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Dan Patterson
Dan Patterson
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Joined: February 3, 2011 7:29 am
Topics: 121 / Replies: 1151
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RE: Alta advice

Jim in AZ, post: 328895, member: 249 wrote: I don't interpret this to mean that a new description MUST be written to accompany a new survey. That's no...

11 years ago
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RE: Alta advice

We have to write them here. This is how it appears in the law: "PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, LAND SURVEYORS LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY Chapter 40 Page 36 of 1...

11 years ago
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RE: What type of saw?

I would and do use this:

11 years ago
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RE: Where did all the Surveyors go

hlbennettpls, post: 328483, member: 10049 wrote: the chief chooses to double as the rodman. I always felt that the chief should run the rod in a two ...

11 years ago
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RE: Where did all the Surveyors go

Yea and the result is that we pay $154,552 per mile of state highway maintenance (the next highest state is California at $102,889). Well they must d...

11 years ago
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RE: Where did all the Surveyors go

NJ Prevailing wages: Field Engineer - Rodman or Chainman36.65 29.48 66.13 Rate Fringe Total Lead Engineer, Foreman Engineer, Safety Engine...

11 years ago
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RE: Where did all the Surveyors go

Norman Oklahoma, post: 328350, member: 9981 wrote: In British Columbia, where I started my career, it is much more difficult to get licensed than in a...

11 years ago
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RE: Technology and business start-up

Static GPS receiver and a robot. You can accomplish almost everything with those two. Eventually upgrade to network RTK.

11 years ago
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RE: Where did all the Surveyors go

I worked for a few engineering/surveying firms, and now work for a construction contractor. This is the first time I feel I'm being paid fairly.

11 years ago
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RE: Just how "off" is Google Earth likely to be?

Wow! I've never seen it with an error of that magnitude with anything I have used it for. That said, I have not used it for much and never relied on...

11 years ago
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RE: Just how "off" is Google Earth likely to be?

I just pulled up a job I worked on recently and the centerline of road elevations vary from within about 1' to 2' of my elevations. Do they use the s...

11 years ago
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RE: Just how "off" is Google Earth likely to be?

In my area it seems Google Earth has pretty accurate data. I never really used it for much. Sometimes the aerial photos are newer than the state GIS...

11 years ago
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RE: OPUS vs OPUS-RS

That's a good point. I never run RS solutions less than an hour unless I'm breaking up the data into smaller increments to do a comparison between dif...

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RE: *%$@!&* Engineers

I think for closely aligned professionals (such as architects and engineers) that are required to get a formal education and take board exams for lice...

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RE: *%$@!&* Engineers

I agree with your assessment of most engineering curricula. I made it through a 4-year civil engineering program at Rutgers without so much as 1 minu...

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RE: NAVD29

I recently had a request to convert data to NGVD 1929 for approval since the flood maps are still in 29. I guess they haven't had a chance to convert...

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RE: Muddy Jobsites

This could have been you!

11 years ago
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RE: If I ever get killed surveyin'..

Does that degree make one a master of puppets?[MEDIA=youtube]xnKhsTXoKCI[/MEDIA]

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