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bill93
bill93
@bill93
Member P&R, Founder
Joined: July 1, 2010 9:00 pm
Last seen: September 26, 2026 6:20 am
Topics: 291 / Replies: 9710
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RE: Brand X survey monuments

Sorry, just catching up so I hadn't seen it yet. But, you are a high-ranking member of the spelling police, so write yourself a ticket.

9 years ago
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RE: NGS Data Explorer

I usually like the search options on the ngs site better than the explorer.An option for Android phones is BenchMap found in Google Play. Don't know ...

9 years ago
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RE: GNSS (GPS) Class

In topic 2_a the first figure that shows signal structure is misleading because it incorrectly shows many code chips per cycle. The code is much slow...

9 years ago
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RE: Flat Earth Picks Cary, NC for November Conference | Charlotte Observer

I glanced at some discussion on the FE site, and it wasn't obvious to me how many really believe it and how many think it's fun to bait people into us...

9 years ago
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RE: Button magnets

That could be a good idea for cadastral or other horizontal monuments, but of course of no help if an elevation mark gets disturbed. It didn't help i...

9 years ago
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RE: Fun with surveyors

On some projection they are points on a right triangle?

9 years ago
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RE: Button magnets

The flexible ones often have alternating polarity strips so don't project a magnetic field well at any distance.I recently found a destroyed bench mar...

9 years ago
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RE: Today's pic in the Oculus.

John Hamilton, post: 438023, member: 640 wrote: I was in North Dakota recently, and I saw quite a few missile silos while driving across the state. It...

9 years ago
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RE: Where do I submit new photos of a benchmark?

I have only done a few sessions out where people might notice, and those in rural or decent urban neighborhoods. I have a cable that I string through...

9 years ago
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RE: Seco Triple Prisms

With the range of newer total stations and the prevalence of GNSS, I doubt anyone uses triples very often. But they would make good semi-permanent re...

9 years ago
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RE: How to Loosen a Rusted Bolt or Nut

FL/GA PLS., post: 437161, member: 379 wrote: I always keep this handy in case duck tape and a hammer don't work. [SARCASM]You've mentioned that your ...

9 years ago
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RE: Where do I submit new photos of a benchmark?

NCSpiralGuy, post: 436941, member: 12287 wrote: I know a benchmark in North Carolina whose photos need to be updated. I consider it most important to...

9 years ago
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RE: Local Map Grid coordinates transformed to WGS82 - rotation?

Also note that WGS84 and its predecessors are not fixed to a tectonic plate as is our NAD83. Thus there is a coordinate drift of some magnitude over ...

9 years ago
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RE: Need help,adjusting GPS localized coordinates to grid coordinates

This looks like a school problem, so you should have some reference material that helps explain it. Without that background information the question ...

9 years ago
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RE: Survey for Today 06/07/2017

You all have it wrong. The correct order for the calendar is the same as for the clock: largest to smallest. If I'm writing it I use 2017 Jul 6 with ...

9 years ago
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RE: Since there is no 'lack of training...'

If you are finding the angle, it makes no difference. If you are staking the nearby point, all is well. If you have a given angle and nearby point a...

9 years ago
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RE: Handheld Laser Advice

Just A. Surveyor, post: 436217, member: 12855 wrote: Apparently, y'all didn't grasp my question. Then you need to restate the question so it can't be...

9 years ago
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RE: Handheld Laser Advice

I don't have one of those gadgets, but find that with a TS I can get decent range with the red or white reflective sheets sold at the home improvement...

9 years ago
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