Kent, i'd like to nominate you to be involved in this test.And to write a report afterward.How about it?

Cool idea.I've thought about it for a while. It's hard to 100% compare them.Because its hard to place 2 receivers in the exact same place, at the exac...

I understand, Mark. It varies.N

Luke, I have done what you describe above. To flag an old survey. I did find 2 corners, near each other. Got my declination. Retraced the whole thing....

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Another way to look at this, is to get a quad sheet, and place it on a drafting board, and use a parallel bar, to just take a look at the section line...

There is no straight answer to your simple question.If you actually want to know.... Become a surveyor... Guess what? The number one advice for survey...

Time for a "come to Jesus" moment.Paul above has some sound advice.It's not that you cannot do it... Its that you don't have experience.And this could...

It may help to know we don't use a declinated compass, for much more than witness trees. Unless, there is alot of manetic disturbance, and we WANT to ...

What state are you in?I'd want a second set of eyes to catch my blunders.I'd want notification if there was some potential conflict I'd overlooked.In ...

We used a 300' tape for years.Calibrating it, like above, must be a real bear!I'm sure that accounts for some of the typical errors we have fd. when r...

We live near a river, that gets out of town canoers. A favorite stunt is to use dark zip ties, to tie rubber snakes, on the overhanging limbs. Especia...