when they stop auguring up lot corners in new subdivisions for power poles and pedestals, I'll stop driving nails in their power poles.actually we hav...

I agree Yswami. I've had the same thought, but never could put it to words like he has. I can tell he's spent some time formulating that.

you're probably right, generally speaking. however, I can state, with out a doubt, the worst seminar I ever attended was lectured by a practicing univ...

> If I had my way, the surveying courses would be at least 8 hours a day 5 days a week. Unfortunately, not everyone in the program will become a l...

This is my biggest issue with the higher education industry. A kid spends 4-5 years minimum to attain specialized knowledge that is actually applied t...

Perhaps I am reading this wrongThere is no gap just because measurements don't precisely agree. Unless measurements are the only information given. Bu...

Here's my Problem...Now the challenge...Thank you for the kind words RADU. Like Kris, I owe everything to my mentor. Kris and I have both self-taught ...

> Our BOR asks us to report our findings to an accuracy of 1:10,000 (or as I like to do it, as close to actual as I can with what I have to work wi...

how about no socks and let everyone think you're "eccentric".

why? you gonna put him in flannel? lol

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I know surveyors still use levels, but why is every ad for surveying a level and a guy with a hard hat. I seldom use either. At least he isn't wearing...

that's awesome!

right on, Kris.

It Is The Needle Length And The Needle ArrayI wouldn't say Glonass doesn't help. Just probably not as significant as some would like to believe (or co...

sounds like bullsh!+ to me, Don.the tools have changed. the techniques have changed for determining measurements. the deliverables have changed. but t...

amen. our experience too.I've asked people that should know why this is. I suggested that needle length might somehow be attenuating the GPS signal, b...