One day in the summer of 2004 I was working on a side street a short distance from one of the major thoroughfares here. President Bush was expected i...

Precision is desirable but it's the blunders that kill you. For your "TR-ex" example, that's a metric F-ton of vectors for that control. For an area ...

Yes. That water boundaries move. If the boundary of a certain property was per the surveyed line then Perry's client could sell the property to develo...

Using record boundary lines on a topo has its place if client expectations are managed. I do it regularly, but I must have a clear understanding of w...

Reader Safety glasses are a thing. They have them at my local HD.

1. The idea of this Altoids tin First Aid Kit is something that a surveyor could everyday carry in the vest. Naturally there should be a much more sub...

I've been doing topos for over 30 years and I've never heard the term "landscape wall" before.

Roughly 1/2 foot is what it is in Oklahoma as well. '88 is 3-1/2 feet greater than '29 here in Beaverton, Oregon.

"Personally, I prefer to reference NAVD88 rather than a 50-year-old NGVD29 mark..." Fun fact - Early indications are that NATRF2022 elevations in my f...

"I’m old I need a lot more room than an altoid tin. My Tecnu bottle is just one first aid item I rely on. " What I'm asking about is something one can...

Honestly, guys. I'm 63 years old and I bet I haven't taken 63 advil/tylenol/aspirin pills, total, in my life.

"That stopped providing safety decades ago. Look at ANSI class II safety vests. " That solid color vest is perfectly valid for off-road work. The ANSI...

I left off butterfly closure bandages.

What would be wrong with “BASIS OF BEARINGS IS ASSUMED” Regardless of what was used. Nothing, IMO. But Oregon Statute also gives the county surveyor w...

"Neither. I vote in favor of using the English language in such a manner that you can actually understand what is being relayed instead of some “Surve...

Getting back to the original question - since there are usually multiple bearings annotated on a survey map the plural form would be appropriate.