Set up tripod, tribrach & instrument over a flat-topped wooden hub. Make a pencil mark on the hub to use as your first of 3 points. Center optical...

I don't know what software you used to process your data. With Carlson survey, if you have Field-to-Finish that inserts text labels with the elevation...

I often get calls that start out with "Your company surveyed my lot and I need..." I have to whittle down the phrase "Your company" before I can figur...

MALSCE has an on-line review for the PLS exam this fall, starting Sept. 30. I recommend you take it now, as it will address all the things you will ne...

There is no requirement, as such, other than what standards the insurance company wishes to use when they issue a policy. Or perhaps HUD (Housing and ...

The Carlson command MOVET will convert your text to a multileader using the currently set mleaderstyle.

<div>Looks like spam. Reply "Yes" to his email to find out if I'm right.</div><div> </div>

This is not a Carlson issue. It's AutoCAD Civil 3D, point style editing. Sorry I can't help Sumant. I haven't used Civil 3d in over 10 years, and neve...

This question reminds me of one of my geodesy classes in college. The professor was whipping equations up on the blackboard, and I interrupted him to ...

Yes, but there are literally hundreds of ways to make a mistake and mark your line incorrectly. The best approach is to contact the surveyor who prepa...

@learner It works like setting your digital clock, when you pass 12, you go to 1. On the earth, sailing past the edge immediately moves you to the ...

I'm concerned that the discussion is drifting away from the original question. I'm not asking if as-builts are required in your area, I'm asking if th...

There’s probably a late 1800’s postcard showing both walls the brook and more importantly the garden. I did research a couple of times at a historica...

I'm thinking that if there were two walls, and the grantor did not specify which one, then it would be the first one physically encountered when appro...

There is technology available to date when the stones buried in the soil under the walls last saw sunlight - optically stimulated luminescence. For f...

Assuming the walls are of similar pedigree, and one is not more newly constructed than 1877, I would go with the wall on the south side of the brook, ...

I've never plotted Lat-Long on a plan, just state plane coordinates. I vote for the 0.001" style, as it gets you to the precision where you can conver...

Around here (Metrowest - between Boston and Worcester, MA) most towns will require an as-built survey prior to final acceptance of a subdivision road ...

In the public right-of-way? "Feel free to call the police, mister. Here's our card. My boss will tell you the same thing."