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@dougie ?ÿ What really opened my eyes was working on heavy civil. They hired me because I was a PLS, and I was up front with my expertise. Which br...
@holy-cow ?ÿ I would be 100% on-board with this. ?ÿ I would say that it could take the place of the LSIT. In order to proceed to full Professional...
@thebionicman Good to hear...at least something is still made here.
@thebionicman The steel is now fabricated in China, long before the design is complete. And it is "optimized" pretty close to the smallest dimensions...
@thebionicman ?ÿ That is what they call "design-build". Or rather "build-oops".
@tim-v-pls How can anyone even think it is acceptable to move gridlines. Often that control is set out and literally set in stone (or concrete) befo...
@mark-silver Great review. Reviews like this are one thing that our industry lacks. Thank you for sharing.?ÿ One item that the Topcon (FC6000=RT4=Me...
Resale value is probably less than the cost of shipping anywhere, or even the petrol to get it across town. That isnt to say that they cannot be usef...
@thebionicman The IBLA is the most problematic, as they are not governed by the duty to protect the public. That one is probably unknowable. The boar...
@dougie I agree, but...perhaps we cannot go "wrong", but if that corner is subject to later rejection...the public is not served.
So boundaries are subject to the whim of the surveyor...or the BLM, if you are so unlucky as to have a border with them. There has to be a better way.
@mightymoe Wasn't me. I am just eating the popcorn now.
@loyal When monuments do not equal corners...the monuments should be removed (IMHO). And at some point we go back to what it means to be the origina...
It isn't Paden's job to fix it. He has no issues in each of his individual descriptions. Since he is clear as to the basis of the position and bearing...
@mightymoe If I were to encapsulate your position would it be this? "Two corners? I only see one." ?ÿ
@bill93 I am guessing that the precision of the instrument exceeds the expected accuracy...which is what I take the statement by Leica to be...a stat...
@mightymoe ?ÿ Our policy is to place "Preliminary" on any survey map, over my stamp for any map that is plotted, either for in-house use or review o...
@big-al ?ÿ And none of it matters if the user isnt into version 6 of carlson...