In Oklahoma, the procedure demanded by the DOT was to make up a table with columns for Run#1, Run# 2, and Average. Supposing you started on BM "A" and...

Let's think this through like a judge would ....... The "more or less" calls in the OPs deed are simply redundant, not ambiguous. Every recitation o...

Least squares adjustment makes this question moot.

Hardly. This was simply the circumstances of this particular case. It does highlight that the markers must be clearly apparent to one and all. Rememb...

Hmmm.... Natural monuments set? Huh? Anyway.... I note that uncalled for monuments do not appear on this list. Such monuments may provide an objective...

(295'+35') x 198'= exactly 1.5000000000 acres. Since there is no call for any monuments, save for, perhaps, an aliquot part division line, the "more o...

The Washington case of Merriman v. Cokely illustrates things here. In that case, the boundary had been surveyed erroneously, and left undisturbed for ...

A Roman Senator named Seneca wrote "Luck is where preparation meets opportunity" in the first century AD.

Stone Walls as monuments aren't a thing here on the left coast, but I'll say this - it is easy to disturb a pipe, rod, or stone monument, maliciously ...

With regard to getting licensed......... Licensing doesn't place you at the top of the career ladder. What it does is put you on a taller ladder with ...

Frequently these situations don't have clear, definitive answers. In such cases you have two options - go to trial or negotiate a settlement. Negotiat...

The outfit I was with when I transitioned to C3d made heavy use of point group hierarchies. They had like 10 or 12 point groups that had to be stacked...

That one looks like a nightmare, to me. For lath bags, I like the ordinary, tubular orange bag in a 3-4 foot length. In one I can put the Schoenstedt,...

A number of people here are using Carlson or Microsurvey with IntelliCAD. I know of at least one regular contributor (in California, I think) who sw...

My experience with Leicas and Trimbles is that they hold their collimation pretty much forever. My experience with Topcon is that they need collimatio...

8mm x (1m/1000mm)x(1 ft/0.3048m)=0.026ft (Confirmed by google). This for international feet (get accustomed to it), but for an 8mm length there is ...

My process with C3d (and LDT, LDD, & Softdesk before it) has always been to draw the linework and then create points by snapping to the linework. ...

Get 2 screwdrivers, one with a red handle and one with a blue. At each turning point stick them both in the ground, adjacent but not exactly the same ...

I use field books when levelling and construction staking. These notes sometimes include a rudimentary sketch. I may sometimes use them for boundary ...

For those who don't know, Mr. Woolley has produced a series of videos, posted to youtube, that are worth watching. (906) Orange County Chapter, CLSA...