An actual 1930 printed copy of that book will run you north of $400. It has been faithfully reprinted more recently and copies of that version - perha...

To answer question of this nature, IMO, one must delve in to the world of unwritten boundary establishment doctrines. Acquiescence, estoppel, etc. So ...

The residuals on the angles are mostly in the 10" range. That may be appropriate for the instrument in use.

I recently had an instance of a pre-construction survey for a road improvement project where control coordinates were given, a centerline by bearing a...

It appeared on the GIS to be encroaching into city hall property so we have demanded that Trimet move it.

Outstanding job, Gary. Thanks. One quibble. I like to fiddle with the a priori error estimates until I get close to 1 on the combined error factors...

By converting the raw data file from your collector using the conversion utility provided in StarNet. Please tell us about the data collector and so...

I'd go for that option in a heartbeat if it was available to me.

City Hall on different dates

One of the advantages of StarNet is that it has been around a long time without changing much. So there is a large base of users who are familiar with...

Here is a StarNet data file that I prepared just yesterday. It has both GPS vectors and terrestrial traverse data in it. The site is in Oregon, USA. ...

I have found that alcohol cleansing wipes are a very effective first line of defense against poison oak.

Carlson Survnet will do the job and is probably your cheapest option. StarNet is my favorite because I've been using it for nearly 30 years. It is a g...

Item 17 may allow you to put oddball stuff on the ALTA and still call it an ALTA. That doesn't mean it will always be a good idea to put whatever the...

I'm not in Cali, so I can only advise you generally. But I'd phone the city GIS department and ask them. They may be able to share a shape (.shp) file...

That price is crazy high for a lump of cast iron. I'm not the cheapest skinflint surveyor in the world, not by far. I believe that quality tools a...

Every ALTA I've ever done has been certified to the client, the lender, and the title company. It's in the standard. ALTAs may not be public recor...

A large screwdriver would serve the purpose very well.