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.

The proof is in the pudding. For several years I was obliged to use a Topcon PS-103. Actually, two different instruments of the same make and model. A...

@jimcox Is your statement based on common practice or is there some statute law or regulation involved?

Here at my city the question is commonly whether an easement is a public easement, to the city (or another public agency with an interest), or for the...

$25/acre for 1000 acres is $25,000. Maybe you have misinterpreted his comment.

There must be a disconnect here. Somehow we aren't talking about the same thing. But first, on further review, it seems that I misread the pricing i...

$750 for 3d mapping of 10 acres and you are thinking that is too much? Am I reading you right? IMO $7500 would be good value.

I recommend the hard cover Rite-in-the-Rain field book, and then scan the pages as necessary for storage and distribution. These books have 4 1/2" x ...

I find this disturbing.

You might look into doing something with QGIS.

If you have 2 measurements that disagree (by more than can be attributed to random error) you may have to do a third to determine which of the first t...

In the middle of the busiest intersections there will be an area I like to call the "diamond of safety". An area where gravel and debris accumulates b...