The Nature of Measurement Errors

Every measurement you've ever taken is technically wrong. When surveyors measure land,

they know tiny, unavoidable errors will happen. Some are predictable, like a tape measure

being slightly off. Others are just random oopsies, like a shaky hand. So,

they don't just measure once. They measure the same line multiple times and average

the results to find the "most probable value." It’s not about finding a perfect number,

because that's impossible. It’s about being precise—hitting the same spot over and over—and using

math to get as close to the true value as humanly possible.