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dmyhill
dmyhill
@dmyhill
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Joined: January 26, 2011 4:49 pm
Last seen: July 29, 2026 3:48 pm
Topics: 176 / Replies: 2912
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RE: Get your final product perfect before it leaves your office in any form

I respectfully disagree. Physical monuments with a stated basis for the boundaries shown on a map are critical for the cadaster, IMHO. Really, bearing...

2 months ago
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RE: Mile High marker in Denver

"More right" is what the article calls it. Is all this stuff is done by people that don't have a payroll to make or partners to answer to? Don't m...

2 months ago
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RE: WAC 332-130-085 or -090

Stop trying to make sense.  

2 months ago
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RE: WAC 332-130-085 or -090

Because -085 is basically an exception to -090. In practice, -085 was added to bring sanity and honesty to accuracy statements.  

2 months ago
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RE: Schonstedt over the other brands.

@hellsangle Yep, that is basically the magnawand.

2 months ago
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RE: Schonstedt over the other brands.

Nothing, the best locate I have ever used is a magnawand.  

2 months ago
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RE: Question on boundary line adjustments

@holy-cow In WA, you do a Boundary Line Adjustment, which is a separate (reviewed) process, essentially this is an exception to the platting law. T...

2 months ago
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RE: Survey Truck Size

We used to work out of 3/4 ton suburbans, but those are all used for kid haulers now... I believe that 3/4 ton is a good idea for a number of reasons....

2 years ago
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RE: Disagreements when applying Google Street View to decode aerial data

Who would it cause a problem for if they made the incorrect assumption about the gutter being included? Oh you sweet innocent. I wish I was too. Four ...

2 years ago
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RE: The disappearance of Lynn Simmons, surveyor

(don’t ask) I do not believe that this is a reasonable request to make of us.

2 years ago
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RE: Multiple lots, same plat number, the lots changed over the years, need advice

Norman is correct. Around here, you can ask the county for a determination whether a lot is a "legal lot of record" or not.

2 years ago
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RE: Transferring control from ground surface to a 150' deep tunnel

John has the right idea. At one point in history the answer was a very large plumb bob + 150' feet of wire + a bucket of oil. A Wild ZNL would be the...

2 years ago
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RE: Field Book File To Civil 3D

I want to create an FCL (Feature Code List), but I don’t have access to any computer that has Carlson Survey IntelliCAD on it. We have several worksta...

2 years ago
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RE: Field Book File To Civil 3D

Now to soapbox a little: carlson xport does not create a fbk with reduced angles from any sets turned. My opinion is that this incorrectly represents ...

2 years ago
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RE: Field Book File To Civil 3D

I agree with @BStrand The FBK process is painful, you can still import a .txt file in through the (Civil3D Toolspace) database, so your tech should h...

2 years ago
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RE: Notes from the Virgin Islands

does anything like this happen in the 50 states?The 50 state's land records are actually a patch work of counties. And, depending on state laws, they ...

2 years ago
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RE: Am I the only one who thinks this is wrong?

I am so old I remember when reviewers understood what this meant.

2 years ago
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RE: Am I the only one who thinks this is wrong?

Have you done any plat reviewing out of curiosity? Yes.

2 years ago
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