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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: my survey was recorded by someone else

@dmyhill I'm not sure that is totally correct.  In Washington you can legally digitally stamp a document if you go through the correct procedure...

7 years ago
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RE: Insurance

Contrary to what some have posted about not carrying insurance.?ÿ Unless you are planning to work solely of private land owners whom are not accustom ...

7 years ago
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RE: Insurance

@flga Workers compensation requirements for owners vary by state.  In Oregon the owners are not covered unless they specifically request to be.

7 years ago
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7 years ago
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RE: Leica TS15 Robotic Radio handle RH15 vs RH17

Ruan, I think the RH15 is a spread spectrum radio while the RH16/17 is long range blue tooth.?ÿ As for the CS15, some came with an RH15 compatible rad...

7 years ago
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RE: GPS vs. GNSS

My experience has been that multiple constellations does help in post processed fast static.?ÿ Not all static is performed in clear open skies.?ÿ?ÿ

7 years ago
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RE: Congress/FCC Raises Fine for Pirate Radio Operators from $100,000 per day to $1,000,000 per day

@a-harris The first major project I took on after going out on my own, in 1998, was mapping the  storm system at PDX.  This was back in the...

7 years ago
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RE: Astronomic Azimuths

Back when LiDAR was a new thing it was all the rage to provide verification points for multiple ground covers.?ÿ Often I would be able to get a single...

7 years ago
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RE: Cut/Fill Reports

For the most part I just export them from my CS20.?ÿ Sometimes I might use a text editor to clean it up a bit and add any need meta data.?ÿ I was able...

7 years ago
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RE: SURVEYOR missed NAD83 by 191ft

@dave-karoly If I've said it once I've said it 1000 times.  Friends should not let friends scale grid coordinates without truncating.

7 years ago
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RE: Discriminatory job posting (per Facebook)

What did they say was discriminating??ÿ I'm going to guess 'rodman'

7 years ago
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RE: 4-wheeler topo

The other reason to keep the speed down is navigation. I'm usually looking at the DC to maintain good spacing between lines for proper grids.?ÿ

7 years ago
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RE: 4-wheeler topo

I've done quite a bit of mapping from a UTV.?ÿ Before RTK was introduced in the 90s it was done based on time and post processed. Now, for the most pa...

7 years ago
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RE: Is the DR on my TS Fu**ed?

@rover83 Years ago, I think Geodometer or Trimble had a routine that you shot two points on the building's face and then turned an angle to the corne...

7 years ago
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RE: State Plane Coordinates

@shawn-billings Shawn, I was part of the original effort to establish LDPs in Oregon and am on the state committee working on the 2022 implementatio...

7 years ago
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RE: Nail Driving Prism Pole

@mark-silver I use Geocke as my supplier for several deformation monitoring supplies.  They have some great stuff and are extremely easy to deal...

7 years ago
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RE: Lithium Ion battery for running GS14 and PDL4335 radio - ideas or reommendations please!

@eric-kara That is only 16Ah.  I'm not sure how long it would run the radio for

7 years ago
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RE: Nail Driving Prism Pole

@adamw I might have to check that out.  Not that it matters on this job but I wonder about the rod height stability.

7 years ago
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RE: Lump Sum

@bstrand No you just don't stop.  The proposal and subsequent contract state that I will perform a certain task.  If that task is not perfo...

7 years ago
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RE: Lithium Ion battery for running GS14 and PDL4335 radio - ideas or reommendations please!

@damien I'm not sure what size would work best for you.  Pacific crest should have some documentation on amp hour requirements at various output...

7 years ago
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