I carry a field book and make the typical table; + HI - SS ELEV DESC // REMARKS: I make check marks in the fields where plus, minus and rod shots woul...

This post is a little late to the party and my experience with LisCad is from the field only and is about a decade old, but the field to finish functi...

In my experience IT guys never buy used or refurbished.

I had a party chief that wore out a Craftsman file after decades of use, he brought it back to Sears for a new one.I like to clamp the blade to a tabl...

I think the principal of closing back or into another known point is not negated by taking precise reads, either three wire, flopped rod, FT/MT or dig...

No, they do not.There are other hazards to the instrument in extreme temperatures but I have little experience working below freezing so I will leave ...

I am not seasoned enough to say what it is but I think I can say that is not an eye disorder. It is probably poor procedure by the user but may be a c...

I have been negative a few times and never over a thousand, set a hub at 997 but that is about it for height. Usually 160-340, I think.

One box to be aware of with SurveCe is the "use reciprocals" option in the set up screen, doing so will use your backsight shot to calculate a adjuste...

I think there may be a way to just straight up rotate an alignment to vertical. My boss would know but I am not at work and so do not have him to ask ...

I am just a field guy so some of the nuances are lost on me as in general this stuff has been set up by somebody else.But here is what I do know, when...

Another ContenderHere is a TI put out by NRG, running survey soft.

If it is any consolation, as far as I can tell, they do not like us much either.During the economic downturn I found myself in school studying draftin...

I was surveying for four years before I started chiefing. The first few years of chiefing I did not really develop much for a variety of reasons, in t...

Found LinkHere is what we use to find prisms in tunnel and at night.

Lights for helping to find the glass are indispensable but just get the clip on led lights and put them on a standard glass/target.I could not find a ...

Drill a hole with a 1/4" bit, plug hole with 1/4" coiled fishing lead and cut with pruners, smash with hammer and place punch or tack. This will give ...

I have had poor experiences with cheaply made gear; the new Sokkia legs and omni tribrachs come to mind as being real junkers.I thing that the longevi...

Working directly for the contractor involves a shift in perceived status, construction surveyors often feel appreciated less working directly for the ...

classroom settingAttitude and maturity can do wonders for the benefits of the classroom, as an adult I was able to succeed in school in ways that elud...