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Common Mistakes to Avoid in Land Surveyor Calculations: A Guide for Professionals

 Common Mistakes to Avoid in Land Surveyor Calculations: A Guide for Professionals

Land surveying is a vital task in the real estate and construction industries. Surveyors play an essential role in defining property boundaries, determining land areas, and calculating volumes with precision. Even the smallest miscalculation in sur

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1 Reply · Reply by Richard Pettey Jun 2, 2023
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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

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1 Reply · Reply by Justin Farrow Mar 30, 2023
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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

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3 Replies · Reply by Don Huston Jan 29, 2023
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Baseline - how to establish between base and rover Advice Needed

Good day all
I am not a surveyor but I play with GPS and specifically precision low cost units for precise positioning and navigation over dangerous terrain or for placement and remote control of machinery.
The question that I have is how is the base

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3 Replies · Reply by J. Anthony Cavell Jul 5, 2022
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