Land Surveyor Forum

Surveyor Bookmarklets For On-The-Fly Posts to Community From Anywhere

Let's work smarter, not harder. How many of you have ever used  a bookmarklet?

How can a Bookmarklet Be Helpful to a Land Surveyor?

A bookmarklet is like a tiny wizard that lives in your browser's bookmarks bar and can magically transform any web

Field Measurements

Is Fied Sketching headache ?

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Surveying in USA vs Europe

Hello all, New here. I am currently a Registered Land Surveyor in the United States. What are the requirements to being a Chartered/Licensed/Registered Surveyor in countries of the European Union? Are there vast differences in requirements between th

What will be the best procedure to check column verticality

I am on a job site where I am building a facility.

I have to layout pile, anchor bolt and check the pipe rack column to see if is vertical.

Is someone can tell me what will be the best procedure using Trimble Vx Robotic Total Station on the field to c

GPS DATA QUALITY

HOW CAN ONE CHECK THE QUALITY OF GPS DATA.

NSPS COVID-19 Statement

The NSPS has issued an official statement regarding Corona Virus / COVID-19 as it relates to Land Surveying in the United States of America

Quiz for Surveyors New to the Field

Rob Migliore‎ shared this with us.... let's see how well you do...

I sometimes give an easy quiz to potential field and CAD people during their interview, just to get an understanding of their experience.
I wonder how many of you can answer these ques

Promark3 and WNRO

Hi,

Our group has been taking DiffGPS readings with Ashteck Promark3 DiffGPS equipment for about 9 years with very few problems. However, shortly after April 6 2019 - the date of the Week Number Roll Over - the data our units collected would no longer

Grading Permit Plans in Pennsylvania: Can a surveyor calculate and sign off on Infiltration Beds and trenches?

I am a licensed surveyor in Pennsylvania and work for a full service Civil Engineering Company.  I have been getting a lot of requests for grading permit plans.  More and more townships are requiring Infiltration beds for roof drainage discharge.  Al

BEING THE BEST

Lately I have become intrigued by the word "Best".

When I was beginning in my surveying career, I told my father that I wanted to be the best surveyor there was. His response was: "Remember, David, being best is a matter of opinion, either yours or so

Ghana coordinate system

I would be glad if someone will provide me with the configuration or a link to the configuration of Ghana coordinate system datum. Thank you.

Rinex files

Hi all,

I have submitted my rinex file to AUSPOS and the send this error message below

Static Survey in Ethiopia...Geoid mode?

I don't even no where to begin... I am involved with a group that is in Ethiopia and the want to set geodetic control.  They have access to a trimble R8-2 and TSC1.  What is the process like...I mean I understand the post processing in the States, bu

Kansas Riparian Rights

I'm getting info together to take the Kansas state specific and I can't seem to find much info on riparian rights. The only study info I can seem to find is the Minimum Standards, Statutes and Rules and Regulation. Is there any good study material ou

OPUS error message

I received the below error message from a rapid static upload.  Is there any way to obtain coordinates and elevation values?  I do not need tight tolerances, I just want to use this point as a verification.   

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Trespass

Nova Scotia has a Statute Law that says Land Surveyors have free access anywhere within reason and may need to provide reasonable compensation. You may want to consider suggesting this to your politicans.

Setting out comparison btween GRID & GROUND coordinates

I tried many times to make a check between the setting out or topo of 3 points using the GRID  & GROUND coordinates values of my control points. I got a difference of 12 mm in the coordinates. the control checks were fine when I was using the GRID va

NMEA GGA DATA

above is the sixth information in GGA data, would you p

converting wgs84 to sld99 carticiean

I need to convert below attached google earth shape file in to cad file having sld 99 coordinates

 please help me to how

I am building a field procedures / field manual

I am attempting to write a operations/procedure manual for my firm. I want to standardize the way all of my crew conduct their surveys and procedures.

I was wondering what input anyone may have on this subject.