I haven't run into this situation enough to be a real consideration, but I think that as each new change in client arises I'd create a new project num...

Many states are doing so with the NATRF2022 roll out.

I hate state plane but not because I lack understanding. I hate that the scale factors differ from 1.000 by enough to be a real problem that people at...

As Rover83 says, you do not need to be scaling back and forth to ground/grid. Your data collector has a setting where you can set the grid system you ...

I, also, was a big fan of SMI. I preferred it over TDS, hands down. Used it for many years, the last time was probably when I wrote the Oklahoma test ...

But it is still the rover receiver were the action is, right?

For the 80th posting to this thread I'd like to crow about the low-distortion zones system in Oregon called the Oregon Coordinate Reference System (OC...

So who is Joe Cool in the back row with sunglasses, scarf, and pipe? I presume that was a put-on.

One token black guy, middle center. One female, bottom row center. Some things don't change.

You have to carefully read the language of your governing local ordinance. It's generally the foundation, but there are exceptions.

Surveying is a very fine and rewarding profession. I haven't worked a day in 35 years, it's been all fun. But for your stated goals I might suggest a ...

It appears to me that the surveyor has expressed what he has done - in terms of the control - very clearly. It is the engineer that needs to explain t...

Errors of that magnitude suggest an issue with scaling of state plane. "The job is in state plane, and the scale factor is 1.000000" It is very unlik...

There is rarely any place on a construction site that isn't perilous. Luckily, bundles of rebar don't just jump up and smack your setup. Generally, th...

Come back at lets us hear your opinion of the AP20 after you have used it for a few days. Expiring minds want to know.

There are circumstances where I would be comfortable traversing from a resected position, and some where I would not be. To be comfortable I would fir...

The difference is about a foot in 100 miles, which is actually significant to us surveyors.

For battery recells my go to is surveybattery.com. They have done several, of various sorts, for me over the years, all have been turned around prompt...

The two resolutions did select 3 different stations, none in common, but they are at similar ranges from my station. We are well covered hereabouts.

This morning I've sent in a 5 hour session collected last summer to both versions. This mark is on the roof level of a parking garage, so it has unobs...