I would skip the level run and do it all with a total station.

There are hazards to working alone, there are also hazard in going to field with inexperienced or incompetent chainmen. One way to remove safety hazar...

Lifting the burden of keeping another set of hands busy frees up my cognitive functions enough that I do not miss having another person for consult, h...

About the project: History of the Walworth run: Section of the WRS and the outfall to the Cuyahoga Differential GPS for network verification. Fini...

I started at a larger company where hiring field hands green was part of the culture. I found field work relatively easy but understanding the bigger ...

A person can have bad habits and poor work ethic without having surveyed before, we stand out in that department but do not have a monopoly on it.?ÿ ?...

Thanks for sharing, I always look forward to your photos. ??ÿ

In case anyone missed it the ars piece linked at the bottom is way better, with links to some of the case documents and players. I do not see any ruli...

It is Scranton, just north of University which is the site for WST-3.?ÿ

I had a party chief from Idaho, one day in the break room a tech mentioned that she had seen a a sheep in the back of a station wagon while in his hom...

A very small minority of field hands I have met spend any time in the office whatsoever.

If I am working with another person I have them call it back, if I am working alone I talk to myself. If it is a big tree of clear concern on prop lin...

Perhaps we are in a transition period with technology and it will get worse before it gets better. Twenty years ago I was shocked to see people talkin...

If not working robotic, two four foot lath bungie corded to the rod is less weight and can be jettisoned at will. I have an invention in mind to make ...

I have used that set up before, it works well but I have always felt that a system with better ergonomics could be developed, especially for an uneven...

Years ago there was a poster, maybe the guy who lives in the Caribbean, who posted photos of a moped tricked out to carry tripod, rod and gun.?ÿ I hav...

I am a field hand with on about 20 years. Hard to say which years I did twice, although they are there.?ÿ The same criticism could be levied at many S...

I would take a look at the specs and contracts used by governmental agencies when contracting survey control for public work projects for guidance on ...

I have met two hand drafters since I started doing this kind of work in 2001. Both worked in large shops with lots of legacy data and drawings, both c...