What are the precision minimum settings on your RTK unit for resolving a position? I'd start there.

It's interesting how many surveyors refer to steel as iron. The company I'm working at now has a long tradition of labeling SSM on plans - Steel Surve...

So what happens if the the mobile home is not removed from the property? The new landowner files a claim against the title insurance policy. The title...

Maybe an axel shaft?

It is a recent, typed deed, but the description could very well have been copied from a handwritten deed back in the mists of time. "Acres" makes sens...

I would rewrite it to say the client agrees to pay collection costs on overdue accounts. Include a definition of overdue, such as not paid within 30 d...

I had a situation like that crop up some years ago. Sent the crew out to stake a lot corner shown on a plan that was 15 years old. Party chief tells m...

Survey > Polyline Tools > Compass Polyline Adjustment That would be the simplest approach. Your end result would be a polyline with Grid distanc...

The $500 lot survey you found on Google is mostly a myth perpetuated by real estate agents and architects.

Personally, I don't throw out cost estimates without knowing more about the particular lot that will need to be surveyed. A specific address is usuall...

Mass. NH & Maine have varied paths to licensing with more education requiring less experience. There are a small number of surveying education pro...

U-Maine, BS in Surveying Engineering Many of the surveyors I know have very different backgrounds, and got into surveying more by accident than by int...

I just use AutoCAD drawing commands. Draw a LINE from your instrument setup to your backsight ROTATE by the negative of your turned angle, i.e. -125d1...

When I get weird behavior out of Carlson, the first thing I do is shut down and reboot the computer. Then run Windows Update and install any updates, ...

Just an FYI for the gang - after using CCLEANER to purge my cache, I logged back in and found that my Setting for Timezone was somehow changed from NY...