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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: Vintage 1987

WTF, when did 1987 become vintage? Plus real surveyors don't use gammon reals. They just get hung up on brush and caught in truck doors, at least th...

9 years ago
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RE: GPS observations to establish a control point

Have you tried a static PPP solution? You might need to wait a bit longer for better orbits and clocks, but in the long run it may be a better soluti...

9 years ago
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RE: Section division on existing fences

While this discussion on fence lines in interesting, the OP states something that seems to be missed in the preceding posts. He states that section w...

9 years ago
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RE: Need Help With Plotter Configuration

I'm not in the office so I don't have the info in front of me, but I plot 18X24 rotated to the landscape so as to not waste paper. I don't think it w...

9 years ago
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RE: Ask for a proposal and then wanna haggle you down????

I would guess this is a scope issue and not an hourly fee question. Unless your office rate resembles a capital defense attorney that is.As for negoti...

9 years ago
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RE: Licensing Rant

azweig, post: 430627, member: 7041 wrote: Rant on...So, we have invested in one equipment manufacturer, GNSS, robot, data collector, etcƒ?? A few yea...

9 years ago
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RE: digital seal and signature

JB,Most of the PDF programs allow you to apply a digital certificate (with a copy of your signature if you like) which will not be valid if any change...

9 years ago
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RE: Battery Powered Rotohammer

The Bosch is the bomb. Well worth large sack of coin you have to shell out.

9 years ago
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RE: Old Wild Heerburg Tripods

I have some 20+ year old Leica legs that are about the same as the current versions and I don't remember any difference for the Wild legs (with the ex...

9 years ago
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RE: 12 Mile Gravity Sewer

Closest thing I have worked on is a 4 mile forced main. 2 24" lines, that's a lot of shit and process water.

9 years ago
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RE: End of My Geomatics Career

Joe Ferg, post: 428792, member: 332 wrote: I left a big firm such as that, never happier! Joe,I think we left the same big firm. Much happier 20 yea...

9 years ago
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RE: Graphic scale in feet, and meters in Autocad civil 3D?

I think all DOT's went metric for a short time in the 90's. The Fed's required it to receive federal tax dollars. That got nixed when Bush 2 came in...

9 years ago
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RE: Sell Me on the Leica CS20.

I switched over from the CS15 to CS20 earlier this year. First, the screen is way better. With the CS15, and RX1250 for that matter, I used the x-se...

9 years ago
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RE: It Happened!!!

What timing. My insurance provider just informed me that they would no longer be providing me insurance because of a couple of claims we had this yea...

9 years ago
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RE: Don't set a PK Nail in Grimes County, Texas

John Hamilton, post: 427788, member: 640 wrote: There was one jurisdiction in Westchester county, NY (City of Rye, I think it was) that actually made ...

9 years ago
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RE: leica 360 prism

I have been using the GRZ4, GRZ122 & GRZ101 for years without any troubles in workmanship. The GRZ4 dates back to the late 90's and has held up t...

9 years ago
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RE: Recommend me a plotter

I replaced my DJ800 with the T520 as well. Works great for the small amount I plot. The only problem I'm having is plotting tabloid through CAD. I ...

9 years ago
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RE: County Surveyor

rberry5886, post: 426914, member: 232 wrote: That was my second term...50,667 votes and I ran unopposed in 2010 also....Daniel Boone was the first Cou...

9 years ago
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