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BStrand
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RE: Approximate Corners

An approximate corner? That doesn't even make sense. If all you need is an approximate corner then you sure as hell don't need me out there. Ƕ...

8 months ago
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RE: Surveyors are a high priced bunch.

Even in 1911 engineers were trying to estimate survey budgets? 😏

8 months ago
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RE: Unbelievable

Very funny story. Totally embarrassing for the news channel. I mean if this isn't the slowest news day on earth for these people then I don't know w...

8 months ago
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RE: Another Survey BUST by our PLS company

While the cause of the problem proved to be their engineers lowering their surveyors elevations by 0.25′, for unknown reasons, they did not include th...

8 months ago
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RE: One Man Crews

Maybe a smart watch. Some with pulse or other health monitors could notify a contact.The first place I worked gave me kind of a hockey puck shaped gad...

8 months ago
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RE: Carlson CAD Question

You can set your bearing distance labels and point labels to be annotative (which is what I did before moving to Civil 3D), but that comes with its ow...

8 months ago
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RE: Carlson CAD Question

Carlson has another place to set your drawing scale besides the annotation scale. Go to Drawing Setup under the Setup tab and set your horizontal scal...

8 months ago
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RE: Plat Calcs

I’ve never seen anything like that before. Is there something special about the curve that dictates that?The 679.25 radius and 485.88 length dimension...

8 months ago
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RE: Plat Calcs

Looking at GaryG’s drawing, I’m a correct in saying that the tangent bearing of N 40°59’06” E is for the piece of 18.7′ arc of lot 224?Yeah, and ever...

8 months ago
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RE: Plat or deed govern?

Sounds pretty straightforward then. In your narrative say deed says this, plat says that, and that occupation appears to follow the deed.

8 months ago
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RE: Plat or deed govern?

Should be pretty easy to sort out by mapping what is being occupied...

8 months ago
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RE: Plat Calcs

What would be the purpose of using a non-tangent curve? Aren’t curves designed to fit tangents? Thanks for your help.No no, non-tangent as in not tang...

8 months ago
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RE: One Man Crews

Most of the fieldwork I've done has been as a 1-man crew. I didn't mind it for the most part because I was never really in the middle of nowhere by m...

8 months ago
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RE: Plat Calcs

1.) Seems clear to me the curve is tangent to the south line of lot 222.2.) Yeah, appears to be a non-tangent curve, so 90 from the tangent bearing ...

8 months ago
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RE: Selling old survey to another client

Does the new owner know you did a topo on it 4 years ago? I'd say get as much money as you can, but be careful about the site having changed obviousl...

9 months ago
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RE: Tips to inspire field crew?

I will say when I ask my boss the right question I see a glean in his eye and hopefully he remembers his long extinguished fire.That's funny. I've no...

9 months ago
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RE: Location of Davy Jones's Locker?

What's even more awkward is there's a pincushion out there.

9 months ago
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RE: Right-of-Entry laws

I think even I had the right to enter the guy's property I'd go around just so I didn't have to deal with him.

9 months ago
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RE: Crew member dreaming poster

You could also just tell them the condensed version: variety is the spice of life. 😎

9 months ago
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