Technically, I think it unlikely that a permit is typically required to dig up a monument. The permit is to occupy the roadway and hold up traffic.

Oregon had that one for Records of Survey for a while. But two things happened - first, the ever diminishing supply of such monuments. Second, the rea...

Reference to a map, to be effective in the long term, requires that the map be recorded. I second Bruce's comment about the use of "to a point". If ...

I'm reminded of this story about what Bob Gibson said to his catcher: "What are you (Catcher Tim McCarver, after being sent to the mound by Manager...

Right now there is a current thread of someone trying to re-home an old surveyors garage full of not-that-old instruments. I've worked in a lot of off...

@jim-frame @williwaw I recall an article in one of the trade magazines many years ago where an outfit had cut down some tripods like that so the...

@sreeserinpa US Survey Foot v. International Foot mean nothing to your colonial records. Nor anything to the GLO surveys of the PLSS. The US Foot w...

I like your idea of a packable mounting arrangement, but I think that little three point gadget is over doing it a bit. It is intended for use on a no...

The thing with the US Survey Foot/International foot is that there are a lot more definitions of "foot" than just those two. These just happen to be t...

Robotic total stations have been a thing for over 25 yrs. I'm sure that you can find something with some life left in it for your price. I'm looking a...

Getting back to the OP, this Bohnenstingl seems to be a german manufacturer of overengineered solutions in search of a problem.

I paid about that for our second one. The first I got for a little over $6k. This tilt sensing thing is the biggest thing in data collection since ref...

I do not measure building corners. Haven’t for years. I get reflectorless shots on the walls and intersect the wall lines. If, for some reason, I c...

I read a lot of complaints about title companies on these pages. I must be lucky to live in an area where the title companies are better than the aver...

In my experience, in Oklahoma, there is often little or no topsoil. 60d spikes hammer into well consolidated silt/sandstone and hold fast. Until the n...

Cedar is native to Oregon and would certainly outlast the fir hubs in common use. But hubs of sound cedar wood would probably cost more than a couple ...

One time in my career and one time only I have received a written message from another surveyor praising my aprroach and resolution of a boundary. Tha...

Discussion Forums - RPLS.com Not as extensive as I recalled. Perhaps it was the follow up conversation that made it seem so.