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john-putnam
john-putnam
@john-putnam
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Joined: February 4, 2011 9:44 am
Last seen: September 23, 2026 9:30 am
Topics: 82 / Replies: 2381
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RE: A more permanent TP

I hate that.?ÿ Not so common around here with IRs but I've seen quite a few Berntsen copper plugs with an LS# set as control.?ÿ Years ago I started us...

6 years ago
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RE: Cart B4 the horse or over optomism

@mark-mayer Except Clean Water Services.  For some reason they are the only agency gets to review the mylars in Washington County after you have...

6 years ago
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6 years ago
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RE: GNSS surveying hazards, and good ideas of practice

I always try to do a cursory check for existing control or property monumentation prior to establishing new point for both conventional and GNSS.?ÿ I ...

6 years ago
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RE: Hand drawing

@rankin_file Please define this 'over-caffeination' concept you speak of.

6 years ago
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RE: Surveyor's certification trap

@jp7191 Years ago I started adding this as a standard not on all of my drawings.

6 years ago
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RE: Project Management Software

QuickBooks is okay for the accounting portion but blows for any planning let alone scheduling.?ÿ I still can get over the fact that I can not extract ...

6 years ago
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RE: Leica 1205 accuracy issues

What I meant to say is the accuracy error for the GMP111 is twice that of the GMP101.

6 years ago
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RE: Leica 1205 accuracy issues

@djdan I never saw a problem with PowerSearch, lock or ATR on my GMP101 when we were still using the TCRA1100 or TPS1200 series instruments.  My ...

6 years ago
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RE: PPP

@andy-j I think you can use it however you like, but if you use 75% of it to keep you employees off unemployment, for 2 months, then it becomes a gra...

6 years ago
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RE: Traveling During the Age of Covid

@stlsurveyor Most of the campgrounds around here are closed.  I could dry camp but power for charging and working at night is always a problem.

6 years ago
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RE: We havenƒ??t done this one for a while...

One of the first field projects I did out of university was at the Oregon State Penn for a big remodel.?ÿ The locators could not find the water lines ...

6 years ago
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RE: PPP

@mightymoe Yeah, I'm going to start shifting some of my business banking to one of the small community banks.  The big one, US Bank, has been gr...

6 years ago
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RE: PPP

I applied a couple of weeks ago but before my bank finished with the process the program ran out of money.?ÿ I keep getting emails from them saying th...

6 years ago
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RE: Amusing Monument Description

Will spruce regrow from a stave like willow??ÿ If so, maybe it was a stake that the original surveyor figured would be a tree later on down the road.

6 years ago
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RE: UPPER or Lower?

@holy-cow That is the way I've been doing it for the last 3 decades or so for any documents to be recorded.?ÿ Mine are also full upper case to boot.?...

6 years ago
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RE: GPS stakeout with Leica Captivate software, how do I change point number increment behavior?

@gregg-gaffney You could add a numeric prefix.  My layout design points fall within a specific point range so that would work great for me. ...

6 years ago
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RE: GPS stakeout with Leica Captivate software, how do I change point number increment behavior?

@driftingsand You can have Captivate add a prefix or suffix to your store point in the stakeout routine.  It is controlled in the settings for t...

6 years ago
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RE: Seco center punch point

@jones Are you able to get good verticals with it?

6 years ago
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