For a curve with that large a radius there isn't likely to be a whole lot of difference between the arc length and the chord length. In this case the ...

Because of the text sizing issue which you detailed. It not just the letter height, its the spacing.

@bstrand Frequently so, but I think not for this example.

Whatever font you use make sure that it is a "Truetype" font. Simplex fonts such as used in your example plat adopt the pen weight (ie/lineweight) of...

I believe that it is important to a) routinely adjust control, and b) map topo -at least to the point of running F2f - as soon as possible after colle...

Back between '93 and '95 I worked in Lynden and Bellingham, Washington while living in Abbotsford, B.C. For part of this time I was working days in Ch...

@gary_g Seriously, those are fine for the surveyor conference. But not for meeting the Mayor. Or anybody outside of the profession.

@gary_g How about a bulbous red nose and size 25 shoes to go with that tie?

@bruce-small A variation on that theme that I have used is a wood hub, similarly marked and weighed down by the cone.

Besides today's common ways of setting up a tripod or rod/bipod there are various manners of plumbing a staub or a lath over the point with a plumb bo...

When I started in this business c.1990 we would cut a staub (relatively straight branch) with a machete and position it over the backsight point (usua...

For the record, I'm a long time Trimble user that has (relatively) recently switched to Leica. I'm not real clear on what you mean by "align(ing) t...

You could have moved the boundary 0.004' and probably achieved the same thing. The dimension label to the hundreth of a foot would not change but the ...

Enough was added to change the title of the book to GPS and GNSS for Land Surveyors. Quite a lot about new constellations, new signals, and new datums...

@field-dog Ask 100 surveyors about collimation. 75 will not know what you are talking about. Of the 25 remaining, all will agree that it should be...

You are treating this task as a mathematical exercise. When I read deeds I'm looking for calls for bounds and controlling monuments, direct or implied...

@williwaw I'm OK with banning everything made in China. The CCP controls everything in China. So if one thing is tainted, it is all tainted. I...

The point is that slave labor in China is not a pretext.

Everything in China is CCP controlled. Just say no.