Tell them that you could sign on those things, but it wouldn't do them any good. Since these things are not survey things, your insurer won't back you...

I'm not a Topcon fan. Trimble or Leica for me. And there isn't a whole lot of price difference, long run. When I was shopping 2 years ago the dealersh...

Sometimes it is more insidious. Downtown Portland has been getting redeveloped a quarter block at a time. Every time a new building goes up, and the a...

In my opinion the “Party Chief” vest sold by SafetyApparell.us is an excellent option. Rugged and comfortable. Made in USA, too. Any vest that spends ...

If you make the mistake of buying anything from ULINE you can look forward to a lifetime of having your mailbox stuffed with their inch thick catalog ...

It must be remembered that OUAT, not so very long ago, it was frequently necessary to measure very long distances with the EDM. The sort of distances ...

I note that in these pictures of fire ravaged suburban areas the roads are largely intact. Monumenting the centerlines of subdivision roads would mit...

While I agree that many of these DOT manuals contain excellent bits I think that setting one of them on an entry level eager beaver would be a cruel t...

A Topcon Hiper LIte+ I was using regularly ended its life in the same sudden way, a few years back. Going strong until it just wouldn't wake up one mo...

There is a book named "Land Surveying Simplified" by Paul Gay which looks like it would fill the bill. $10 for the kindle version. I have not read it,...

Are there data format converters with SALSA? Or does the user have to manually enter raw data? If there are, which formats are supported? I’ve browsed...

I don't have to tell you that having a dog's breakfast of equipment and accessories is a recipe for confusion, inefficiency, and training nightmares. ...

I wasn’t aware that a digital level, or any level for that matter, has a least count. Please explain. If you reading to the thousandths of a foot, whi...

If you are getting a lot of variation between successive readings it may mean that you are attempting sightings that are a bit long for the equipment....

"Also, the electric company and the water company are sticklers for facts, so if they agree nothing has been dug on the site, it hasn’t." I agree that...

"What is there to review if nothing was ever installed?" Whether or not anything was ever installed. Until the site has been excavated to a great dept...

I've been licensed for 25 years now, and I go to the state conference every year. Frankly, there isn't too much being said in most of the seminars tha...

The words you refer to come from the preface of A.C. Mulfords "Boundaries and Landmarks". THIS manual is intended to familiarize the surveyor with th...

Here are my code cards. We use C3d here, so they are tailored to that. This system is a development of one I was first introduced to in 1993. All fe...