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john-putnam
john-putnam
@john-putnam
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Joined: February 4, 2011 9:44 am
Last seen: September 25, 2026 2:25 pm
Topics: 82 / Replies: 2382
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RE: Gadgets will monitor buildings! (Surveying in the news)

We currently employ a Leica GeoMOS system similar to the one being used in Seattle. Thanks for rubbing salt in the wound. We were part of a team tha...

14 years ago
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RE: Background check

Started at OSU as a mechanical engineering student but saw the light and changed over to geographical science after deciding that I did not want to wo...

14 years ago
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RE: Complete list of GPS Ref Sta with XYZ values needed.

Bob,I'm not sure if they cover all of the SOPAC stations but the California Spacial Reference Center has a csv file of their stations @ csrc.ucsd.edu....

14 years ago
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RE: Worst Instrument

Steve,I would reverse the order on the levels. The NA2000 was great if your in the open with no shadows or high grass. I don't know how many times w...

14 years ago
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RE: Monument cap ID's

It is great that Oregon lets us use our company name. Back in the day when I worked for a large multi-state firm it was always a hassle when setting ...

14 years ago
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RE: poll on monument caps

OR - Yes w/ LS or Company nameWA - Yes w/ LSID - Yes w/ LSCA - Yes w/ LS

14 years ago
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RE: Establishing North using GPS

What Is North ?Unless you are using geodetic coordinates (lat & Long) then your bearings are most likely in grid. Grid angles are consistent thro...

14 years ago
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RE: How much do you pay for State Registration Fees?

Just wrote a check for $150 for two years in Oregon. No business registration fee.

14 years ago
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RE: Surveying in the rain

Jacob,Here in the Great Northwet where from mid October to some time in June you can expect to get soaked on a daily basis, and usually it is not a qu...

14 years ago
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RE: Leica VIVA Sets of Angles vs Traverse

I've been using SmartWorks, in some incarnation or another, since its inception in the min 90's. 'Sets of Angles' is the program you are looking for....

14 years ago
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RE: Post Processing into the CORS

> Out of curiosity, how many folks are actually doing their own Post Processing into the NGS CORS Network, in order to align themselves with the NS...

14 years ago
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RE: blanks in the title report???

> They also wrote an exception for the preliminary ALTA, the same survey we are finializing.I've never seen blank recording information on the repo...

14 years ago
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RE: Tidbit from NSPS

Brings back memories. AutoCAD 3.0, DCA and a 386 PC with a memory measured in bytes.

14 years ago
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RE: SKUNK!

Good Luck,Years ago I was a subcontractor working on an ALTA for a large ranch in north central Idaho. I flew into Boise and the friend of mine for w...

14 years ago
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RE: West Haven Man Damaged Surveyor's Equipment

I Like the comment section. Maybe we should push the bible aspect of surveying's importance.

14 years ago
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RE: Poll - $1 Bill

Get rid of the $1 bill, please. The damn thing's don't even last 2 years in circulation. I'm also for losing the penny but my wife, Penny, frowns on...

14 years ago
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RE: looking for a Leica RX1250

Half Bubble,What instrument do you need the RX for? I have a couple of RX1220's with internal radios for communicating with the 1200 series guns in t...

14 years ago
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RE: FS: Leica/Wild T1610 + DI1600 + Brick + Charger

Wendell,What are those square things on the manuals? They look like some kind of coaster.

14 years ago
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RE: Leica Smartworks

Dan,Just to make things complicated, Leica has 3 programs to stake out to a line. Each works great for different situations. Reference line is the s...

14 years ago
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RE: Nuance PDF Converter Professional

Frank,I have been using it for years without trouble. I think we are on version 7.2. I started using it when Acrobat would not work with our cad sys...

14 years ago
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