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Bruce Small
Bruce Small
@bruce-small
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Joined: February 6, 2011 3:35 pm
Last seen: May 30, 2026 6:54 pm
Topics: 227 / Replies: 1346
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RE: Topo blunder

Mark Mayer, post: 418043, member: 424 wrote: Bruce doesn't keep field notes. But an examination of the measure ups in the raw data file is in order. ...

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RE: How do you bid a Topographic Survey?

I used to base my fee on what it would cost the client for photogrammetry + setting panels. I would charge the same, but deliver in a couple of days a...

9 years ago
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RE: Autodesk does it again!

I knew there was a reason I'm still happily using AutoCAD 2004Lt.

9 years ago
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RE: Aerial Targets???

Dan Patterson, post: 416052, member: 1179 wrote: A friend of mine just sent me this and asked if I had ever seen these before. I have not, but I gues...

9 years ago
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RE: State of the Drones 2017

When I went into business my selling point was I could have the work completed and in the client's hands in days, even for topos, because I was willin...

9 years ago
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RE: Security of Robot or GPS Base Station?

Mark Mayer, post: 415427, member: 424 wrote: I've heard of GPS Base stations being stolen, of course. But it seems that every time it is from the side...

9 years ago
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RE: The unhinged

Gene Kooper, post: 415278, member: 9850 wrote: Bruce,Having met you, I cannot imagine how anyone could become vividly livid at you. The rarity of the...

9 years ago
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RE: The unhinged

Ha, yes livid, although as you said it was also vivid. Goodness she was mad and it probably didn't help her demeanor when I stayed calm.

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RE: F2F the new Leica Captivate way.

John Putnam, post: 414760, member: 1188 wrote: Bruce,You can change the descriptor at any point in Smartworks, Viva & Captivate. All you do is go...

9 years ago
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RE: F2F the new Leica Captivate way.

Ah, yes, the very few things I don't like about Leica.It won't allow me to change the descriptor after I collect it, even though I'm the person who ju...

9 years ago
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RE: Charging for a new certifcation

Half the original fee after only three months seems a little high, but more to the point, never give your clients the impression you are sticking it t...

9 years ago
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RE: never, as a professional, work for free

I do surveys for churches for free, and just agreed to update one in Sahuarita not ten minutes ago. I've been blessed in every aspect of my life, so h...

9 years ago
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RE: House too wide for lot

Mark Mayer, post: 413645, member: 424 wrote: I'm really not clear on what "certify to all encroachments" is supposed to mean. It means they don't wan...

9 years ago
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RE: House too wide for lot

I had an e-mail this week from a broker because the assessor shows the parcel to be 24' side and the building as 25'. Obvious problem, right. I gave t...

9 years ago
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RE: ALTA Survey Utilities

Not utilities, but similar. I did an ALTA survey on dirt that had once been farmland, and there was a concrete irrigation ditch that I showed on the d...

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RE: History of Survey COGO

MightyMoe, post: 412706, member: 700 wrote: Drafting Dan, 1956, created by RAH, often considered the first mention of CADAh, The Door Into Summer. Gre...

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