I've been a big fan of Javad equipment for several years now. If you live in a state requiring Relative Positional Accuracy reporting requirements, I...

Boy howdy! Occasionally you will discover the capstone to the entire project from a helpful neighbor so you are sort of obligated to listen but it ca...

Several decades ago, back when a lot of important stuff was chained in because the newfangled EDMs were not 100% trustworthy, we always did a backsigh...

I'm not the right guy to ask but I don't think there are any latency issues. I know many surveyors that use cell corrections (TCP) as the daily stand...

Yes sir and it is a game changer.

I have dug up thousands of monuments in roads. Lately, I've come to appreciate a 3" hole saw on a hammerdrill. Locally, it is customary to set Mag n...

Times 2. We're from the government and we are here to help.

I am surprised that the vacated right-of-way can be purchased. Around here, if it is vacated, the adjacent owner just needs a plat and legal descript...

A tree fell in a residential area near me and killed a child. Last I heard, 5 different surveyors had been involved in locating the tree in relation ...

I looked up Lignum Vitae and among other things, it has been used to treat syphilis. Sounds like a good wood to use if it doesn't rot. Is iron commo...

In Kentucky, many corners are trees. I use a Javad GNSS unit with base and shoot the trees with an offset and I'm pretty close to the center of the t...

You've been a busy guy. I could not begin to compile a list like that, except for the very great ones. One of my favorites that I was describing to ...

Around here, there are storm easements down most subdivision lot lines but fences are commonly erected on the property lines with no issue. Locating ...

About 90% of my jobs are too small, too dense, too many fence lines for it to be more trouble than the help it provides. But sometimes, a 4 wheeler i...

I've been surveying out of the back of an F-350 dually 4 door, 8' bed for the last 18 years. Plenty of room for equipment and 4 wheeler right in the ...

It does look pretty steep. It is very handy to be able to get close without just the use of your own two legs. I am working on big survey in the App...

I don't think it should be codified but the level of care for $1,000 an acre remote mountainside is a little different than one would handle a $1,000,...

A subdivision with Civil War themed streets was created a couple decades ago. Had Cannonball Lane, Battleridge Drive, etc. and the main drag through ...

I worked with an immigrant 30 years ago from Romania that was a licensed surveyor in his home country. At the time, it was difficult getting his degr...