There are rates, there are prices, and there are costs. Not the same things. One of Dan Beardlee's maxims is "if your aren't getting work, it isn't be...

Dittos on Summerprophet's comments. Lightweight tripods should not be used with heavy instruments like robots. That, plus aluminum's thermal expansion...

25% from what? A lot of outfits pumped up their rates in the last couple years to take advantage of a super-hot market. If things are cooling off a bi...

Two reviewing pens. One blue, one red. Mark the absolutely must resolve things in red. Mark the suggestions for improvement in blue.

There is an app called "Theodolite" that does much the same. There are probably others.

In order to answer the question one has to define what is meant by "street line". So I'm going to avoid committing myself to any statement about that...

I've seen more than a few that seem to be a signature page bundled up with a collection of loose papers swept off someone's desk. Usually easements or...

If I have to translate/rotate one survey onto another I'll attach the survey to be moved as an xref.

Also, resected instrument positions are numbered by date. Such a point established today would be 231025. If there were going to be more than one such...

1-99 Control 100-399 Boundary 400-499 Search Calcs 500-999 Corner calcs for staking 1000-1999 As-staked record shots 2000-2999 Building/Structure Stak...

I'm not sure if Schonstedt is the very best, but nobody has ever regretted choosing one.

This sounds to me like a field expedient fudge factor application rather than a rigorous compass rule adjustment. Not knocking it, I'm sure that it wo...

I agree. LSAs work by adjusting the observations. I suppose that it would be possible to inverse raw observations from the raw coordinates, adjust tho...

Dittos on the excel spreadsheet suggestion. It's not that hard.

Please upload the entire document to the RPLS.com archive. This one should live in infamy, fully credited.

There may be a little confusion here... When you certify an ALTA, you are certifying, in part, that your positional accuracy meets the ALTA specificat...

During my time in state I found that distances between section corner monuments on lines actually run (ie/the meridional lines) were universally with...