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FrancisH
FrancisH
@francish
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Joined: July 13, 2015 11:33 pm
Topics: 30 / Replies: 348
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RE: Vertical Control

But it's rarely possible to justify the cost of long level runs. If running levels saved my clients money and made me money, I'd do it.hey,tell you wh...

9 years ago
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RE: Vertical Control

It seems that surveyors are becoming lazy to run a level loop from a benchmark to work site.

9 years ago
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RE: Bridge/Channel Survey

Peter Hughes-Davies, post: 416656, member: 48 wrote: If you have 24 minutes .. here's "my" now 20yr. old 13km. baby. The short answer is shore based ...

9 years ago
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RE: Variable Costs for growing business

[INDENT][USER=10211]@FrancisH[/USER] you mention that 50 crews can each be 40% profitable, No I said it is possible for 50 crews to have a profit. Pro...

9 years ago
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RE: Variable Costs for growing business

You can have a profit with 50 crews if work is continuous. Reason why you say 3 crews have larger profit is because work is in excess of manpower.All ...

9 years ago
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RE: What's the Glonass added value in canopy?

However, there have been times when there was no choice, for example no suitable open location nearby. In a case like that I will set one receiver in ...

9 years ago
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RE: What's the Glonass added value in canopy?

Hey, francisH, what brand, and specs of GNSS do you use?And, this reminds me of an old tire comercial, for "Jetzon" auto tires. Here is the comercial:...

9 years ago
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RE: What's the Glonass added value in canopy?

Sorry you are so confused by one photo that was intended to help someone understand the advantages of GNSS over GPS alone.no I think you really though...

9 years ago
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RE: What's the Glonass added value in canopy?

I am just baffled, beleaguered and dumbfounded why surveyors insists on taking shots under canopy when you have other options that would take less tha...

9 years ago
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RE: What's the Glonass added value in canopy?

Its not a static session. If it were, I would be making my observation in the wide open. This is an extended VRS observation, 5 min, to make sure I ge...

9 years ago
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RE: What's the Glonass added value in canopy?

obviously it's a static session, why not set it a few feet away nearer the curb?

9 years ago
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RE: Verticality in an Existing Highrise

The said they need to do a cost analysis of our time vs that of 2 laborers spending 1hr per floor. If we lose out I think we are under paid!hey if he ...

9 years ago
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RE: Verticality in an Existing Highrise

Sorry, it seems that everyone is trying to make a simple job more complicated?Complete scan data per floor that have mismatched stitching .Wouldn't it...

9 years ago
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RE: What's the Glonass added value in canopy?

think of gps satellite signals as arrows. think of your forest as well forest. now set up a control point in the middle of the forest.now ask 48 of yo...

9 years ago
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RE: Verticality in an Existing Highrise

The Quad 1000 does not measure vertical distances? So what's the advantage of this against a properly leveled total station with a 90 scope?

9 years ago
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RE: It's New Plotter Time...

Now that most of my clients want are ecopies, I have been using the printshop services more and more. Cheaper on ink/paper costs.Problem is when the s...

9 years ago
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RE: Google Office vs Microsoft Office

Word Perfect costs $249? Are they serious? No wonder people are still using MS Office.

9 years ago
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RE: Google Office vs Microsoft Office

Open Source (google it) greatly reduces the possibility/probability of Back Doors and Malware..I really doubt that a hacker somewhere in Russia needs ...

9 years ago
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RE: Google Office vs Microsoft Office

That's a lot when you can have something that works as virtually as well for free.I tried OO when it was free from Sun Microsystems, it was sluggish o...

9 years ago
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