EDUCATIONAL
FIELD DISCIPLINE
Field Notes: The Habit Every Good Surveyor Still Won't Drop
Data collectors record everything automatically now. So why do experienced crews still sketch, describe, and double-check by hand?
A data collector stores angles, distances, and coordinates the instant they're measured. It doesn't forget, it doesn't misread a number, and it doesn't need good handwriting. So why does the discipline of field notes, sketches, descriptions, and careful recording, still matter so much on a working survey crew?
