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...

As for turning rounds - if using a robot it's automated and crazy easy to turn rounds (presuming that you have a pair of targets to set up) so why wou...

They can and should be, but it doesn't always happen. At least around here it doesn't.

We had an example here where our fair city had acquired right of way through an eminent domain process.. so court ruling. 20 years later the street i...

@bstrand Do you get a title report every time you do a boundary? Does the question make you feel more like you should?

@pls8xx Note that Humphreys has an alternative legal access, denoted on the plat. It seems that route is a good deal longer trip from the nearest p...

@bstrand Another recent Oregon case, Dejardin v. Bonfiglio, refers to creating easements in a deed of transfer as "well settled" law without much d...

For the moment, no court has expressly ruled that the Huls easement is invalid. If I was advising the Huls I would argue that since no one would buy a...

I expect that is just about what NATRF2022 will do, when it gets here.