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Jim in AZ
Jim in AZ
@jim-in-az
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Joined: July 3, 2010 1:15 pm
Last seen: January 18, 2025 6:23 pm
Topics: 82 / Replies: 3282
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RE: RIPJack Buchanan

I had the privilege of having Jack working with me on a large mapping project circa 2000. He was very knowledgeable and extremely helpful. RIP

2 days ago
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2 days ago
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RE: Oregon Trail Interpretive Center in Baker City, OR

I stopped there last May but they were closed 😕 I will try again on the next trip...

3 days ago
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RE: Slide Rule

Magnesium?! Why on Earth...?

3 months ago
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RE: Broken-back Curves

I have a PDF of Wattles - not sure where I got it...

3 months ago
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RE: US Survey Foot or International Foot

Arizona mandates the International foot.

3 months ago
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RE: Broken-back Curves

The diagram is not of a broken-back curve, as there is a tangent section between the two curves. Norman has it right...

3 months ago
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RE: What are your feelings on the CFS? (Certified Floodplain Surveyor)

Just a point that the acronym "CFS" was taken years ago to describe "Certified Federal Surveyor." Using it for a different meaning in the same profess...

4 months ago
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RE: What to do with calls for off line monuments along a senior line?

Norman - To the best of my knowledge County Surveyors perform none of those tasks in this State. Some cities require the submission of mathematical bo...

4 months ago
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RE: What to do with calls for off line monuments along a senior line?

"I always begin from the position that humans create boundaries then use maps as a proxy." In fact, the Court has recognized for centuries that monume...

5 months ago
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RE: Finding a study showing on a FEMA Map

Ask your local flood plane administrator

9 months ago
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RE: Drafting question

There is a reason that Technical pen sets and Leroy guides came in certain sizes. Your age is showing!

1 year ago
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RE: Proper Drafting Practice

@olemanriver In PLSSia, I have been told North-South lines are lines but East-West lines are curves. I've never quite figured out what a Southwest-...

1 year ago
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RE: State lines County lines

@mathteacher Same goes for Arizona...

2 years ago
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RE: falling asleep with the TV

@ontarget1 I had a soundbar do that in the middle of the night - I was ready to take out the intruder(s) in the living room. It took a minute to und...

2 years ago
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RE: Ever Pull Existing Corners?

Even if it were permitted by my Board of Registration I would NEVER pull someone else's monument. I have on a few occasions reset my own in cases wher...

2 years ago
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RE: Ever Pull Existing Corners?

Even if it were permitted by my Board of Registration I would NEVER pull someone else's monument. I have on a few occasions reset my own in cases wher...

2 years ago
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RE: I just don't believe it needed to be commented on

I would share all of your anger if this was actually preventing a plat from being approved, but is it? I would rather the reviewer point out minor err...

2 years ago
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RE: Where am I?

Heavy clouds, huh?

2 years ago
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