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RE: How or why did you become a surveyor?

Back in 1990, I was working for DSHS in an institution. One Wednesday afternoon I walked by the personnel office and saw a "local list" posting for an...

6 years ago
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RE: Data Collector Platform

I failed to mention that my Mesa 2 tablet runs Win 10 Pro...

6 years ago
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RE: Data Collector Platform

We use Leica CS15s at work with both Carlson & Leica Viva installed. The TS gets Carlson (although we do have Viva just in case); the GS14 GPS uni...

6 years ago
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RE: Schools with surveying programs

As for Bellingham Technical College, I have found that the graduates from their program tend to be top-notch. My outstanding co-worker being one of th...

6 years ago
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RE: Books / Exam Prep Material

I wish you the best on finding a copy at a reasonable price. Lexis?? Law Publishing issued a second edition in 1997 and it sure wasn't in print for ve...

6 years ago
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RE: Sokkia Set5 330R3 with a Carlson Explorer for Sale $1,800

A +1 on Ethan's post, I have the 3" version of this gun. A good deal IMO.

6 years ago
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RE: Eight seconds

Surveyor #6's prior career was making Swiss watches. And prior to that, employed with a piano manufacturer. Or at least it seems so... ?ÿ

6 years ago
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RE: "100 Year Knot"

I'll have to see if that one is in the Ashley Book of Knots I bought 40 years ago...

6 years ago
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RE: Fieldgenius/Microsurvey punative pricing practices

Posted by: Richard Imrie So is it the case that if you don't "renew", the software stops working? It should still work. However, one will not get upda...

6 years ago
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RE: TI-84+ for survey class?.... or HP35s

At the risk of threadjacking, I use my HP50g quite regularly since I have a very large number of programs that I've written since late 1991 when I rec...

7 years ago
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RE: Jury Trials

I served on a jury about six months ago. Prior to that, back in 1988... the most recent case took about ten calendar days of time. And yes, it was str...

7 years ago
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RE: Hand Drafting

Posted by: RADAR Posted by: BrandonA If CADD did not exist, I would not have picked this profession...my penmanship is terrible. I am thankful CADD ex...

7 years ago
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RE: Data Collectors ƒ?? Why?

I think that it might have difficulty understanding some of the more colorful "construction" language... 🙂

7 years ago
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RE: When your data collector dies...

I received an e-mail today from a representative at MicroSurvey; he said for $200, they will transfer the FieldGenius license to another device.

7 years ago
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RE: Above Ground Sewer

Reminds me back in the early 2000's when we were surveying out near Preston, Washington, to ascertain R/W for a very old state highway. The proposed I...

7 years ago
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RE: You know you are an aging surveyor when...

...you can recall surveying down the median of an interstate freeway with relatively little concern at the time, for errant/distracted drivers.

7 years ago
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RE: Least Squares Traverse Method

A +1 for Star*Net. Easy to use once you get the hang of its formatting, and quite versatile IMO. Least squares is pretty much all I use nowadays as re...

7 years ago
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RE: Manhole odors

I can't remember the last time I did a measure-down in a sanitary sewer manhole, but it has been quite a while now. I do not miss the task one iota. A...

7 years ago
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RE: Gathering Study Materials

Does SAMSOG have a reference manual for sale with the applicable statutes/codes? If so, it would likely be a very worthwhile investment in my opinion....

7 years ago
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