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Joined: October 11, 2014 9:50 am
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Topics: 261 / Replies: 1285
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5 years ago
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RE: I hate this

@holy-cow So, on a smaller scale, you northern surveyors must experience this monument shifting annually due to frost heaving.

5 years ago
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RE: U.S. Survey Foot

@bill93 When I was using a Topcon instrument-mounted (on a Wild T16) EDM back in 1988, I had to dial a knob until a string of flashing red lights bec...

5 years ago
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RE: Legends

@allen-wrench I don't think any of the offices I've ever worked at had me edit the legends for different drawings. As you know, some legends are very...

5 years ago
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RE: U.S. Survey Foot

Thanks to all for answering my questions! Sometimes people ask you questions and you think, "Um, I never really thought about that." Then you feel emb...

5 years ago
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RE: U.S. Survey Foot

@jitterboogie I did consider the software aspect of number one. I was thinking about the old days when I used EDMs mounted on theodolites. No data co...

5 years ago
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5 years ago
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RE: Son-in-law wants to become a surveyor

@bstrand University of Florida Geomatics ProgramThe Geomatics program is available at three locations in the state of Florida: on the main campus in ...

5 years ago
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RE: NGS Monument Preservation

@oldpacer Is the flapper-sleeve thing a fence post driver?

5 years ago
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RE: Quick, Redundant, and Accurate inverts

@jitterboogie That's a deep one! I've never heard of a 30' rod before. You probably meant 30' of rod, right?

5 years ago
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RE: Quick, Redundant, and Accurate inverts

Wouldn't that be the standard error? In practice, how often would the rod placement on a pipe invert be exactly 10, 20, or 30 degrees? I think the 0 s...

5 years ago
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RE: Quick, Redundant, and Accurate inverts

@vertman Shame on me for missing the twenty degree bubble! All you need to do now is to offer a perpendicular extension to measure pipe inverts in st...

5 years ago
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RE: The Chase

Yes, intermittently. Unfortunately, I missed that question. However, on Jeopardy! the other night there was a surveyor's question concerning the Mason...

5 years ago
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RE: NGS Monument Preservation

@lurker Quite possibly. I forgot to mention the Ylang Ylang tree. Its flowers really do smell like Chanel No. 5. Please visit/p>

5 years ago
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RE: 1% error from Dc measurement to field

Earth Curvature and Refraction ?ÿ

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