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@chris-bouffard
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Joined: December 12, 2016 10:53 am
Last seen: June 4, 2026 10:18 am
Topics: 64 / Replies: 1427
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RE: Temporary Easements on ROS

I don't work in a recording state so I don't really understand recording a survey, other than a subdivision plan. What blows my mind about some of th...

3 years ago
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RE: Meal ticket or career?

I dropped out of HS early in 11th grade and was hanging with a, let's just say, questionable crowd. I spent a few years pumping gas and delivering au...

3 years ago
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RE: Temporary Easements on ROS

If the construction has not been completed it is your obligation to your client to show it. If the construction is completed and accepted by the auth...

3 years ago
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RE: Boundary survey - how can I find them

If you have a copy of the survey, it would be easiest to call the surveyor who did the work and ask them to come back and mark the corners up, but you...

3 years ago
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RE: As-built surveys

@peter-lothian same here in NJ.

3 years ago
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RE: What do you do when you don't trust...

@dougie you should have told him to stomp his way out the door for good.

3 years ago
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RE: KML Import&Export, Carlson Survey, NAD83 vs WGS84

I would suggest contacting Carlson Tech Support to see if you can achieve what you want to. KML files are in some form of WGS 84 but converting that ...

3 years ago
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RE: Proper Drafting Practice

@olemanriver Stop overthinking things. Sometimes good enough is good enough. Too many people get caught up in theory and extended decimal places tha...

3 years ago
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RE: Good Surveying Companies to Work for Near Pittsburgh, PA

From Orlando to Pittsburgh is going to be a big transition for you if you have never lived in the Northeast. Winters can be brutal and the pace of ev...

3 years ago
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RE: Proper Drafting Practice

@holy-cow About as much as 1,000th of the square root of Arkansas! LOL!

3 years ago
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RE: What do you do when you don't trust...

@hi-staker Good luck in your approach but you may want to consider adding a timeline for improvement. Some individuals get it and some don't, we have...

3 years ago
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RE: As-built surveys

Most municipalities require us to perform as-builts of water, sewer and storm systems and they must be on 83/88 datum. We get paid for the work but w...

3 years ago
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RE: Disclaimers

@aliquot by "loyalty" I mean that I am working for my client and not the public at large. My "loyalty" to my client will in no way alter the findings...

3 years ago
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RE: Well, I got cussed out, and run off...

No point in arguing, that never gets you anywhere. I had a similar situation here in NJ one summer where we set a drill hole on the top of curb of a ...

3 years ago
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RE: Happy Anniversary to Me!

Early March 1983 just passed my 40-year mark. Passed my licensing exam in October 1992, I just passed my 30-year anniversary for that. The best day ...

3 years ago
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RE: Abbreviation on a 1963 record of survey

As for the "et", obviously meant to be set the red wood is probably not even worth contemplating 60 years later unless it was a decent sized post that...

3 years ago
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RE: Using color on survey plats?

Typical convention is black and white. I got into this debate with my CEO when I founded my department. He wanted all of our plans to be in color an...

3 years ago
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RE: Survey

Even though surveys and descriptions go hand in hand, they are two distinctly different things.

3 years ago
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RE: GIS Red Flag

Get It Surveyed

3 years ago
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RE: How long is too long? Seriously

It seems odd to me that this far out that the clients would not follow up with you to see where his work is at. I would give him a call and explain t...

3 years ago
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