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Does the new project involve the forest industry?
I work for Orange County Public Works in Florida. Working a second job was addressed within our section earlier this year. As long as your second job ...
But the engineers like pipe sizes in inches!
A?ÿcommon problem? Really? Is that really relevant to your case against surveyors who survey for pennies on the dollar??ÿ
What SMI survey card are you using? Are you using raw data?
@mapper6683 Ideally, we should be able to shop ?ÿ la carte for hardware, software, total stations, etc. As you know, companies are hoping you'll keep ...
Undoubtedly, it was cheaper to rewrite the software to run in the modern operating system and not to take advantage of it too.
Especially since the younger generation is used to a visual interface with a touchscreen. Also, approximately 65% of the population are visual learner...
@mapper6683 Sorry. I'm a bit confused. Sounded like the sales folks told you survey companies will be writing their own drivers to address incompatib...
@mark-mayer All of our equipment is Topcon, including MAGNET Field software. We have a low incidence of connection issues with our GPS rover. I really...
@norman-oklahoma I understand. The pain I mentioned comes from situations like management telling us to locate all trees six inches and above, then a...
Did your sales folks give you any details on how companies are going to write their own software to overcome pitfalls in equipment manufacturers propr...
Tree surveys are a pain. One company I worked for bid a tree survey by looking at an aerial photograph, which didn't show how dense the trees really w...
What would you pay a person in this position? The title of this position is demeaning because it doesn't reflect the qualifications required for the p...
@flyin-solo I was a bit uncomfortable using this when a female was on my crew.
I disagree.
It is a nice instrument. The built-in compass is certainly a plus for section corner certification. The first instrument I was trained on was one of t...
My wife, an accountant, once told me a certain percentage of profit should go towards capital expenditure. Are those DOS programs you describe used fo...