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If I were in your position I would measure the grid distance between your two abutments in project design files (that I assume are state plane).?ÿ If ...
For me, self-satisfaction from being "in the right" quickly gives way to self-loathing for not handling it better.?ÿ The professionals I admire most k...
I do them and then complain about it to coworkers.?ÿ?ÿ
It makes sense to me that a calibration is only an attempt to develop a projection.?ÿ Why not take it straight from the horse's mouth? Pairing up lat-...
Sounds like I'm in the minority, but I found the R10 disappointing. There's a lot of features that I'd file under: Stuff I Didn't Ask For or Want or ...
A rigorous if circular debate! There is a third view here, albeit an unpopular one: this is a false dichotomy in which both sides are right some of th...
Interesting discussion. My outfit frequently does R/W retracements for our company's state DOT work. Our practice has been as follows:1. Collect evid...
Impressive project(s)!
Thanks Brian. For posterity (if someone else Googles this and stumbles across this thread), I've determined Brian's answer (and others before him) is...
Thanks for the sound advice. I took similar measures last night. Your original answer was consistent with my what I had assumed was the correct answ...
You Have Yet To Mention Sect 31, 32, 33 MonumentsFor the sake of my question, assume that I have found monuments on the senior line that was closed up...
If I was retracing another surveyor or had some occupation I could work with, I would just be grateful someone had gotten to it before me. But I don'...
Never Hold A Closing Corner For North LatitudeFound closing corners control the proportionate position of the N 1/16s. It's part of the whole laying ...
"Metric" CalendarI enjoyed Robert Grudin's case for the metric calendar in Time and the Art of Living, not that it will ever take hold. I picked up t...
Sounds like a survey style issue to me. Radio baud rates and broadcast language have to be correct on both base and rover survey styles. Should be b...
After assigning coordinate systems in two separate drawings, I'd think you could import your grid coordinates into both drawings. If the lat-longs yi...
If you're doing a lot of layout, you'll want the roads package, which for some reason they put in the Trimble Access menu instead of the General Surve...
Most of my work is cost plus fixed fee. I'll take lump sum when I can get it, which isn't often. Time and materials without a cap is rarer still. T...