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Frank Willis
Frank Willis
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Joined: August 5, 2010 11:27 am
Last seen: April 5, 2026 8:04 pm
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RE: Ring, Ring, ...

okay let me rephraseSome of the best photogrammetrists in the country, those of which I have put huge trust in for photogrammetric services do not hav...

16 years ago
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RE: Ring, Ring, ...

Cliff--Louisiana?Cliff, is there a requirement for a photogrammetrist to be licensed in Louisiana? I can't find one. Is the georeferencing of maps a...

16 years ago
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RE: Opus vs conventional static

It might be a combination of everything. Did you do only one 30-minute observation? If so, in my opinion that is not long enough. NGS publishes a r...

16 years ago
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RE: I think this is a legitimate question, even if Kris does not

Frank it is not a measurement issueIt is acceptance or rejection of the corner, and position must be coming into play in one form or another. It is a...

16 years ago
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RE: I think this is a legitimate question, even if Kris does not

again again againJeff Lucas said something that made a lot of sense, and it is applicable here.Let's say Keith's 1/16 corner is out of line by 3 feet,...

16 years ago
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RE: Did everybody leave their survey textbooks

Maybe a personal biased opinionAll of this seems to point toward the use of common sense and the natural hierarchy. While the Manual is a good manual...

16 years ago
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RE: Agressive rural water companies

They might not actually be able to force you to shut down a well--legally. I have seen this before with water and sewer districts, but when it gets d...

16 years ago
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RE: Roadway Precise Levels

rounded tip to prevent this. I tested heck out of it and can find no more than 0.005 foot differential between shots during each survey as caused by ...

16 years ago
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RE: PITA 0.06' Pincushion

Paul wowLucas had an interesting sentence in his recent article that said something like, "what do we do wait until surveyors survey it over and over ...

16 years ago
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RE: Non LS doing accident scene surveys

StephenYou are so right about that. One in particular, a hydroplaning accident, and a small girl about 12 makes me sick everytime I think about it. ...

16 years ago
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RE: Non LS doing accident scene surveys

I agree completely. Good point, and very unfortunate circumstances. And we all know that vertical tolerance is important too, especially in hydropla...

16 years ago
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RE: Non LS doing accident scene surveys

Cliff Mugnier and I have seen forensic cases where people sure wished after Daubert hearings that they'd have calibrated or checked their instruments....

16 years ago
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RE: don't be wasting your money and time on a college education

don't be wasting your money and time on a college educationdAren't those SUMMER jobs?

16 years ago
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RE: Staying safe while surveying...

Watch traffic. Inexperienced field personnel will lost track of what they are doing and step in front of vehicles.Once I was taking a new engineer wi...

16 years ago
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RE: GPS vs GPS + Glonass

I have found that if a unit keeps giving float solution that I could just turn the rover upsdide down to lose sats, and their turn back upright and it...

16 years ago
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