@john-putnam That sounds great for planimetric mapping but not that great for surfacing where the grades are not uniform. Also, there is a manner o...

Certainly there are instances of towns being dis-incorporated, it's properties thus being returned to the county. Picher, Oklahoma is one example that...

I took this, and its follow on 2nd workshop, back in '97. I can't see how I would have passed the Oregon test if I hadn't. Furthermore, the set up he...

At least a part of it is that the rules dictating 0.08" or 0.10" or whatever sized text are an artifact of a day when text was hand drawn, all drawing...

There is a device called the "Moasure" which I've been wanting to try for this sort of thing. Moasure - Motion based measuring technology

I hope that everyone who participates will accept that it is unlikely that they are going to change any minds - if those minds hold deeply entrenched ...

I'm convinced that the OP is doing this as an academic exercise, so efficiency is not a consideration.

I'm assuming that these "inspection chambers" are something akin what would be called "catch basins" here. I'd set 2 stakes, one at 5 feet from the c...