Do Nigerians bomb? I think they are the ones that do dell tech support, while riding stationary bicycles, with alternators, to power their laptop...

In question 1, we are discussing doubled angles. It's probably a pedantic professor, with little field experience, and a boatload of books. In the "th...

Funny stories. Thanks.All the brit slang too. BlokeFagGasper

What Brad Ott said, more or less!

All the above is such wonderful advice. I would like to figure out how to bookmark this thread, and bring it to the surface, later, for my kids and gr...

MightyMoe, post: 357619, member: 700 wrote: But no matter what you design, you still have an error imbedded in your projection, if you can reduce it t...

BobKrohn, post: 357586, member: 6827 wrote: Just do engineering plans & CL's in SPC.Having SPC ground Control every 1000' or so (BC, EC, POL)Use g...

It's a dollar chasin a dime

This is how a surveyor sees the earth. Many flat sides. Those are the planes, of a given SPC. however, they are irregular shaped (Unlike the above). T...

My attitude is: I am generating final plats, on Grid Bearings. I am NOT publishing coordinates. IF I were, then I can see your dander. However, in a w...

There are 2 main reasons I want local ground coords, in the field.1.) I often start the whole decision process, in the field. I also LIKE to calc, and...

Is measuring volume licensed? (Insert pic of very large human here) N

Everybody scales SPC to ground coords, and then (sometimes) truncates them. (good to truncate)The flow chart I did above, simply placed BOTH items ins...

I always use 9 places. N

Mr Moe, that is true. I did not quite know how to say that, as succinctly. But the mechanism, for doing this, is interesting, because it LEAVES my SPC...

Because tds does not allow this versatility, the confusion surrounding this discussion is understandable.The "point of understanding" for one fellow w...