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bill93
@bill93
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Joined: July 1, 2010 9:00 pm
Last seen: September 24, 2026 8:19 pm
Topics: 291 / Replies: 9710
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RE: Jury Trials

As the saying goes, do you want your case decided by 12 people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty?

8 years ago
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RE: Surveyors Week March 18-24, 2018 GPS on BM

807 marks shared by OPUS users in April 2018437IDB?ÿpriority?ÿbench marks98IDB bench marks173IDB other marks99new marks (not yet in IDB)

8 years ago
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RE: Two Differing Elevation Certificates

> (and orient the antenna differently) I thought you were always supposed to orient the antenna a particular way (some have a north arrow), at leas...

8 years ago
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RE: Two Differing Elevation Certificates

Posted by: Jim in AZ What Skeeter1996 said. Why wouldn't an OPUS solution work? I understand that when the 2020 datum is adopted physical benchmarks w...

8 years ago
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RE: Control?

I see a lot of flagged X stakes, and single stakes, but not many with the 3-stake asterisk form.?ÿ The X always seems to be out of the way of whatever...

8 years ago
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RE: NGS DATASHEET chuckle of the day.....

Interesting stuff, but I don't see any indication they had a camera in Montana to explain the data sheet notation.

8 years ago
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RE: Two Differing Elevation Certificates

Thread hijack:?ÿ I've heard that the subtleties of a water hose level mean it isn't as accurate as a good optical level run. ?ÿ I note that the Coast ...

8 years ago
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RE: NGS DATASHEET chuckle of the day.....

Although some agencies and the navy were working on use of satellites for positioning, I would be surprised if a USGS crew was thinking of that in 196...

8 years ago
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RE: NGS DATASHEET chuckle of the day.....

Dang! He was good 😉 TN0994_SATELLITE: THE SITE LOCATION WAS REPORTED AS SUITABLE FOR TN0994+SATELLITE: SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS - June 25, 1963With ...

8 years ago
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RE: Wet cell battery trouble

Posted by: A Harris A battery stored on a concrete floor will fail quicker. That was true many decades ago when the cases were made of other materials...

8 years ago
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RE: Wet cell battery trouble

Keep an eye on that charger.?ÿ My guess is it failed and overcharged the batteries and boiled the water and acid out.?ÿ That would explain the mess an...

8 years ago
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RE: Happy Oblate Spheroid Day

I object.?ÿ There are many oblate spheroids, but the day is dedicated to the single one most of us are walking on.?ÿ Its name is "Dirt" in whichever l...

8 years ago
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RE: Beerleg?

Posted by: foggyidea Why would an instrument person ever "have to straddle a leg for the majority of a setup"? You can't always have all the sights in...

8 years ago
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RE: State Plane Coordinate System of 2022

The NGS presentation showed a map indicating that only a minority of states, and a few other jurisdictions, have officially defined LDP systems. ?ÿ

8 years ago
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RE: State Plane Coordinate System of 2022

Posted by: linebender Iowa has had a statewide CS for GIS for many years. UTM 15. A few years ago I saw some county GIS systems displaying SPC.?ÿ Rece...

8 years ago
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RE: State Plane Coordinate System of 2022

Grid north depends on where you are relative to the central meridian of the zone.?ÿ If the zones are changed the meridian is likely to be different so...

8 years ago
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RE: State Plane Coordinate System of 2022

They wouldn't have had to do anything at all except change the name.?ÿ They could have just told us to plug 2022 lat-lon into the old NAD83 formulas a...

8 years ago
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RE: Legal Easement?

Posted by: RADAR You're right @aliquot the original owner still had an interest in the property; is it "OK" for them to grant an easement over propert...

8 years ago
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RE: Legal Easement?

Posted by: aliquot A real estate contract doesn't transfer property.?ÿ Is that true everywhere or is it state specific? Posted by: aliquot ?ÿWere your...

8 years ago
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RE: Legal Easement?

Obviously you can't grant an easement against land you don't own.?ÿ Edit:?ÿ I had the names reversed in mind when I posted before.?ÿ Jones never owned...

8 years ago
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