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Joined: December 29, 2011 10:15 pm
Last seen: June 5, 2026 10:08 am
Topics: 22 / Replies: 747
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RE: Gold Rush- "GPS DON'T LIE!"

> They wanted to put me on the show as the surveyor last year then that fell apart....guess this serves them right.I started in surveying working f...

14 years ago
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RE: Calling Larry P

Have an old (1981) Ohio survey plat I would love to have your board review. There are so many conflicting claims & surveys that using the same li...

14 years ago
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RE: Large Consulting Firms

> I completed a large project (in a very short period of time...it was a rush job). This project was on the Oklahoma-Texas State Line. I guess the ...

14 years ago
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RE: Manual of Instructions 2009

RAGOODWIN> I guess, I won't even mention five mile townships, by design.> > LinkWell since you didn't mention them I will avoid mentioning th...

14 years ago
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RE: Manual of Instructions 2009

What's a Manual of Instructions 2009......> and what's this 1 - 36 stuff? And what's this beustro whatever.> > Some day you guys got to get ...

14 years ago
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RE: Manual of Instructions 2009

Act of May 18, 1796For the first 15 years of my surveying experience MOST of the townships I worked in were in the Old Seven Ranges. Only place in th...

14 years ago
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RE: Do you have surveyor equipment......

[sarcasm]I am sure you made an aggressive effort to be retained for this service![/sarcasm]

14 years ago
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RE: FAA 1A Specs

I believe the FAA publication in a [msg=156443]prior post here, requesting monument details[/msg] will be helpful. FAA How to manual for airport surv...

14 years ago
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RE: Military surveyors

Anybody else with "surveyor war stories" ?Have had a number of Army and Marine artillery vets in classes. They always start thinking little of what t...

14 years ago
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RE: Secret to dealing with RR?

Have only had 2 jobs that were not much like you describe. First one I was surveying a parcel to be sold by the railroad to a mining company for a ra...

14 years ago
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RE: Protecting the Corners

Again it comes back to publicity. Get the word out to private property owners. If the state and county do this it will someday cost them additional ...

14 years ago
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RE: Protecting the Corners

Good luck!! I hope you can get across to the attorney and a local judge the importance & complexity of corner recovery. Also the likely mess, bo...

14 years ago
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RE: SAVE the CORNERS

I just read all the replies and one thought comes to me. Does your state have a statute that protects survey monuments? If so you need to get on the...

14 years ago
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RE: 3-Point Resection (by distance)

Check the documentation of your programs for the term "trilateration" and review the web page for examples of solutions.

14 years ago
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RE: Licence required for construction surveying.

Suggest you read the entire letter, if you are a direct employee of one of the contractors and the layout is incidental to the contract you may be in ...

14 years ago
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RE: Licence required for construction surveying.

Ohio Board of Registration issued an opinion letter, Construction Layout Services2009-04-30, the type of service you describe would likely be illegal....

14 years ago
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RE: Ring Ring

Has been nearly 30 years since I staked well locations in Ohio. Was approached by a local drilling firm, made a few checks with other suppliers &...

14 years ago
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RE: A point of possible confusion

> > That is somewhat interesting to me in that the 2° you mention (whether hypothetical or not) is not uncommon between SPC and recitation of re...

14 years ago
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RE: CONSTRUCTION DEAL

> > Hello!> > > > I've been getting emails from a company called Construction Deal. They want me to get on their bid list.> >...

14 years ago
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