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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: Record of Survey

> In California we have a Record of Survey requirement that gets triggered by a fair number of surveys. I assume that many other states have simil...

12 years ago
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RE: Benchmarks

> No sir. I'm a carpenter. I work for a living. 🙂 > Yeah, us surveyors jump out of our trucks for two minutes, look around, get off early, and...

12 years ago
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RE: Benchmarks

BTW, score one for Kent.RTK for transfer of elevation is not a great idea, generally, and in your case specifically. If you dont know what the differ...

12 years ago
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RE: "GPS Has Made SPC Obsolete Big Time" Loyal

> > > If you can use custom projections, you should be able to use the SPCS since both have the same issues and both require reduction of gro...

12 years ago
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RE: I've Been Pincushioned!

If there is no LS # and (and if you are a recording state), then can that even be considered a survey marker? Perhaps it was an errant child that obs...

12 years ago
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RE: Retracing the RTK Subdivision Survey

> > So the precision is lower than you like, but Iam guessing the overall accuracy of those points relating to the original monuments of the lar...

12 years ago
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RE: Retracing the RTK Subdivision Survey

> Seven of the boundary markers were quite close together, all fitting in a box about 120 ft. E-W and 780 ft. N-S.> > As may be seen, the ran...

12 years ago
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RE: "GPS Has Made SPC Obsolete Big Time" Loyal

> > Per Loyal. > > > > "GPS has made SPC obsolete big time, and it can be argued that "they" (SPCs) were functionally obsolete when ...

12 years ago
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RE: Why so much dislike of construction surveying?

>There is nothing more satisfying than being a part of and watching some engineering marvel grow from the sands to completion. "I love the smell of...

12 years ago
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RE: looking to branch out

> In our area... Most policing entities have their own total stations and want the work themselves.> Same here. There is specialized data collec...

12 years ago
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RE: looking for starnet version prior to the buyout

Such an elegant solution. The core is still there in the newest version.Do you have the dongle, but no software?I ask because when we updated, we trad...

12 years ago
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RE: Instrument carry

About a year into a job, I put the Seco backpack on, but just one arm through one strap... Everyone did it that way. One step down, and the rotten att...

12 years ago
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RE: GPS good to the sixteenth

Or how about a competitor that I saw using RTK to set vertical benchmarks on a bulkhead on the shore(to determine whether a structure's FF was high en...

12 years ago
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RE: Leica Icon Robot 50 vs Topcon LN-100

> My advice is you ask both vendors for a demo, then rent one of them. I work with Admar Supply of New York. They will apply 3 months rental toward...

12 years ago
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RE: Javad Test

Got it on Friday, and it wouldn't track satellites. Emailed Javad, and they had me restart it and it works. (And that was todau, Saturday). I don't kn...

12 years ago
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RE: Laser scanning software recommendations

Kubit did a real time webinar demonstration for us, with a point cloud that we supplied. I don't know how they compare, but they work as an ACAD modul...

12 years ago
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