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jamesf1
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Joined: April 21, 2011 5:07 pm
Topics: 19 / Replies: 384
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RE: Elev. Cert. Question

Posted by: Just A. Surveyor I just looked and by golly you're correct the form itself has an expiration. So that begs to question, why would a form ha...

8 years ago
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RE: OPUS Down

Posted by: Skeeter1996 It seems they fool with the program, screw it up, it's Friday 5:00PM, time to go home. Come Monday it miraculously works again....

8 years ago
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RE: Setting the NW corner of section 35

I would evaluate all junior monumentation and improvements along all 4 Section lines..

8 years ago
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RE: Best iPhone lat and long app

Posted by: makerofmaps I use the theodilite app.?ÿ You can pay for an upgrade and it will show state plane coordinates. Also the mail button will send...

8 years ago
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RE: Best iPhone lat and long app

Posted by: A Harris I read an article in WIRED that stated the newer phones will soon have a new chip capable of combining GPS and network location te...

8 years ago
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RE: Understanding GLO Maps

The GLO/BLM Manuals contain chapters devoted to Plats...

8 years ago
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RE: Markup

We use 15% nominally - may drop it to 10% on large projects or for repeat customers.

8 years ago
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RE: People in charge

"Introducing a lot of extra GCP's has only brought the accuracy down in my experience" ?ÿ Say what?

8 years ago
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RE: Someone at NGS is editing recovery reports, and getting them wrong

Posted by: A Harris I have many keyboard, spellcheck, phrase fixer and text editor filter boxes that when all are checked there will be times that wha...

8 years ago
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RE: Someone at NGS is editing recovery reports, and getting them wrong

I was under the impression that NGS had no funding for monitoring Mark Recovery input, so I'm not sure they are editing anything.

8 years ago
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RE: A sad testament to the state of surveying

I'm sorry, but I have no sympathy for anyone who can pass a technical examination, hang up a shingle, and go into business, often without the faintest...

8 years ago
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RE: Two Differing Elevation Certificates

What Skeeter1996 said. Why wouldn't an OPUS solution work? I understand that when the 2020 datum is adopted physical benchmarks will be obsolete. At t...

8 years ago
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RE: Concerning easements (for you armchair attorneys out there)

Posted by: holy cow Many decades ago a similar problem arose when telegraph lines were run on railroad right-of-way. ?ÿThey quite clearly did not appe...

8 years ago
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RE: Hand Drafting

Posted by: FL/GA PLS. Posted by: Jim in AZ Not since 1985... What were you using? I have used ?ÿHolguin CEADS with a Wang 2200 system but couldn't aff...

8 years ago
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RE: Hand Drafting

Not since 1985...

8 years ago
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RE: Landowner Confrontation

I've never been accused of trespassing - only had to show our Right of Entry Statute once.

8 years ago
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RE: Neverending winter

Didn't really have much of a winter here - 6th driest in history. Can't put any plants outside until Memorial Day - the beginning of our 90-day growin...

8 years ago
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RE: CALTRANS permit for ROW access and occupation

I would be tempted to have my client take care of all permitting, etc.

8 years ago
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