves, circles, have preset ...

I grew up in Maine but live and work in NC now. Long days in the heat are unavoidable for me. If you drink coffee or tea in the morning, reduce you...

"One of the basics is that when a person knows where his monuments are, they can not claim possession beyond those locations."   Not true in Ma...