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...

The sad facts of life today are that it isn't really enough to just say that you are granting "an easement" or even "An easement for such and such pur...

Everywhere population and density exceeds certain levels. And what you did 50 years ago - or even 25 - doesn't apply here.

I absolutely do use TOGETHER WITH and EXCEPTING THEREFROM, etc. Nevertheless, I would not use it for the purpose shown in your example - to append a d...

Yes, they are sized for the 100 year event. They don't routinely fill up. That is intentional. The ground water these things address is near surface. ...

Define "qualifier language". If you mean including language that specifies that the description is of an easement of some sort or a right of way de...

Don't be obtuse. The water stays in retention until it soaks in. And if the snow melt on a site is absolutely getting into the site retention system ...

These rules about retaining storm water on site - driven by Congress via the EPA and not local agency whims - have been in effect around here for a ge...

Not using drones here - so far. We are subscribed to a service called "Nearmap" which allows us to download spatially correct (+/-) aerials to use as ...

This is equally true of any private side position. And perhaps more likely.

Who is going to sign off on your experience forms? In other words, staying in your current position may be fatal to getting licensed.

The F2f in C3d does take some effort to set up. Templates & Styles at a minimum. Descriptor Keys to sort points to layers and marker styles per t...

I'm thinking that conflict of interest is the very least of your problems here. Nevertheless, it's not a conflict to survey adjoining properties, as l...