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jhframe
@jim-frame
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Joined: July 1, 2010 10:44 am
Last seen: October 12, 2026 9:30 pm
Topics: 465 / Replies: 7012
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RE: Anyone Still Using Kern Centering-Rod Tripods for Real Work?

Yes, I'd love to see them.?ÿ I haven't touched my DKM2 since my last post on the subject, but I did think about it again just last week.?ÿ Maybe your ...

6 years ago
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RE: The scariest things on Earth

I've never been attacked by a flock of geese, but I was attacked by a lone member of a flock once.?ÿ My solution was to pick him up by the neck and fl...

6 years ago
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RE: Projects that last forever (it seems)

I recently did a settlement monitoring survey on a landfill that I first started working on in 1994.?ÿ In the interim I've done topos for design of ne...

6 years ago
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RE: NGS Monument Preservation

I expect he's talking about a Carsonite post driver.?ÿ It's similar to a fence post driver, but has a narrow rectangular cross-section that fits the f...

6 years ago
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RE: Creating Field2Finish

I mostly do the same thing (though I use GB for "grade break" instead of BL), except sometimes when cross-sectioning a ditch with a lot of breaklines....

6 years ago
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RE: Creating Field2Finish

I use the term "unidentified."?ÿ I figure that *somebody* knows what it is, just not me.

6 years ago
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RE: GNSS + IMU Developer, and Tersus Guy

It's not just a matter of differing state regulations and case law.?ÿ At least as far as boundary work is concerned -- and boundary establishment is t...

6 years ago
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RE: GNSS + IMU Developer, and Tersus Guy

I wouldn't want do discourage anyone from pursuing a land surveying license, but it's worth noting that there's a world of difference between the know...

6 years ago
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RE: BricsCAD Lite

I have no experience with the Lite version, only the full version, so I can't address the question with confidence.?ÿ I note, however, that the Lite v...

6 years ago
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RE: Least Squares Adjustment for Level Runs

My DNA03 doesn't like leaves or branches.?ÿ I've learned to avoid using it in situations like that, as it has trouble getting the shots.?ÿ (But I don'...

6 years ago
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RE: Least Squares Adjustment for Level Runs

Vegetation is also a digital-killer, as the level needs a clear view of a relatively large patch of rod in order to obtain a reading.?ÿ So if you're t...

6 years ago
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RE: I was cleaning out file cabinet when

One of the primary developers/maintainers of HEC-RAS lives 3 doors up the street from me.?ÿ Nice guy.

6 years ago
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RE: Robot lifespan

I've done 1-man leveling, even ran a 1/2 mile out and 1/2 mile back once, but it takes forever.?ÿ I long ago stopped leveling for common engineering d...

6 years ago
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