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Joined: July 14, 2010 8:12 pm
Topics: 4 / Replies: 438
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RE: $300 Lot Survey

sad thing is, the beneficiary is just the best friend (the realtor) of the clients wife if i read it right - The gratis work (or low ball fee) does no...

15 years ago
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RE: $300 Lot Survey

> Why then would you even charge a fee?> > By doing so, you have created more conflict, confusion and misrepresentation to this profession th...

15 years ago
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RE: Truck Box Idea

> Yeah. This is why I laughed so hard when some of the field guys in Arizona told me about their "10 drop rain policy" (ten drops on the windshield...

15 years ago
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RE: I bet the number of fences that are right on ..............

Good thing in this day & age,"surveyors can rely on exacting technology like GPS to determine boundary lines." Easy as that 😉

15 years ago
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RE: Do you think a Survey Technician needs FORMAL GIS training?

there will always be that...but if you choose to stick your head in the sand on the general progression of this industry towards the geospatial 'catch...

15 years ago
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RE: Now I know why I hate people....

Stevethink i'd have busted out the saw on this one. whats to say the pole isn't blocking the original monument? that pole should have been moved or cu...

15 years ago
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RE: Sign of the times...

Knowledge and curiosity and vice versaI certainly wouldn't argue against the teaching of cursive writing in school - guess I just acquiese to the vast...

15 years ago
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RE: Sign of the times...

Not sure why cursive is important:good: Lol! my 6yo displays greater ease/skill on a computer than I did in my late 20's. I would take that skillset h...

15 years ago
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RE: Field notes

been my experience that field books go missing alot more than job files. How many jobs/projects would one stand to lose if the bound field book gets l...

15 years ago
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RE: Field notes

It's the Chain of Evidence that's important> A person could certainly see, if you were arguing where a controling corner once was, how saying it wa...

15 years ago
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RE: " technique beyond the average surveyor"

why not just put it in where the GIS says its supposed to go? Probably wouldn't require a PS to do the work

15 years ago
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RE: Field notes

> I agree with RFB. It's more a procedural thing like doubling angles or setting the PPM's.Choosing how to keep your field notes (bound or loose) c...

15 years ago
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RE: Field notes

> There you have it. No one will. It's the second greatest urban legend of Surveying, right after the one about never using an eraser.Lol! I've nev...

15 years ago
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RE: Upset client over garage encroachment

having a hard time understanding as well. He says: "The clients(pair of 'em) had purchased two lots and had built a house on one of the lots and then...

15 years ago
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RE: Parcel Map comment minor gripe/query

i actually agree w/ the map checker. displaying distance measure to the thousandth is awkward when it can so easily be avoided. If the parent lot was ...

15 years ago
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RE: 2009 BLM Manual (Cheapest Price)

> If you could get it in electronic format, many online services would be happy to print it for you, hardbound, and deliver it for a lot less than ...

15 years ago
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RE: What aspects of geodesy are important to you?

Loyal> Maybe so, but I don't think anybody ever expected a surveyor 50 years ago to understand why a metal tape made up of certain components expan...

15 years ago
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RE: 2009 BLM Manual (Cheapest Price)

i'm not questioning why he wants one, in fact i commend him on it. just thought maybe he could save his money for simply seeking to broaden his knowle...

15 years ago
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