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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: Storm Sewer; Idly Wondering

R.J. Schneider, post: 456766, member: 409 wrote: Thanks. These structures are usually 4'-5' deep and I can't recall seeing any ladder rungs, but Most ...

9 years ago
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RE: Storm Sewer; Idly Wondering

Only on rare occasions have I come across a manhole with the lid centered on the structure. The only cases I can recall are for very shallow holes an...

9 years ago
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RE: Lighted bar code leveling rods

John,Leica use to manufacture a lamp system for the level rods. It was not cheap but it worked. I would think you could do the same thing now days w...

9 years ago
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RE: Revisions to the Elevation Certificate

Or maybe make an editable Word document available.

9 years ago
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RE: Tangent Curve? What's That?

I have to agree with Mr. Luke and Jimmy, when possible curves should be tangent. I worked on a complicated plat recently. Our client was selling a p...

9 years ago
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RE: Smart Phone Apps

My Windows HTC One phone bit the dust a couple of months ago. Not many fancy apps but had what I needed and with the current version (10) you can run...

9 years ago
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RE: Self Employed Vs Employed

I would concur about the freedom and the fact that I might make slightly above wages in the long run. I have also gone months without a pay check whe...

9 years ago
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RE: Non Standard Tools

Bill93, post: 453892, member: 87 wrote: If a bench mark is that deep I'm probably not going to dig for it**, and my stamina wouldn't last long trying ...

9 years ago
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RE: Scanner

MightyMoe, post: 452389, member: 700 wrote: Was your hard hat compliant? Mine sure isn't I had to get a new one. Not the end of the world since I was...

9 years ago
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RE: Scanner

I recently worked on a high profile construction project that actually checked our hard hats. Almost as bad as the race I do in Mexico that requires ...

9 years ago
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RE: Slope Easements

Jp7191, post: 452001, member: 1617 wrote: Interesting I have never seen such a thing but it could make sense. Once the cut slope was cut, how could t...

9 years ago
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RE: Slope Easements

Seems to me the road is still encumbering the land owner. I would think there could be money to be made by the legal profession in your town.

9 years ago
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RE: USING CELL MODEM FOR A BASE AND ROVER RTK SETUP??

When I had it, Verizon said it was good for all of the line on our account.

9 years ago
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RE: USING CELL MODEM FOR A BASE AND ROVER RTK SETUP??

I have the a similar setup to Greg's. For a point-2-point solution Leica has a very easy set up. Basically the Base modem is just treated like any o...

9 years ago
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RE: Writing a Good Narrative - The Land Surveyor's Time Machine

JP,If you are going to court it is more probable that it is because of a lack of information rather than the opposite. Besides, these days I can't re...

9 years ago
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RE: In-house site calibration...

As stated by others, the site calibration or localization can be done in the field or office. What does matter is that the initial data is good. I'm...

9 years ago
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RE: Survey instruments

Jim,I used an HP EDM to survey the Oregon Women's Prison in 1990. I can not remember the model number. All of the other top mount EDMs were being us...

9 years ago
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RE: Writing a Good Narrative - The Land Surveyor's Time Machine

Sorry for the snarky reply. I probably should have held my tongue but your post seemed a wee bit preachy.As for my wholeheartedly disagreement, it wa...

9 years ago
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RE: Soviet Union Maps the World

I'm not sure why anyone here would be surprised that the USSR was mapping the world. Early in my career I worked for a small defense intelligence age...

9 years ago
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