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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: See you at PLSO today?

Unfortunately I went the virtual route this year. I'm working on a 6 week long light rail closure that was supposed to start last Sunday. Mother nat...

2 years ago
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RE: Aluminum Concrete Survey Marker

I would have some reservations about using the 3-1/4 cap vs the 3-1/2 disk. First, you will need to modify the cap's smooth stem to allow for any meth...

2 years ago
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RE: Great Minds...

Put me in Bruce and the Squirl's camp. This is one of my pet peeves. It's not about spatial visualization but workflow. Most, if not all, of today'...

2 years ago
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RE: Bringing Survey gear on the plane?

I'm not sure I mentioned it in my post, but going air-cargo is much gentler on the kit as the luggage goons don't get to through it on the baggage con...

2 years ago
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RE: Bringing Survey gear on the plane?

I do fly in jobs several times a year. My first recommendation is to get on Canada's version of the TSA's 'Known Shipper List' and ship via air-cargo...

2 years ago
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RE: Leica 1201 with RH 1200, Carlson Surveyor 2, Parani SD1000

I don't think the RH1200 is Bluetooth but rather spread spectrum.

2 years ago
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RE: Standard Setup on Resect-Solution after Resection?

"Now it’s just the calcs that cause annoyance, I wish turn to had an option to turn off vertical like the GPS search….I usually end up turn to point, ...

2 years ago
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RE: Survey Vest! Do they still make something like this?

It is exactly what why the fuzzs' lights (and my truck) set to a somewhat random flash pattern.

3 years ago
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RE: Survey Vest! Do they still make something like this?

I don't think the 'Party Chief' vests are what they used to be. I've had 2 but will be going back to Seco for my next vest, if not sooner. They don'...

3 years ago
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RE: Best Way to Read a Level Rod

You are saying the Topcon DL-502 does not have a mode to return the median of a set number of readings each time you take a measurement? I would chec...

3 years ago
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RE: Post ‘82 CE Doing Boundary Surveys and Forms Certs

With the exception of the boundary work you mentioned, an engineer in CA can actually prepare flood certs and perform layout on their own projects. S...

3 years ago
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RE: Leica vs GeoMax vs Trimble

I recently added an MS60 w/AP20 to my arsenal. When I told the dealer I needed GeoCom I was informed me that Leice needed to know why before they woul...

3 years ago
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RE: Lidar contours

Just the cartographer in me speaking, but the larger the map scale the smaller the area mapped on a given sheet size.

3 years ago
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RE: Lidar contours

LiDAR output is somewhat uniform grid of discrete ground shots. Break lines can be combined with a LiDAR data set to create a better DTM but that is ...

3 years ago
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RE: Rugged digital camera

Before smart phones were everywhere, my crews carried an Olympus digital camera which was rugged and was capable of time stamps. But in this day and ...

3 years ago
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RE: Magnetic Locator

I have both Schonstedt & Subsurface detectors (from back when I had multiple crews). 20+ years on, I like them both. The Schony is currently in ...

3 years ago
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