The alternative is US Survey Feet, so the "International" part is mainly for US consumption. When you buy lumber in the NZ big box home center how is ...

Oregon has 39 zones and scaling is unnecessary. Many states of similar size are getting only ±4 zones with '2022, which would still want scaling. It ...

Recording requirements greatly reduce the number of pin cushions and when they do occur one knows which came first, and why there are others.

It seems to me that this is a case of lack of local knowledge. I’ll wager that the origin of this directive came from outside of your state.

Original Skelton's have been out of print since the '30s. If you find one they will be very expensive. In the 1990's the "Michie Company" had reprints...

You have a record showing 3 monuments in line at 50.00 ft intervals. Your survey fails to find the middle one, and the two outside ones measure 100.06...

Local Knowledge. Over the years the title of both the document and the committee editing it migrated. While I relied heavily on "Report 4" when st...

That document was updated a couple of times, the most recent being in 1977. That version is available for free download at: More recently Jerry B...

@nate-the-surveyor a thing like that you could just attach to a posting, Nate.

Microsoft Word - CATALOG.doc The above link is to a "catalog" of Wattles Publications. I don't know how old this is or if there is anyone still answ...

The scarcity of Wattles yellow book tells me that it is not being used in the classroom. Nevertheless, I have always considered it to be the "bible" o...

Experience just means that I've made that mistake before and know how not to make it now recognize it as one might an old drunken uncle.

@james-fleming Alibris.com has several copies of the 1997 edition of this book available for under $10. But one less that it had a few minutes ago....

If you are working for a homeowner who has never hired an LS before and probably never will again, then by all means get paid before releasing the wor...

1. Don't work with crappy, worn out equipment. 2. Don't bother keeping the crappy, worn out equipment you just replaced "as a back up". You will ne...

These are not exactly what you ask for but I recommend two things to get you started. One is the NGS/Bill Hennings document "User Guidelines For Singl...

One valid form of blunder trapping that should not be discounted is comparing the results of your ties with record dimensions. Only if such values are...

For GPS Rover I'm going for a fixed height rod. I'd want a 1 piece if such a thing existed. Especially since you are going out to "put out fires" you ...

As surveyors we are all appalled by the condition of this old soldier. But consider that a lot of the market for things like this will be people looki...