It probably has to do with being able to see the point while you stand over it, which I always found to be tough enough with the common skinny cone sh...

In the current environment there seems to be surplus of opportunities for well qualified candidates. I think that employer should be thinking of selli...

I should add that most of the monitoring I've done is on structures adjacent to construction sites being developed. In such a situation there is zero ...

Thanks for reminding me why I haven't signed up for that NCEES record thing. When I applied in Oklahoma by reciprocity in 2011 I had over 20 years i...

@rfc That's the stuff. Zip them up and post them.  

At one time other sizes were common. State law specifies no size for Records of Survey, but does specify that subdivision plats must be on 18"x24". Th...

Some 30 years ago the Portland area County Surveyors issued the following document. Subsequent County Surveyors have slightly modified it over the yea...

A repeater radio broadcasting at 35w should give you 20+km of range. Beyond that RTK is not an option anyway.

Some thoughts: 1. A professional cannot disclaim away their professional obligations. Bugger the disclaimer. 2. The syntax of the disclaimer rev...

Until relatively recently we had a 2006 model Leica TCRA1203 (I think that is right) in service. We had upgraded the data collector used with it to a ...

52 yo. That's rough.

I really like the idea of using an LDP, but it's the rare case indeed where even that seven hundredths in a thousand is meaningful.

None. No effect on the accuracy of the coordinates. But there are other good reasons. There are a number of geospatial tools and resources available ...

I would like a function that reprojects drawings and other geospatial products to different systems. ie/ Typically I have base mapping in the Oregon C...

It is simply this: when estimating costs during the negotiation phase we simply underestimate the field time required. And if we don't we are probably...

@mathteacher a DV record contains no horizontal angle’ish data at all. So no azimuths there. Other record types that do handle horizontal angle da...

HINT: Look into the .3r inline command

Presuming that we are talking about 3D adjustments, yes. In fact, measure up errors are probably the most common of errors, closely followed by point ...

It's not a problem with tracking time. The field portion is the easiest part of the operation to track time on. The problem is getting paid enough to ...

I went with a TI-59 in college. My mistake. Acquired a used HP41cx about 1990, but never got the survey module. Used a hand entered program written by...