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Crashbox
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Joined: March 25, 2014 5:28 am
Topics: 15 / Replies: 527
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RE: GPS good to the sixteenth

Maybe good to the sixteenth CORNER +/-...

10 years ago
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RE: ain't PhotoShop wonderful?

For some reason this photo kind of reminds me many years ago (c. 1977 or so) when I was in Pateros- I wandered up to the twin concrete water tanks and...

10 years ago
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RE: Lime Green Flagging

I happen to be color-blind to shades of red/green, so I would definitely struggle with this in the field. My color-blindness (especially to red) cause...

10 years ago
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RE: Lime Green Flagging

"Point On Lime?"For easements and other miscellaneous items, I've been known to use red/white polka dot flagging, but never lime green before.

10 years ago
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RE: Instrument carry

Where I work, total stations are NEVER to be carried on the tripod over the shoulder. I have gently picked one up and moved it a few feet while holdin...

10 years ago
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RE: Optical plummet vs. laser plummet

I prefer optical plummets for the most part, because they can (usually) be easily adjusted to spec; laser plummets, not so much from what I've observe...

10 years ago
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RE: 10 great miscalculations

Lake Peigneur was the first one to cross my mind... there's a film on YouTube indicating that it was an 'engineering' error... OK...

11 years ago
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RE: vintage overlap question

> What is a:> > 6" CONC> W/ 1/2" RBF> (4" AG)> > ?Hmmm... 6-inch concrete (post) with 1/2" ReBar Found (4" Above Ground)...?????...

11 years ago
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RE: Hub Elevations

I have an aversion to writing hub elevations on stakes and generally will not do so, though I have made exceptions before. It's a liability thing.

11 years ago
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RE: At my wit's end... Need advice

Story> Back in the early days of my career I was working for a company in Bellingham, Washington. I was the newly hired helper to a PC who had a re...

11 years ago
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RE: minesweeper game

The HP 48/50 series have "Minehunt" built-in. You can set the number up to 64 mines, and if you insert a negative number in the NMINES(?) variable- th...

11 years ago
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RE: Sokkia SET330 reticle adjustment...

I reckon I should clarify my question. What I'm looking for is which items on the telescope that I need to loosen/tighten/turn so I can perform the H ...

11 years ago
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RE: Datum thread hijack

Reckon I should've read it a little closer, there was actually something else about it that cracked me up since I work with projections quite a bit...

11 years ago
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RE: Datum thread hijack

Almost as bad as the Basis of Bearing being Astrodetic North :-POr maybe they're actually confessing to running 'grid on ground'...

11 years ago
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RE: Tresspassing to collect data

It is very interesting how states differ with respect to Right-of-Entry. Here in Washington State, AFAIK the only ones who have statutory ROE are the ...

11 years ago
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RE: programmed my Hp33s - YAY!!

From what I recall about the HP33s- yes, you are (unfortunately) limited to 26 programs.

11 years ago
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RE: OPUS slow?

It seems a great deal slower lately than it was say, two months ago. Whether it's due to a software update or something else, I ain't certain.It DOES ...

11 years ago
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RE: Spiral Curve Offets

I think jud is on the right track, so to speak.When right-of-way offsets to spiral curves are referenced here, it is ALWAYS to the centerline, e.g., "...

11 years ago
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RE: OPUS Aborting

Just a heads-up... it seems that in the past three or so weeks, OPUS(RS) only wants *perfect* RINEX files with any cycle slips edited out beforehand. ...

11 years ago
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