So am I. At least I always have been. But I just can't ignore proven results.

There are a number of postings in this old thread stating that adjusting data is about spreading errors into places it doesn't belong. Wrong. So wrong...

I'm thinking maybe your statement didn't come out exactly as you intended. StarNet (or any LS adjustment software) does a fine job on any adjustment. ...

It wasn't all that bad a place. I've done time in far worse. Nevertheless, as I described, guys would take a number of check shots and do what they ha...

Because the foresight length is only 10 feet. With a target centering error of 0.003', plus other contributors, it makes sense. BTW - I usually (a...

Huh? ORS 96 hasn't been amended in a long time. It has been substantially unchanged since 1859.

It looks pretty good. I don't see any major blunders. But what I would do now is un-fix all those coordinates you are holding fixed. Instead of " !!! ...

OUAT the outfit I was with kept data separated by source crew, so they could identify who had made errors. IMO, that smacked of scapegoating. It lead ...

Some data collectors will not allow reuse of numbers under certain conditions. Plus, a(n unfounded) fear of overwriting previously collected data.

I've taken some heat on these pages over the years for being skeptical about found monuments that don't match the record dimensions - within statistic...

StarNet will produce a .gnd file, if you ask it to, that is a scaled, translated, and rotated version of the grid coordinates. Usually, for me, when I...

One doesn't have to be all that clever to build a fence that is on the line but doesn't disturb corner markers.

If the pins are placed before construction of the roads and services in a typical subdivision (as they are in British Columbia) I'd expect - and have ...

I may be misunderstanding, but I think that the question here is "how close does a fence have to be to the line to be considered as on the line?" I'm...

In the beginning CAD colors equalled a pen, of a certain thickness, in the plotter. So color equalled lineweight. If, for example, green was set to b...

The use of the colors doesn't stop at the painting. Utilities are buried with color coded locator tape or wire. That helps the locator know just what ...

My comment about 0.05' accuracy clearly does not apply to every surface type of a site. The OP claims he only needs to survey graded, sodded ground. B...