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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: Just Got My License! ......Stamps?

I ran out and bought a stamp when I got my license...and it has never been used. PDF and CAD all have the stamp in there...so... Ok, it has been used,...

7 years ago
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RE: Is this unique to Smalltown USA?

@jaro That is why states create "model laws". So that the smaller places can simply adopt the state law. ?ÿ ?ÿ

7 years ago
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RE: So I had a message to call Steve

@holy-cow Dont get me started on non-surveyors doing boundary surveys in the states. It makes survey licenses a joke if any fed employee can do the t...

7 years ago
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RE: Anti-theft options for unattended equipment?

@shelby-h-griggs-pls If a few guys show up and say, "Nice equipment, do you mind if we take it?" Then what happens? You can say, "No" and get hurt o...

7 years ago
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RE: I find this highly intriguing from CHC

It will be fascinating to see what the big guys do to get people to buy their $30k receivers in 10 years. Precision GNSS seems to be racing to the bot...

7 years ago
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RE: In Search of

@thebionicman At first I (mistakenly) read meditation. I thought that might be a good course for surveyors as well, but mediation is much more likely...

7 years ago
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RE: "unknown" paper street

@norman-oklahoma There are a number of streets (unopened, or only opened for pedestrian-typically very steep) in Seattle that were occupied by the adj...

7 years ago
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RE: In Search of

@just-a-surveyor Nothing worse than paying for wasted credits. And often the free stuff is far more useful than the paid.   And...dont get me ...

7 years ago
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RE: As soon as the caller says the phrase...

I try to give a Rough Order of Magnitude with two possible outcomes 1. Qualify the caller. If the amount is completely out of bounds, then I am not th...

7 years ago
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RE: How do you respond

If there is an actual recorded survey, then the work would be relatively easy, I just give them a real bid. Never apologize for what you are worth.

7 years ago
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RE: VRS for construction staking?

@trimbleman Yes, GPS is not the right tool for minimum slope Sanitary Sewer. And if you know an engineer that designs most of their sewers at minimum...

7 years ago
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RE: VRS for construction staking?

If you are lucky enough to live in Washington and have WSRN available with more CORS than you can shake a stike at:?ÿ if you dont like VRS, do single ...

7 years ago
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RE: Carlson 2019 vs Civil 3D

@ladd-nelson ok, since you brought it up...   Export C3D exports a drawing...and it is scaled to US Feet, NOT US Survey feet, regardless of wh...

7 years ago
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RE: Are printed copies of maps with digital signature considered signed?

In WA RCW 19.34.020(11) "Digital signature" means an electronic signature that is a transformation of a message using an asymmetric cryptosystem such ...

7 years ago
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RE: Mortgage Survey Gone BAD

FWIW I know of at least two instances where a house was modified after construction, in order not to encroach on a power easement. Consider a $2 milli...

7 years ago
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RE: Discepency on report

@angel722 Surveyors love to dig into things. The amount of digging and comments you get will be directly related to the amount of information that you...

7 years ago
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RE: 1882 US PBM

Really? I have never seen a set of civil plans in feet and inches.?ÿ

7 years ago
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