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john-putnam
john-putnam
@john-putnam
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Joined: February 4, 2011 9:44 am
Last seen: June 6, 2026 1:13 pm
Topics: 81 / Replies: 2353
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RE: Quad Runners in Surveying

Okay, this thread hexed me. Trying to avoid a deep Creek ford I went crashing through the high sage. Ended up high centered. Took about 45 minutes ...

2 years ago
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RE: Quad Runners in Surveying

I have a little Honda Pioneer 500 UTV. It is about the size of an ATV and will fit anywhere they will. The only difference is that I'm partially pro...

2 years ago
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RE: Deregulation

@mightymoe In Oregon, OSBEELS regulates photogrammetrists. Other than that most I know are certified by ASPRS. I can not think of any firms that ...

2 years ago
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RE: Deregulation

While I agree, this is a major deal, who would you suggest is better to defend state laws than the state's attorney? There might be an opportunity fo...

2 years ago
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RE: Disagreements when applying Google Street View to decode aerial data

"I am at a loss trying to figure out how anybody would possibly be using digital imagery from Google Maps or any other similar imagery providers."<...

2 years ago
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RE: Survey Truck Size

I would avoid 1/2-ton trucks for survey work. When loaded with standard kit, my trucks have always tended to weigh in at the upper limits of 1/2-ton ...

2 years ago
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RE: Civil 3D and Coordinate Datums

Just a quick note on C3D, points and projections. First, point can be entered as local N / E or Grid N / Grid E. A point can have different local a...

2 years ago
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RE: The disappearance of Lynn Simmons, surveyor

I'm not really sure how she lost Keith. Its not like he was more than 300 feet from her. I'll give her that it was dusk. I think she left him with ...

2 years ago
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RE: The disappearance of Lynn Simmons, surveyor

I was running a project in Duck Valley, ID back in the 1995 were we had a lost surveyor situation. The terrain was not very rugged, but it made up fo...

2 years ago
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RE: quick RTK Base/Rover question

I don't think the RTK base determines a single correction based on all of its available constellations. I think the corrections are computed and tran...

2 years ago
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RE: Snake boots. Which is best

I have a pair of Danner's that I really like. Not cheap but comfortable, breathable & waterproof.

2 years ago
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RE: Payment Processing Platforms recommendations

Zelle seems to work well. It is run by a consortium of banks and credit unions and seems to be a simplified system for requesting and sending ACH. ...

2 years ago
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RE: iMAX vs. VRS RTK Corrections

Thanks for the info Jim. That really seems match my experience with VRS and Leica hardware. Talk about proprietary.

2 years ago
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RE: Field to office transition

I was fortunate enough to have been hire by a visionary when I first got out of university. He hired two freshly graduated LSITs with the idea to tra...

2 years ago
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RE: iMAX vs. VRS RTK Corrections

I realize that both systems both systems use multiple CORS to best model the atmospheric, ionospheric and other corrections needed to extend the depen...

2 years ago
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RE: Setting up a survey job in NAD83(HARN)

Sonic, Whatever you do, do not bastardize the existing control by applying a site calibration. As others have said, NAD83(HARN) is just a realization ...

2 years ago
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RE: Broken-back Curves

It looks like the term has multiple definitions depending on who is using it. Somehow, I had never heard the engineering use until I started doing so...

2 years ago
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RE: iMAX vs. VRS RTK Corrections

I prefer the MAX/iMAX corrections over VRS. My main gripe about VRS is all of the 'virtual' CORS you end up with. iMAX gives you a vector from an ac...

2 years ago
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