Looks like one of the cheap imitations of vintage equipment made in India. The E and W marks are reversed from what a proper staff compass would have.

@rankin_file it's just a clip of the "Miracle of the Juniper Berries" scene from The Life of Brian.

Juniper bushes

Like Jitterboogie, our company drawings show the different ASCE Quality Levels (A, B, C & D) with annotation. The plan notes explain the meaning o...

UTILITY NOTESTHE PRINCIPAL GUIDELINES FOR UNDERGROUND UTILITY MAPPING ARE THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS (ASCE) CI/ASCE 38-02, STANDARD GUIDE...

@jph Yes, they most definitely did believe that they had legitimate titles to the land, long prior to taking their claims to court. Massachusetts does...

@jph I've seen a couple cases where an AP claim was proven in court, and the landowners had been paying taxes on the parcel. In one case, the then-cur...

@jimcox I played around with Ubuntu a little bit a few years ago. I remember a software package called WINE (WIndows Not Emulator) that allowed you to...

@skeeter1996 I get the feeling that you are confusing the inaccuracy of the F.E.M.A. FIRM Zone A mapping with the accuracy of the flood study done by ...

@andy-j Image > Decrease Color Depth

Could be the top-secret gonculator that was the subject of some excitement on "Hogan's Heros".

One solution is to convert your raster map to a bitonal image. Each pixel will be either a 0 or a 1 value. The 1s will be displayed, and the 0s will b...

You might be able to get the software to run if it is set to use "Compatibility Mode" with an earlier version of Windows. I think you might have the ...