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john-putnam
john-putnam
@john-putnam
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Joined: February 4, 2011 9:44 am
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Topics: 82 / Replies: 2381
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RE: Surveyors in the Military

My first party chief spent his time as a drafty on a first order control crew with the army. talked about spending a month in the jungles of Panama t...

4 years ago
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RE: Deep thoughts

Because ink smears on rite in the rain paper.

4 years ago
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RE: Somebody didn't read the covenants and easements for their new home

There is a big difference between the smells generated from an old school dairy vs the modern agribusiness model common nowadays. When I was a kid, d...

4 years ago
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RE: Basics, Sheet Sizes & Borders

@norman-oklahoma?ÿ Monument tables are the way to go.?ÿ I've set up C3D user defined property classifications to include meta data referencing fallin...

4 years ago
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RE: Canadian surveyor moving to the US

Thanks for the tip on the medical insurance thing. Is that something that is mandatory and gets taken off your pay? How significant is it? Up here we ...

4 years ago
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RE: Leica ASCII format file

I think I have a format file with that information.?ÿ I just need to see which attributes it exports.?ÿ They are simple to create in the old LGO forma...

4 years ago
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RE: Pipe Mic safety handling

I have had a Pipe Mic with the offset attachment for at least 15 years.?ÿ They work great but are next to impossible to get reasonably clean enough to...

4 years ago
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RE: Radio repeater batteries

Lifepo4 is the way to go if you don't have to put it on a commercial airliner.?ÿ A little spendy but way lighter and better power curve than conventio...

4 years ago
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RE: Pipe Mic safety handling

Years ago I opened a sanitary lid down by the railroad station in Stocken, CA.?ÿ I swear one of the roaches flipped me off and closed the lid back up....

4 years ago
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RE: Stake Whiskers

Blackburn has a good selection at www.blackburnflag.com

4 years ago
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RE: Leica ASCII format file

What are you looking to output from??ÿ An instrument or Infinity?

4 years ago
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RE: US Survey Foot - State Plane Coordinates

My understanding is that the UK still uses feet for some aspects of measurements.?ÿ Miles are still used for road distances and the feet are used for ...

4 years ago
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RE: Leica GMP-111 Reflector Height in TCRA1103 Plus?

The center of the prism is a zero target height for all prisms.?ÿ If you set the GMP-111 on a surface then you would enter a reflector height of 50 mm...

4 years ago
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RE: Leica Mini Prism used as a peanut prism constant?

I would suggest sticking with standard GMP111 prism with a 17.5 mm constant.?ÿ Then apply a 20 mm offset to the shot itself.?ÿ I'm not familiar with F...

4 years ago
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RE: Consistent, but still wrong

For descriptions & narratives, I like to have Word read them to me.

4 years ago
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RE: Leica Mini Prism used as a peanut prism constant?

If in fact the GMP111-0 uses the same prism, then you would specify the 17.5 mm prism constant and add a 20 mm distance offset to the measurement.?ÿ T...

4 years ago
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RE: Leica Mini Prism used as a peanut prism constant?

On the GMP-101 the reference datum is the is the front side of the non-threaded ~1 mm notch that the target fits over and is coincident with the cente...

4 years ago
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RE: Leica Mini Prism used as a peanut prism constant?

The prism constant is going to remain 17.5 mm.?ÿ This is a physical characteristic of the prism's reflective facets in relation to the path of the lig...

4 years ago
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