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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: Advice on calibrating a Fixed Height Tripod

Over the years I have found the Seco fixed height tripod bubbles to be a joke.?ÿ No matter what you do or how gentle you are with them they just will ...

7 years ago
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RE: Incorrect survey

One thing to keep in mind, you have to live next to your neighbor until one of you moves or dies.?ÿ I'm not saying you should not determine the correc...

7 years ago
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RE: Let tick season begin

I spent last summer working tick rich environment.?ÿ My wife, being the pro-am witch doctor she is, made me this repellent made of various essential o...

7 years ago
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RE: Complimentary Licenses/Certifications for a PLS?

@holy-cow Oregon passed such a law last year at the request of the DOD.  The first pass would have issued a temporary license with not recognizi...

7 years ago
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RE: periodic complaint about temporary things in ostensibly permanent places

In Oregon these issues are usually required to be shown on a tentative plan that is required as part of the plat application. (ORS 92.040)

7 years ago
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RE: Things found while surveying

@@holy-cow Next time remember, the railroad never hits anything but prized livestock.   

7 years ago
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RE: Things found while surveying

A guy killed himself on a jobsite I was on a couple of years ago.?ÿ I cam back to pick up a back site and there he was with the cops putting a sheet o...

7 years ago
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RE: Using a drone to produce Orthophotography for a municipality?

@beau_immel Come on, according to all of the Drone workshops and webinars, those FAA rules are really just a suggestion.  

7 years ago
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RE: Record keeping

Good question.?ÿ Around here deeds are recorded and the originals sent to the grantee (or as instructed on the document).?ÿ Surveys are filed with the...

7 years ago
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RE: Out of town surveyors, out of town crews

It seems to me that complaint about LDS, as Nate calls them, is the shoddy done by some.?ÿ This shoddiness has no relationship to the distance they ar...

7 years ago
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RE: Plotting 26"x18" PDF Files in Autocad

Interesting that they still want the extra 2" for the PDF.?ÿ I was under the impression it was for hanging in the drawings.?ÿ Anyway you can easily cr...

7 years ago
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RE: Survey Slang

Mike, Aparently this list has been sanitized for our protection.?ÿ I thought that since you were retired you did not need to be so damn politically c...

7 years ago
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RE: Eye Glasses vs Contact Lenses

@mkennedy This was back several years, at that time by doctor said the daily multi-vision contacts were not up to par.  I think that has changed...

7 years ago
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RE: Eye Glasses vs Contact Lenses

When I finally broke down and admitted I need help in the vision department I asked about multi vision contacts.?ÿ The doc said they work great but he...

7 years ago
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RE: Washington state House bill proposing changes to SPC and foot

@thebionicman I was speaking about Oregon's effort to remove control of our coordinate systems from the hands of the legislators.  Mark is corre...

7 years ago
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RE: Washington state House bill proposing changes to SPC and foot

When we developed the Oregon Coordinate Reference System zones we made the conscience decision to work with our legislators to remove the definition o...

7 years ago
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