I'm willing to bet that this "good measure" concept was used in private surveys.I seriously doubt that this was a common practice for original surveys...

If the measurements are long, then the chain is "short".Not really . . . if a chain is long, then an unconstrained 80 chain long measure will be more ...

Interesting . . .I ran into a survey(city subdivision) that had all the original stones place for the subdivision(ending at a street intersection).The...

VERY INTERESTINGI have now logged to 100 miles on this data . . .As I get farther, I've noted that the chains(used in 1808), is getting increasingly l...

I have now retraced(on paper/aerials, survey maps and original field notes), over 40 miles and have ABSOLUTE faith that the government surveyor for th...

Yes . . . wellThis was a survey of a "reservation" that Connecticut refused to hand over to the newly formed Federal government. The federal governme...

OKAY . . .so, it appears that measurements made with a 33'(half-chain), were generally pretty accurate and precise in every respect, other than stretc...

Actually, all the kinks, bends and breaks would mean when a surveyor "thought", he had measured(and reported) a 66' distance, a re-survey would indica...

Note That There Are Two Quarter Circle Lips At the Topi'm sorry, but this looks like stone . . . not iron.i've seen similar pipe as called for in deed...

I went through the upgraded equipment stage . . . didn't work.Working SOLO(truly SOLO), is lonely work and turns work into . . . work.Watching all my ...

This white paper(opinion), may have been generated because of my complaint, but it doesn't actually address my formal complaint. Especially so, since ...

FIRST BIG MISTAKEyou NEVER look for laws that says someone can't do something . . . you look for laws(or board opinions), that says who "can" do somet...

The problem with S&G is that you don't know what you have until you post-process...If you're going to use S&G, learn all the tricks you can to...

If you do it(I would), make sure you set "hidden" control for your control and use a total station as a check on your GPS points . . . just in case so...

I really like the idea of tagging a found monument.Problem with a cap is Now that you've capped it, no one else can . . . kinda like . . . now it's "y...

I kinda acted as an advocate one time(about 15 years ago).I surveyed, reported the facts as the descriptions and other pertinent information very ambi...

A Baseline Only Allows Checks Of The EDMThere are many ways to check the circles on an instrument.I've used closing the horizon beginning at about 0-6...

sorry that was give the person the right to make the "error" right