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john-putnam
john-putnam
@john-putnam
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Joined: February 4, 2011 9:44 am
Last seen: June 5, 2026 5:31 pm
Topics: 81 / Replies: 2352
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RE: Cleaning up

I still have my original 21CX bought back in 1984 a stone's through from the HP facility where it was made. A 41 was required for ALL first term engi...

6 months ago
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RE: Civil 3D automation (.NET API): Looking for ideas for my next hobby project

How about the ability to label or inverse showing both grid and ground distances when used in conjunction with project C.F.

6 months ago
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RE: UTM staking request; are we missing something?

The coordinate system is a red herring. Your issue is a lack of control as it relates to the project at hand. Depending on the needs of the project,...

6 months ago
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RE: Storm

Obviously, they didn't that pole anyway. Is that metal roofing?

6 months ago
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6 months ago
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RE: What's with architects and non-radial curves?

@norman-oklahoma This was worse than that, it went through the road legalization process in Clackamas County. It was a private surveyor not the count...

6 months ago
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RE: What's with architects and non-radial curves?

It is not just the other professions in the AEC food chain. I followed a newly legalized (about a month old at the time) road where the surveyor crea...

6 months ago
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RE: California Real Time Network (CRTN) - Trimble Access Coordinate System

Unless Access is applying a transformation, the choice of realization and epoch is meaningless save for reporting purpose. The projection parameter f...

7 months ago
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RE: Bitcoin

No way, it is just a Ponzi scheme.

7 months ago
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RE: Converting grid bearing to local astronomic bearing

The bigger question I have is why reference astronomic north in the first place. I mean, how many, unless you are building an observatory, how many p...

7 months ago
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RE: Comparing two surveys

While this is true for distances between discreet points, that falls flat when dealing with coordinate systems using large false northings and/or east...

7 months ago
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RE: OPUS

The Beta has been GNSS for at least a year.

7 months ago
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RE: Real-Time Network surveying in Arkansas (all out-of-state opinions welcome too!)

Back to the original post. I've been using RTK in various forms since before O.J. became a glove model. I have found that a Base/Rover better vertic...

8 months ago
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RE: Licensed folk - what are your Do's and Don'ts?

Jim is spot on about narratives. A good narrative is priceless. And don't skimp on the details, meeting the minimum requirements is almost as worthl...

8 months ago
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RE: North Dakota Surveying Community

@field-dog Oh yeah, and we don't survey in rain here in the Pacific NorthWet. That reminds me, I need to go grease my boots. Winter is coming.

8 months ago
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RE: Rover rods

@norman-oklahoma With the exception of the propensity to be crushed by clamps, I find carbon fiber to be far more durable than aluminium when it co...

8 months ago
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