By notarization do they mean the suveyor's seal and signature? That should have been current at that time but logically there should be no requirement...

Lat-lon is neither metric nor imperial.<div> NGS does all dustances in metric. They provide conversions to feet as a convenience to users who ar...

I have used the Trimble 4000sse or ssi and corrected the date either by text editor (watch the spacing!) or by telling TEQC with the correct -week ###...

>"Since a survey must be recorded and it must be reviewed before being recorded" It is possible, to the chagrin of the county employees, for a stat...

I don't pay much attention to predictions of northern lights any more because in the 1990's I saw the show of a lifetime. In eastern Iowa about 42.15 ...

More exactly, the number is 34.4 mm = 0.113 ft, not 0.1 ft. If you use a non Leica prism and tell the instrument it is a similar Leica, the difference...

It appears to be necessary to assume tangency.

We agree on the answer. Here's my method:

I saw it listed on the Society of Land Surveyors of Iowa web site for $100. Not sure it is currently available, but you need to try there if you haven...

Thanks for the update, Leon.

I'm late to this party, but I'll offer this little writeup that I did a while back, trying to understand prisms.

I thought I had heard the locator company was responsible for getting the paint within 18 inches of the utility. Not so? Why are people required to ca...

A search for his name and town brings up no news, which i take as sort of good news.