[GH85Carrera]

We have access to a high dollar GPS data collector that is accurate to under .10 foot (1.2 inches). It is a Trimble RT 10 and a cool unit. Of course it cost more than I paid for my 911 so it ain't cheap. We are not surveyors, and we don't even play one on TV. We have flown my house in the past and we were shooting in points like corners of sidewalks and things that are easy to see that are on the ground. We can punch in that data and make the project more accurate, but it does not matter except to learn how to do it.

A real for true surveyor charges $150 to $250 per point depending on where the project is, and how many points you need. It is real easy, and it really makes me wonder how they trained certified genuine surveyors can have so much trouble sending us a simple text file with X,Y, and X. It is like they want to struggle with it to make it look difficult. We shot 24 points at my house in 30 minutes. Easy peazy.

I am certain that trudging through some field in 100+ degree heat is a lot more work that what we did, but it can't be that hard. Of course all we can do in make data points we don't even mention the word survey or allude that we do them.