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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: Traversing with Bipods and Prism Poles

Oh Great!Who is "we" ? Are you the King now, or just hearing voices?You are mixing errors (plural) with error (singular)It gets into hairsplitting whe...

13 years ago
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RE: Traversing with Bipods and Prism Poles

Oh Great!It took a long time to convince myself to try the experiment. It has been on the list for a couple of years and I always doubted it would be ...

13 years ago
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RE: Traversing with Bipods and Prism Poles

Oh Great!You might wonder how the horizontals are "tighter" if I had to loosen up the standard error for the centering. Here are my thoughts about tha...

13 years ago
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RE: Traversing with Bipods and Prism Poles

Oh Great!With the handheld pole, I use 0.003' in H at both the instrument and the target.With the handheld glass/bob combo I had to crank the H at the...

13 years ago
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RE: Traversing with Bipods and Prism Poles

Oh Great!This week I am successfully running the robot with nothing but a plumb bob hanging from a prism.When I put it in star*net it is just as accur...

13 years ago
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RE: National Speakers in Land Surveying

Dennis Drumm, LS and author of Primacode Transform.Don't know if he speaks, but I'd sure listen to him.

13 years ago
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RE: I have a shovel

All the makings of a repeatable basis of breakfast!

13 years ago
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RE: I have a shovel

It seemed like time for a shovel inventory, considering the amount that has been piled higher and deeper these last few days 🙂

13 years ago
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RE: Poll: North?

Replacing A Monument, A Part Of The WholeI fully believe that a surveyor can examine the problem in its totality by looking at all the found monuments...

13 years ago
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RE: rules of evidence

I have it in some notes from reading the Primacode Transform manual. I'm sure the attribution is in there, probably Brown & Robillard. It must be...

13 years ago
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RE: Just buried my dog

I feel for you too. I am teary eyed for your dog just from the picture.

13 years ago
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RE: Proposed Basis-of-Bearing

OK I will read it a few more times. It's a grand idea. I just start to tune out at the words "global" and "should".

13 years ago
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RE: Proposed Basis-of-Bearing

Also agree. The bearing is down there below intent, natural monuments, artificial monuments, etc. depending on your local law/legislation/statutes/cod...

13 years ago
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RE: Trig Leveling Procedures

Because if you do the redneck science experiment where you try it both ways, and if you gather enough data, you will see that on average you cannot re...

13 years ago
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RE: Trig Leveling Procedures

Nice note format, something that allows a double-check on the DE vs the slope/zenith if needed later.

13 years ago
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RE: Trig Leveling Procedures

Trig levelling is not the same as trig traverse.The moment you use a pocket tape for a measure up you lose all your precision, in comparison to trig l...

13 years ago
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RE: Trig Leveling Procedures

>Specifically, how long can your site distances be? >>How many sets do you turn? Do you have to be very particular about balancing your BS an...

13 years ago
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RE: Responsible charge fee

Per Diem And Travel Expenses ExtraBzzt! This is where your intent to cut corners is revealed. You are just looking for an accomplice. Suggest you also...

13 years ago
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