Leica has a white paper on the subject. They provide data only on their own products, but they do provide a lot of food for thought.

" (“found capped iron rod with LS####, 0.3′ N x 0.4′ E of calculated corner”) " When a monument is called off like that the surveyor is implying that ...

"Has anyone moved to Carlson with Intellicad 11.x? If so, have you seen any benefit?" From what? I haven't loaded the 2024 Carlson yet, and I don't us...

"I’m still not convinced that cutting the degree requirement will improve the profession. That doesn’t change the fact that (a) it’s tough to start ou...

Oregon law places the responsibility for replacing disturbed or destroyed monuments on the disturber. So this homeowner would be within his rights to...

Oregon went from 8 years experience to 4 year degree-or-bust in the late '90s. The number of new licensees dropped off to near zero, so they changed t...

Painting trees (except for forestry purposes) is a hard NO. That never fades out. 6" spots anywhere is vandalism. And a waste of paint. I collect 30...

Lee, I'll give you that the Trimble is a load and uses a lot of battery. I wouldn't want to carry it far. Nevertheless, the active tracking simply can...

I'm not sure of Wilson or Robillard's status but both are well into their 80s and may be slowing down.

"Can anyone shed any light on why this is done?" To keep track of what has been shot, and what hasn't. I often do it. I use white and make the smalles...

If you have a specific accuracy spec to meet (rare), and if the specifier actually knows WTF they are asking for (rarer still), then preanalysis is yo...

Sounds like an error by an editor/proofreader.

"I’d be happy to read some evidence about Topcon being lower quality…." I'm basing my statements on first hand experience. The Topcon simply doesn't t...

You don’t need to pay yearly to use Trimble software. If you choose, you can buy and never update it. I used Trimble for many years, from 5603 to S5, ...

In that case, if RTK is available to a surveyor, what situation would there be that would call for running static data? If you have a lot of time and ...

In the last decade I've used Topcon, Trimble, and Leica . IMO, Topcon is clearly outclassed by both Trimble and Leica. And the prices aren't much, if ...

Suppose that you are called on to restore several lost monuments of this plat. What are you going to do other than best fit the plat dimensions to wha...

The flagmen were supposed to be in radio contact with trains in the vicinity so they could warn us fifteen minutes in advance of an approaching train....