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Joined: July 2, 2010 11:18 am
Last seen: January 16, 2026 1:51 pm
Topics: 103 / Replies: 836
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RE: Why does my survey cost so much?

"Machete rental won't add that much, but we have a half-day minimum." ?ÿ

8 years ago
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RE: Free Stationing / Resectioning

Most of the British Empire was mapped by intersection to points never occupied from points never intersected. Mostly by plane table supplemented by gi...

8 years ago
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RE: Price This

steep. too steep to build. too steep to even think of building. ?ÿ

8 years ago
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RE: Price This

It's that per-foot pricing I'd like to hear more about. I've got a "square root of the perimeter times a multiplier" formula for the estimate.?ÿ?ÿ

8 years ago
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8 years ago
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RE: King County Archives

Check out that USC&G parasol. Maybe this was the "A" crew running the geodetic control. Pulling the steel tape across the board tops was procedure...

8 years ago
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RE: "Can I ask why?"

Posted by: Murphy You made the right decision. I've grown to expect clients to withhold information from me, but straight up lying is unacceptable. ?ÿ...

8 years ago
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RE: "Can I ask why?"

Lot line adjustment implies that there is already a line between two lots. Subdivision makes the line that can later be adjusted if needed.

8 years ago
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RE: Looking for advice on Civil Eng vs Surveying degrees

Switch to that ABET-accredited survey program today and never look back.?ÿ

8 years ago
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RE: Your personal choice of Instrument, data collector, and data collection survey software please!

Banjo medium flounder rag tape only run over by light passenger vehicles ?ÿ

8 years ago
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RE: Your personal choice of Instrument, data collector, and data collection survey software please!

Banjo medium flounder rag tape only run over by light passenger vehicles ?ÿ

8 years ago
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RE: "Can I ask why?"

Thank you, all you more experienced LS's, especially the local ones, for your responses. It is a priceless aspect of this community. In a different si...

8 years ago
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RE: "Can I ask why?"

They want to divide a lot with an existing house and build a second house. In their location they need a "short subdivision" aka short plat, to do so....

8 years ago
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RE: "Can I ask why?"

Hm. Maybe I am missing something in the communications with the customer. My red flag is that they "just need some measurements" and then they will do...

8 years ago
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8 years ago
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RE: Why get a survey

There's what you own (or might buy) on paper, i.e. title, and then there's what you (or the seller) are occupying on the ground. Hopefully they match....

8 years ago
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RE: Separating the wheat from the chaff

Lost a good response. Not gonna get paid for that third of an hour of composition either. "network change -- hit reload to lose everything". Grrr. The...

8 years ago
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RE: Older Deed Distances and Newer Calcs

The office of the description is to help find the monument.?ÿ Have you analyzed the distances for scaling? Not intentional scaling, rather, systematic...

8 years ago
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