I didn’t use translate and rotate that much but it was standard protocol for us. We would be mentored and a plan of attack by the LS very much like Ho...

Living expenses. Yeah. I guess i would approach that just like the emergency fund for personal home. Have 6 months setting just encase it rains or m...

If i were on my own thats what i would love to do is just rural boundaries. Thats why i came back to land surveying side. I missed the boundary work. ...

Oh wow so 200k is an reasonable number. I guess i was way high. And that 200k is with latest and greatest. 50k for a truck yikes. I didn’t pay that fo...

Yeah borrowing money stinks for sure. I probably will never launch a survey business but who knows. I already running a farm and should be turning th...

One thing i am totally misunderstanding is you use TRK and semi active passive etc. TRK is the EDM period so distance only. The Passive and semi pass...

Gotcha. Thats exactly what i am trying to educate myself on. First so if I decide to invest to aid a friend different state about how much to get it ...

As you play around. Polaris and the sun are not the only stars you can utilize. The sky is full of many stars that one can use. I am heading out of to...

LOL But I am sorta being serious. If I were setting funds aside for say 5 years from now. How much should I have set aside before I launched. I have a...

So let me see if i can wrap my head around this. You stake out point number 1. Accept and store it. S5 is still locked on and you select from map or l...

Saturday my FFA daughter was riding the float her middle school FFA team put together for the small town parade. Great weather great people all around...

The rapid point etc. this is where I truly like Trimble once one understands how to use the different measurements methods and the way it can handle...

Yeah coordinates can bite you for sure. I try and look at them as simply another tool in the toolbox. I try my best to look at everything and from di...

I got a good lesson on blocks last year. I was doing an ALTA . I had never done a block in this state nor the city. But I went with what I knew while ...

Keep teaching. I am studying now. I do miss the PLSS. I miss the hunt for a monument or other evidence way more than the math. I have a lot to learn f...

Keep up the good work Shawn. Naval Observatory has lots of good information. EOP etc . I have been there several times and was lucky enough to get to...

Well here is a few. Lets say you locate a conc ROW monument sticking up a half foot above ground. That doesn’t need to be in the surface or contouring...

Well depends. If it’s our office project yes i have most codes set up to include and exclude what I want. I use TBC so for me it’s easy. But if it’s ...