I answered those questions exactly as you did, along with sending an email to my broker describing exactly what we did (which included construction su...
> Someone please remind me again how it is that allowing "mortgage inspections" is protecting the public. Here is a good example where "the public...
I agree. If it is right to act, it is often wrong not to.
Pipe runs, after all, are in slope distances, so the difference between slope and horizontal through varied topography is going to render the grid-to-...
The base station antenna position is NAD83(2011) per the water district's statement (Lat/Long/Ell Ht). At the rover end, you get to pick the projectio...
I'm a PLS in my mid-30's, with a BS in Surveying and a good mix of field and office experience. I'm a cubicle dweller as well, so I'll just share some...
Check the dimensions and carry on if at all possible. If not, I'd put the instrument case in the box it came in (the heavy cardboard box with foam pad...
Outstanding. I could kiss you. And now I want to move to Tasmania. The U.S. has about the worst cadastre in the developed world. Many people here surv...
Some sage advice from Charlie Munger:-”I think that, every time you saw the word EBITDA, you should substitute the word “bull****” earnings.” -“Warren...
> Our Statutes don't specify particular drafting requirements. It's assumed that as professionals we know what's necessary.BINGO! If physicians in...
Sad evidence that it's too easy to become a PLS. No professional board should have to be chasing down minutiae like this, and no regulation should cod...
I think those two points are only held for Bearing, with the overall distance allowed to float (you'll notice that the deltas are equal and opposite).
Fleming - Tales of the Tundra> I'm no biblical scholar, but I don't remember anything in the Book of Genesis about a medium pizza and a 12 pack cos...
Congrats! Perhaps our profession is slowly on the march toward "they need us" more than "we need them". Many keep saying that there are not enough sur...
Make sure you hve electrical converters for voltage and plug style. Rwanda is 220V at 50Hz
A related questionWhen following post-processing procedures, never. When using RTK under canopy, several times (caught when point had also been observ...
If, through rugged forested mountains, you spent a month breaking down a section with a total station, would you repeat the feat every time you survey...
I did a few weeks of surveying in Uganda and Kenya some years ago. The surveys were small design topos in support of site planning, building construct...
I have only seen this work a couple times. In each case, the individual was a licensed surveyor with hotshot CAD/data analysis skills who moved away f...
If You Have No Scale Factor At 0,0, Then You Are WrongShawn: Some time ago, I came on this board with a fairly software-specific question (to which, i...
