I do not measure building corners. Haven’t for years. I get reflectorless shots on the walls and intersect the wall lines. If, for some reason, I c...

I read a lot of complaints about title companies on these pages. I must be lucky to live in an area where the title companies are better than the aver...

In my experience, in Oklahoma, there is often little or no topsoil. 60d spikes hammer into well consolidated silt/sandstone and hold fast. Until the n...

Cedar is native to Oregon and would certainly outlast the fir hubs in common use. But hubs of sound cedar wood would probably cost more than a couple ...

One time in my career and one time only I have received a written message from another surveyor praising my aprroach and resolution of a boundary. Tha...

Discussion Forums - RPLS.com Not as extensive as I recalled. Perhaps it was the follow up conversation that made it seem so.

Returning to the site for a follow up look is inconvenient, to say the least, for these travelling outfits. Resolutions have to be done on the quick, ...

That's my point. No honest person would accept such a position at that salary level unless he was a) independently wealthy and didn't care about the p...

I've always just assumed that you had really good english, Chris. It's nice that the translate technology is as good as it is because my dutch is very...

Apparently the culprit can remain in his current position reviewing the surveys of others while he is under suspension. No chance of abuse of power t...

There are some valid forms of legal description that don't have a literal POB, such as PLSS aliquot parts and those that reference a lot in a recorded...

If you go to youtube and query for the "The3rdDimension" channel you will find the video quick enough. Our friend has 3d printed a jig for adjusting r...

The main objection from field guys to change is that if they do things your way, some other office dweeb is going to freak. If you can get all the off...

Build your monument symbol blocks with a WIPEOUT for the interior. Then there is no need to trim the lines. Quality control.

Just google "LGS Height Reference Guide" and you will have it.

Funny how, without the hotheads, the P&R discussions are rather brief.

There is really no reason that surveyors could not use metric. But surveyors are far from the only people using systems of weights and measures. And m...

I have a Trimble Recon data collector, and I want to use it as a GPS navigator. I bought a "Recon Ultra" CF card and an I Treck GPS receiver with ante...