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RE: What's the best monument to set in existing concrete?

Screw in Conc. Drill a hole as deep as the stem of the screw, but a little bit smaller in diameter, hammer screw in. Drill Hole itself is a legally ...

11 years ago
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RE: Career Day

Robot and walk around with it tracking you. Kids love that. Flashing guide lights and the Reflectorless Laser also seem to go down well when I've don...

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RE: Leica Viva question

Legal record of what points/setup you actually used to place those marks which pissed someone, somewhere, off. If it was just "I used those control p...

11 years ago
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RE: Leica Viva question

This is how we handle it and as long as you do the prep work (lets face it, some jobs you just get out there and get it done) it works perfectly.

11 years ago
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RE: Leica TS15 randomly changes from round to 360 prism

Does setting the Target settings overwrite the fact that it will default to the prism used for the last recorded shot of that type? Or will the last r...

11 years ago
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RE: Leica TS15 randomly changes from round to 360 prism

Leica can have Prism's set for different shot types, i.e. one for 'Setup' shots and one for 'Detail' shots. Sounds like it might have changed 360 afte...

11 years ago
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RE: The joys of foreshore accretion & politics

There was a similar case in QLD 2005, which resulted in a 5 year statutory stay on Surveys with ambulatory boundaries and a brand new shiny piece of l...

11 years ago
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RE: Encroachments/ Gaps?

QLD, Australia: Encroachment Notices;If during the performance of a survey the surveyor identifies an encroachment the surveyor is required by legisla...

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RE: File Management System for Surveyors

br>Might not be the best, but it works for us. Every job has a unique number (D### for dranage, S### for property boundaries etc)Our biggest managment...

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RE: Playing with GIS software- need project ideas.

I have it open every day. I work for a local Council so I might have access to more base layers than some.This includes AsCon, Accurate Aerials, ALS c...

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RE: Depth finder?

most economical solutionSimilar to what we use as well. We use an old Brass Plaque PSM that was pulled out on a construction job. They also make decen...

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RE: I HATE GIS!!!

I usually find most people ready willing and able to grasp the fact that 'The Government has done a piss poor job' (clients words, not mine) and the l...

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RE: Sometimes it pays to be nosy.

Sometimes you're not so luckyWe're pretty lucky in that we now have all our Designers, Construction crews and even Engineers looking out for our PSMs....

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RE: North

I was under the impression that True north is Geodetic north. Wiki however tells me different: Geodetic true north also differs very slightly from As...

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RE: We can't both be right.

It would depend on the requirements and specifications of the individual projects.I always use a published A.H.D. mark for datum where one is availabl...

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RE: WHAT WOULD WPS STAND FOR?

I usually see WP as Witness Post here, S is common shorthand for Steel.These are generally on Form 6 (Permenant Survey Mark Location sketches) though,...

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RE: Digital Level

DNA Series spits it out in excel format if you tell it too. Nicely formatted, booked and reduced.The Sprinters require you to use the 'Sprinter Datalo...

11 years ago
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RE: Populations near where you routinely work

I'm based in a 'City' between 2 cities. I have Brisbane City to the north ~1 million people (Capital of Queensland) and Gold Coast City to the south ~...

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RE: Kids!

~13 years working in the city (Brisbane, Australia) and the only really bad thing to happen to me was a target stolen. Legs left behind, we assume tha...

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