@dave-karoly They're heavy, get heavier every time I pick it up, but bomb proof, long as you don't drop it. Was common practice in the day to pin the...

I was a framing carpenter before and while going to school for a degree in geomatics. Built my house and shop and only build stuff for myself these da...

I typically use the stationing on the line to get a mental visual with the offset to get a better idea of where I am in relationship to it and reverse...

It may be counter to your intent but letting the lad get out and work on his own for other outfits might bring him the experience he'll needs while br...

Happens here all the time. I've been complaining to anyone who will listen until I'm blue in the face. Capitol projects people simply do not care. The...

@firestix All of the above. Any telecom infrastructure project or what they call 'outside plant' in the telecom business requires good quality mappin...

All I can say is utility work has been very kind to me, but it's taken years to build trust and confidence with my clients. When times get tough peopl...

In the old days to measure across a body of water for example, surveyor would establish a baseline of a known length parallel to waterbody and turn ho...

Maybe a camper or RV is the way to go and just avoid the hotel scene altogether. I've got an old 60's Aladdin camper I've fixed up and can tow just ab...

I have just one simple rule of thumb for dealing with belligerent people. Hear them out and nod my head like I'm agreeing with them and I feel their p...

Are you starting a new job in the datacollector for each as-built or using the same coordinate file for all of them? The only way this makes any sense...

I had to stake an easement that a lady had fenced off for her horses and the construction people showed up and all the flagging and lathe were gone, s...

@rkinnie Thanks. Sort of what I suspected. Hard to make non-surveyors understand what I'm talking about at times. Always rubs me the wrong way when p...

Has the firmware been updated? See this article regarding the 5700 I currently use the 5700 only for static purposes and download the raw observati...

@stlsurveyor Sweden is taking a completely different approach, shooting for herd immunity. Only time will tell if their approach was the right one. T...