It's the law in my jurisdiction to use U.S. Survey Feet.

So far I've only been able to tell that a "broken back curve" is an undefined colloquialism. Others have posted that Wattles states that it is a non-...

@KimBob I'm pretty sure I don't know what "Reaffirmed by Wattles" means. Care to elaborate?

I'm not sure what a "broken back" curve is, but I assume you mean the short tangent between the two simple curves in your diagram. My guess for the r...

I agree. The judge won't be taking your equipment choice into consideration.

My survey instrument is rated at 2 seconds and estimates to 1 second. I think it helps me get repeatable results in both horizontal and vertical measu...

My data collector does coordinate geometry (COGO) calculations. I could make a coordinate file, upload it and use the data collector inverse routine i...

Hi Peter, That's a good idea. Thank you. Several of the deeds on the block are written this way, and all of them miss closing by a lot. My plan was to...

3.) The first one is definitely going west. There’s no stopping it. However, I’m confused about the second one. It could go either way.

2.) This one goes really, really northeast. A northeast overdose.

Ouch!

Thank you Murphy! I'll be sure to use popple if I am in Maine to remain incognito.

Thank you Peter. We see yeoman (farmer) a lot. Also cordwainer (shoe maker), but blacksmith was still a blacksmith back then.

Ha ha. That is way too complicated for me. Why not just subtract?

That's a good one. I had to look it up.

I had to look up putting the horse before the cart, and I assume it means doing things wrong or in the wrong order However, that is not the case. Peop...

When it matters, I recommend setting marks for the excavator, setting marks in the excavation for a footing , and setting marks on the footing for a f...

Before I stomp the shoes of the tripod legs into the ground, I take the instument off and put it in the box. Then, after the tripod is firmly set, I p...