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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: Survey for Today 06/07/2017

Okay, I forgot about the military, but then that is a socialist metric organization as well. So make that 7.1 billion plus the ~2% of US population t...

9 years ago
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RE: Need a .csv coordinate file from a 2D .DXF file

Not sure about doing it in vanilla CAD. The divide command may get the points you are looking for but I'm not sure about turning those into a csv fil...

9 years ago
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RE: Need a .csv coordinate file from a 2D .DXF file

Here you go. Pretty quick for Civil3d. I did not include the line you had going north from the origin but if you need that it should be simple enou...

9 years ago
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RE: Survey for Today 06/07/2017

P.s. Don't get me started on northing, easting or run over rise.

9 years ago
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RE: Survey for Today 06/07/2017

As usual, the way we do it in the US is all backwards. I use Bill's method for short dates and file naming since it provides natural sort pattern. W...

9 years ago
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RE: Prism Pole Recommendation

I have a several of the Leica GLS12 poles. While most have a carbide tip, I have at least two which for some reason do not. Those have worn signific...

9 years ago
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RE: Leica Captivate v2.30

Getting ready to load it this morning. Have you played with the coded line work yet?

9 years ago
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RE: Certification or Licensing

Back to the exam pass rates. When did the NCEES start with the variable passing score? It sounds kind of like a bell curve now. When I sat for the ...

9 years ago
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RE: Data Backup

I'm fortunate enough to have my office about 20 m from my house and a cat 6 cable connecting the two. I just use windows to do hourly incremental bac...

9 years ago
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RE: Why is it so difficult....

JPH, post: 435500, member: 6636 wrote: I wonder if there's a way that you can protect yourself by including language in the contract that any changes,...

9 years ago
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RE: Certification or Licensing

SellmanA, post: 435387, member: 8564 wrote: I sure wish they would cite their cases/sources as this is news to me; frustrating when they don't IMO. Es...

9 years ago
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RE: OK for surveyor to not supply copy--> monument becomes not of record

I'm glad that I practice recording states. While I can see the merits of not providing copies of ALTAs, topographic surveys or such. If I create a s...

9 years ago
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RE: 49 CFR Part 219 - Drug & Alcohol Policy - Does this reg cover survey activities?

I do a significant amount of work for various railroads. I just asked this question of one of the engineering VP and was informed that they are apply...

9 years ago
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RE: Road Safety

Closer to 30 years ago I had to tie a donation land claim corner (DLCs are the predecessors to the PLSS in western Oregon & Washington). The prob...

9 years ago
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RE: hit a gas line when staking lot corner, has this ever happened to anyone else

Back as a young survey tech I hit and irrigation line while resetting new plat irons that an irrigation crew had "reset" on their own after removing t...

9 years ago
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RE: Made the client very happy

I'm going to have to use a couple of those on my 7 year old grand daughter

9 years ago
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RE: Hexagon AB (the big parent company) on the Block ($)?

Please don't let it be Trimble or Autodesk.

9 years ago
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RE: Does someone make these or anyone else see any need?

jalbrz, post: 432433, member: 11371 wrote: Here's my tip though. I put powdered graphite on the threads, on the days when I remember to, before thread...

9 years ago
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RE: Only Cyclone users know the struggle...

At least they have an undo command now.

9 years ago
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RE: Leica CS20 and old total station

I was able to use our CS20 with a TCRP1201. Just need to make sure you have the correct radio handle on the older gun in our case.

9 years ago
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