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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: These look good in concept, why were't they more popular?

@rover83 ?ÿ Many people argue over the benefits of force centering. My main observation is that both camps are completely sure they are the best way...

6 years ago
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RE: Potential Dispute of Land Survey

If you have a copy of your survey, you could publish that survey to the concerned parties. An actual document signed by a surveyor will hopefully have...

6 years ago
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RE: When the warning bells go off............

@brad-ott Get the money up front.

6 years ago
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RE: Vertical Error with Conventional Total Station

If the vertical is adjusted and the tilt is adjusted, then I would expect very good results. In any case, if you need better than 0.05' at 500', I wou...

6 years ago
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RE: Frustrating Correction of the day

@mathteacher how about if you labeled it like this: "<0.1 acres"?ÿ Who can argue with that!

6 years ago
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RE: The less expensive the tract, the less they think you should charge

@norman-oklahoma And, while land is cheap, using it isn't. The cost of fuel, seed, fertilizer, equipment, etc that is required to work a parcel of la...

6 years ago
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RE: The less expensive the tract, the less they think you should charge

@dougie And having a job that takes half a day in the field is more valuable than sending a team home for the day.?ÿ I find it takes all sorts of di...

6 years ago
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RE: Backup software for computers

@peter-ehlert ?ÿ Ahh, yes...all the world saw this past week or so that indeed, "the cloud" is code for "someone else's computer".

6 years ago
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RE: Alley vacation

Isn't a vacation an ordinance that attaches that land to the property? I mean, if there is an act of the controlling legislative body...what more coul...

6 years ago
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RE: The less expensive the tract, the less they think you should charge

@dougie And if it is in a plat and the monuments are there, $2500 might even be excessive. I was just saying that the guy isn't in Kansas (or Illinoi...

6 years ago
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RE: Hello from China

@bill93 One might point out that if everyone knows English, it makes little sense to learn a hundred other languages. One example is Switzerland, whe...

6 years ago
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RE: When the warning bells go off............

@paden-cash It is amazing how my perspective on Ben Cartwright has changed as I have grown older. He doesn't seem as much like the 100% good guy anym...

6 years ago
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RE: When the warning bells go off............

@holy cow I can translate: ?ÿ I pulled the stakes. By surveyed, I mean we paid a guy to come out and set some stakes, but he wanted a huge amoun...

6 years ago
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RE: New Bill being introduced in Montana

The posts highlights the issues we are facing as an industry and profession. Topographic maps are being created left and right by people that are nei...

6 years ago
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RE: New Bill being introduced in Montana

@skeeter1996 It appears that anyone can set boundary corners the way it is written. And, it seems like in the short run a loss of business for surve...

6 years ago
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RE: The less expensive the tract, the less they think you should charge

1. Fixed price means I have to judge about 50% higher than I think it will actually cost. 2. Cheaper for low priced land should mean more expensive f...

6 years ago
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RE: The less expensive the tract, the less they think you should charge

@andy-j If it is vacant and I can see across it, it might be cheaper! 🙂 (Sets up in the middle with one traverse point and sets all the corners and...

6 years ago
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RE: The less expensive the tract, the less they think you should charge

@dougie in Seattle metro area, you are below market with that quote!

6 years ago
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