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...

I had a family friend explain that she had one side of her lot Surveyed for $1,200 and then decided to have the other side done as well, she was a lit...

Yes, but the party chief gets the prestige. I do not think the construction trades are stealing workforce from the Land Surveying talent pool in any r...

I like to read the board journals to see what people get in trouble for, maybe browsing them can help you get a feel for your comfort level.?ÿ ?ÿ

So did you use a tape in order to duplicate the expansion of the works due to temperature? I have heard of folks doing that in some cases but never re...

For control shots the minus 30 is usually to a bigger piece of glass and the distance is farther, for close up tight staking the difference between th...

The 30 mil o/s ruins it, try tilting the prism when pointed at an instrument that is locked on and watch the distance and elevation swing a few hundre...

I like the GMP 111, there may be a small step down in centring from the 101 but it has better ergonomics.

My understanding is that when you swim deeper than BF the assumption is that you are concerned with temperature changes and are using two rods. I did ...

@Totalsurv?ÿ I did not like the motion when using conventionally, the vertical crosshair jogs, the inconsistency of motion with the knobs especially w...

I used the topcon gt1001 with magnet on the associated tablet for about a month and have nothing nice to say about it.?ÿ?ÿ

If there is a need to monitor during pour the responsibility to do so should be delegated from the top and not dependent on work flow. In my limited e...

I have not done it before. From the old school perspective I would think that the place to start would be for the builders to tape the O.D. of the for...

It's for a check cashing place Ma'am.

In looking forward to user errors I personally prefer a metal housing for prism assemblies.

Put a brick or something like that in your work area and rest one of your feet on it periodically through your set ups.?ÿ

In the traverse application you can cross ties or whatever you like. You may need to open another traverse, rather than running all the data in one bu...

The assumption with centering over a point is that upon occupation any error in the tripod/tribrach is assessed and corrected for, if you are leapfrog...