I can appreciate your desire to support American products/jobs. The X90 is manufactured in China. If that's a problem for some, as it appears to be wi...

I guess what I'm suggesting is put up or shut up...

Is your opinion about this "junk" based on actual usage? Do these receivers not deliver results as advertised? I'm confused, both by your assertions a...

Good perspectives, Mark. It was asked recently if these low prices on precision GNSS gear were sustainable. I think the better question is, "Are the e...

yes

Great post, Scott.It's been a while since I read the spec's for building a CBL, but it seems like the ground elevation couldn't vary much more than 20...

I sure do love mine. I hope it goes to a good home. They are masterpieces. Thanks again, Jeff, for making the effort to help this lady out and help pr...

Pencil-Whipped Compass Survey?Good perspectives. This is what makes surveying so interesting and what makes local knowledge very valuable.There was a ...

Pencil-Whipped Compass Survey?> My guess would be that it was the work of an engineer practicing surveying. The engineers were typically more adept...

Your generation amazes me, RADU.

Pencil-Whipped Compass Survey?That all makes sense to me Kent. Considering it was all calculated by hand, it seems strange that someone would go to th...

I'd definitely move gut feeling to number three or four.

It wasn't a button pusher in 1957. Also the numbers not being parallel nor perpendicular suggests to me that these are measurements. Also I was critic...

Another Possible ExplanationI like it your holiness. Puts those two sides close to parallel. Hits a nice closure with explainable edits. I like your a...

Calls Given:N 30°43'54" W 142.190 N 50°46'23" E 147.310 S 31°46'28" E 127.520 S 44°37'10" W 150.150 Closure Error Distance> 3.13761 Error Beari...

Bearings ALWAYS produce perfect angular closureCan you double check that acreage? You gave a different value in your opening post.

Bearings ALWAYS produce perfect angular closure> Expand on that a bit. If I'm looking for a possible cause of misclosure, why not look at the bear...

Bearings ALWAYS produce perfect angular closureha!I had to think about it myself back in my early days. I visualized a square (all sides cardinal). Th...

+1 ain't that the truth.