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david-livingstone
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Joined: July 22, 2010 12:44 pm
Last seen: June 2, 2026 12:10 pm
Topics: 48 / Replies: 1088
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RE: Legal-eeze hair-splitting

I haven't been to court a lot, maybe 6 times, but in those few cases, I've never been asked a technical question by an attorney from either side. Nobo...

13 years ago
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RE: Any advice

Sheep ShearingI don't know about anybody else, but I wouldn't think about that job for anything less than $100 an hour.

13 years ago
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RE: GPS orbits

just checkedDon't quote me on this, but I think the orbits are diagonal as they cross the sky. In other words, are you asking to the GPS SV's go east...

13 years ago
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RE: Certifying that a legal description is "surveyable"

As I recall, there are two types of ambiguities, patent and latent. One can be determined by looking at the deed, the other doesn't become obvious un...

13 years ago
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RE: GPS HELP

So is it not working correctly? Its it still giving fixed positions or is just the status of the radio missing? If its giving fixed solutions, maybe...

13 years ago
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RE: Where do you carry your field book?`

I also carry my in the small of my back.

13 years ago
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RE: GPS Post Processing Question (long)

I assume you are using the same Geoid Model?

13 years ago
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RE: Anal Retenant reviewer of the day award

With those kind of serious mistakes, your lucky you still have your license!

13 years ago
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RE: How close is your office to the nearest Court House?

About a 10 minute walk and depending on how I hit a couple of traffic lights, a 2 minute to 5 minute drive.

13 years ago
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RE: Two Examples Related to Reproducible Bearings

I'm going to say in the first example, the problem was the property owner didn't maintain the boundaries, not the basis of bearing problem you describ...

13 years ago
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RE: Bearing Basis from Thin Air

I will just add that it is also common in my area, both past and present, just to assume a line as being north. With GPS, its less common but still d...

13 years ago
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RE: Responsible charge fee

A lot of what you would be doing depends on the state statues on what "surveying" is. If it falls under surveying and you need a license, then most s...

13 years ago
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RE: Overhead rate and multiplier?

3.0 is always a good goal.

13 years ago
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RE: Responsible charge fee

So you have a bunch of people doing the work you don't know? You say "responsible charge fee" in your title, but it doesn't sound like you are. It d...

13 years ago
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RE: Keith? "you can't sell what you don't own" Your Opinion

I'm not trying to speak for Keith here, but in reading some of the posts he has linked, I think I understand what he is trying to say. Say you have a...

13 years ago
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RE: Where's the ROW?

Where's the ROW? "Where It Is."Jeff Lucas just wrote a law book for Illinois and he talked about the theory that cities, states etc always get the ROW...

13 years ago
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RE: RTK auto-collect and latency..

I've used it several times, although I tend to drive slower, maybe 5 to 10 mph. I understand what your concerns are. How does the GPS "keep up". I ...

13 years ago
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