I'm too new at being solo to offer a lot of wisdom. I have enjoyed it immensely though. I work 6 days per week generally, but I really like what I do....

I've never worked out of a 3/4 ton truck as a surveyor. Why would a surveyor need such a rig? Is it personal preference for the larger vehicle or does...

Metric system is for sissies.

MD Surveyor, post: 396349, member: 10081 wrote: It really was the organizing all of my thoughts into the post that made the mistake jump out at me. I...

Trader Joe's is cool. We stop in when we're in a larger city. To go along with Mr. Harris's positives for living in East Texas, we also have three win...

StLSurveyor, post: 394464, member: 7070 wrote: Do Javad dealers offer a 30 day rental, or multi-day trials?30 day trial periods are available for the ...

toivo1037, post: 394481, member: 973 wrote: 30 day money back return policy. Buy direct from the factory/company in California.Customers are certainl...

I appreciate the symbols being drawn almost as much as I do the linework being connected. I can see what everything was by the symbols. I also have a ...

I always kind of liked keeping up with the line codes. It gave my mind something to do during a monotonous topo survey. I watch the screen to make sur...

Kent McMillan, post: 393098, member: 3 wrote: Actually, just quoting the CSF at intermediate points along some boundary is perfectly adequate for retr...

Dan Dunn, post: 393154, member: 911 wrote: 4) Use a LDP defining scale factor to minimize distortion at project ground, distances are ground, coordina...

tomchurch, post: 393152, member: 10174 wrote: So from a technical perspective is your CAD file in SPC with just labeled ground distances?Yes.

My way of working:State Plane coordinates are in true (no modified systems)Distances are expressed as horizontal surface distances (99% of the time)Be...

If I were surveying in the mountains, I would include elevations. Horizontal distances without elevations don't mean much with big differences in elev...

I've thought about this quite a bit myself. We've been keeping heights for boundary work for more than a decade. It simply became easier to keep up wi...

Scott Ellis, post: 391360, member: 7154 wrote: I hate it when I can not find a corner, I know it is not true, but I believe in my heart that the previ...

Nate The Surveyor, post: 391358, member: 291 wrote: Let me ask... did you try any other brands of metal detectors on this? Did you try searching, AFTE...

paden cash, post: 390981, member: 20 wrote: So you're in agreement with Kent?hmmm..interesting ;)I'm just making an effort. :)I think that it's unlike...

I agree with Mark, if the stakes are original and they've been relied upon already, it may be tricky to dispute them. Having said that, this would see...