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chris-bouffard
@chris-bouffard
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Joined: December 12, 2016 10:53 am
Last seen: October 4, 2026 12:57 pm
Topics: 64 / Replies: 1433
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RE: Court says drone pilot can’t offer mapping without NC surveyor’s license

that is not exactly the context of the ruling. The appellee is claiming that the photos that he publishes are protected by freedom of speech but the ...

2 years ago
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RE: Court says drone pilot can’t offer mapping without NC surveyor’s license

Google does not guarantee that their data in either imagery or topography is accurate. Their aerial images and topography are not claimed to be the m...

2 years ago
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RE: Court says drone pilot can’t offer mapping without NC surveyor’s license

The free speech argument in this case comes into play but neglects the commercial service of the date, geometrics and computing quantities for profit ...

2 years ago
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RE: Court says drone pilot can’t offer mapping without NC surveyor’s license

Don't we do the same? I run between six and seven crews (depending on scheduling demand), provide drone services as well as the several areas of prac...

2 years ago
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RE: Court says drone pilot can’t offer mapping without NC surveyor’s license

the key word being Lawyer, most of them will do a dog and pony show all day long, as long as they get paid. They don't care about the outcome.

2 years ago
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RE: Court says drone pilot can’t offer mapping without NC surveyor’s license

I can only imagine what the legal fees were over six years.

2 years ago
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RE: Court says drone pilot can’t offer mapping without NC surveyor’s license

This is the NJ definition of professional land surveying: (e) The term "practice of land surveying" within the meaning and intent of this chapter shal...

2 years ago
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RE: question

Luck is not what is being tested, knowledge and skills are what you are there to prove to the Board. You seem to be taking the roll the dice approach...

2 years ago
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RE: question

No offense but the better course of action is to study the book and master it as much as possible, from cover to cover, as well as studying the other ...

2 years ago
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RE: Official City map vs iron pins

The burden of proof lies on the preponderance of evidence.

2 years ago
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RE: Official City map vs iron pins

If the official city map was filed at around the time of the completion and shows a 60' ROW (or easement), it really does not matter what pipes set la...

2 years ago
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RE: Official City map vs iron pins

Don't get hung up on case law and given judge could rule differently. You have prevented the fact of what the city map has established the road width...

2 years ago
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RE: Official City map vs iron pins

The hard proof is provided in the public record. Different ROW widths are documented, especially in cities for different reasons, arterial streets wi...

2 years ago
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RE: Official City map vs iron pins

If the city map was filed back in the early 1900's and there is nothing to indicate that the pipes found are original, the map is going to prevail as ...

2 years ago
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RE: Hydraulics and Hydrology

Understanding contouring and other fundamentals are valuable things to grasp, but, who actually manually drafts them these days? If you know the basi...

2 years ago
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RE: Official City map vs iron pins

If the early 1900's map shows the ROW to be 60' and there is no recorded action vacating portions to make it 50', the early 1900's map controls, despi...

2 years ago
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RE: Hydraulics and Hydrology

The Manning equation relates to pipe sizing, flow and slopes. Totally different than defining watersheds and peak runoff.

2 years ago
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RE: question

"While I completely agree with you that a licensee needs to be able to manually calculate. You need to understand what the results mean when you push ...

2 years ago
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RE: Hydraulics and Hydrology

I am curious as to why you are studying this, aside from understanding contours. Stormwater management is not something that you can learn in a semes...

2 years ago
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RE: question

I don't know that there is any state that would allow somebody to become licensed without field experience. My guy is out in the field working with t...

2 years ago
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