D&R is a win win. One even if your splits are small near 0 it gives you a check always as you survey so when you see them jump it’s like that pesk...

@jim-frame yeah I bet they are scratching their heads. I had my crew chief do a couple 4 hour plus sessions on a big Topo we were doing a couple week...

@jim-frame I am with you on that. So many other variables that come into play with GPS. Solar activity. Then with VRS or any network RTK solution. It’...

that manual can get you there for sure. In a VRS setting you need to have a wider gap in time between observations not shorter. You need 3 to 4 hrs. N...

@peter-lothian We call that military rounding.

something I do and I am very weak in cad. But I have my compiles very similar to the mosaic mentioned above. I use the group command in Carlson for ea...

Health insurance is a tough one for sure. As long as the wife doesn’t lose her gig I am good. That’s why I could walk away from my govt job several ye...

@bruce-small Man I was thinking I was to old to start a business in surveying from scratch. I do however in the back of my head think I would like to...

Back in the 2006-2008 timeframe using VRS with TSCe and the TSC2 running survey controller there were a few outsourced applications we recommended to ...

You should not necessarily need a lat long or coordinate on the information data. If you have say a point it has lat long or north east. Then all you ...

I have started and been partners with a few different businesses over my career. None was directly a Land Surveying business. But 1st go buy a few not...

I loved the loose leaf field books. We used those old red 2 piece folders two hole punch at top to add to for each project. Because of my non ability ...

@williwaw I would not implement what I discussed for a team of 3. The bell curve doesn’t make it profitable unless the price point of using someone li...

Our engineers use civil 3d we run Carlson civil survey on top of autocad. I am no cad guru but what little I use Carlson for has been a much easier le...

You can set that my maps up in google earth. You can add notes and hyperlinks inside the place mark and such as well. I had a google earth set up so a...

TN is a great place in most areas for raising a family good quality of life in most areas. Get outside the big cities like Memphis Nashville and San h...