In the 1960s the surveyors at my current employer cast the 4x4x48 concrete monuments themselves. Most are still in good shape but occasionally find on...

Nazarenes and Episcopalians are related via the Methodists.

Aw yes the record geometry must be perfect. Suppose a lot is 50’x100’ and the corners are 90° per the Deed. A surveyor sets pipes at the corners as w...

We are driving back to the hotel when coworker in passenger seat said “you little f____r” I look over, he said he caught a tick just about to dig in.

It is common practice in California to use CCS grid bearings with ground level distances. Grid distances will almost always be slightly shorter. Don’...

I’m just a simple country land surveyor, not a mathematician, Jim!

@dave-karoly That's the R12i antenna ? edit: I don't know for sure whether the USB thumb drive, and small cable, work with anything but the R12...

I’ve recently been using the USB adapter found in the receiver box, put a USB flash drive in it, stick in receiver, down arrow starts flashing fast, w...

Riding a four-wheeler is one thing. Riding one along the side of terrain having a signficant sideslope is entirely a different way to find excitement...

@dave-karoly I don't understand your distinction. In your example there is no boundary issue, but in the situations being discussed there is. Every bo...

For those that believe that title/location issues are separate: How can you have a title issue, and not have a location issue? How can you have a lo...

Race/notice is a title issue, not a location issue. If A sells the west 50’ to B and B records and then sells the east 50’ to C and C records, B is S...

If a silly old geezer went around insisting people address him as “your majesty” we would probably put him in a home.

Charlie Windsor doesn’t seem to be in any way majestic to me.