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Jon Collins
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Topics: 9 / Replies: 386
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RE: Nebraska state test

Nobody? J PENRY?

8 years ago
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RE: What are these called?

Webbing. That's the damn word I was trying to think of

8 years ago
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RE: Advice for new surveyors, and apprentices

Once I borrowed a truck from a construction observer in our company, he has no tp, I broke into one of the clients sheds (they were gone ) found only ...

8 years ago
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RE: Advice for new surveyors, and apprentices

Always paden cash, post: 374777, member: 20 wrote: Oh c'mon...haven't you ever planted a sock or an old t-shirt in the woods?PS - I do prefer tp..Alwa...

8 years ago
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RE: What kind of results

I do it all the time for dirt surveys. Pasture and rolling hills are common in SD. The efficiency far outweighs the small inaccuracy.

8 years ago
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RE: Anybody want to guess what happened here?

I'm sure the surveyor was blamed for it.

8 years ago
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RE: What are these called?

If you need to powder hammer like a ramses or hilt try the aluminum tumber tags, they will allow a small amount of writing. For concrete paving on har...

8 years ago
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RE: PS exam

Fyi Louis and cord grass the CBT tests are available many dates 2 of 3 months per quarter, so you can test when you want, might need board blessing fi...

8 years ago
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RE: A student asks ...

Dont be irreplaceable. If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.

8 years ago
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RE: NC Utility "Survey Request" responses

Boy I am smiling that so many use the same idea we came up with. Driving rebar! Then they ask, "where yall driving rebar?" "Don't know yet, mark every...

9 years ago
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RE: If you were going to buy a new GPS Base/Rover Setup.....

Trimble R84 with R10 rover. I have R8s but haven't got mitts on an R10 yet. We mothballed our 5800s once we got R8s, we were late to GNSS table. Only ...

9 years ago
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RE: So- they told me this week that I'll be getting a Ford Escape instead of an F150 extended cab...

Can't post picture, mine are too large apparently. Just got a 2016 3/4 chevy LT crew 8ft box titanium roll up cover hiding my stuff. Bluetooth phone, ...

9 years ago
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RE: CALIBRATION FOR DUMMIES

There won't be a residual with 2 points. Not if youre calibrating. You are forcing the project to scale to those points. If you have 3 you can't have ...

9 years ago
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RE: CALIBRATION FOR DUMMIES

Any 2 points will make a line, therefore you won't show any residuals for either H or V. Add a 3rd point you will see H residuals but not V, why? Beca...

9 years ago
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RE: Chances as a Surveying Tech

Wendell, post: 368357, member: 1 wrote: Great point. It makes sense to me that a field person could come into the office that afternoon to process the...

9 years ago
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RE: Snakes

Funny story. Several years ago high in the black hills I was walking down a gentle slope with the foresight on my shoulder, notes in hand kicking my ...

9 years ago
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RE: Survey Markers on eBay

Loyal, post: 368472, member: 228 wrote: There is (or was) quite a few H 382 Bench Marks around the country, but only 1 (that I could find) dated 1945:...

9 years ago
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RE: 1-point vertical calibration accuracy

I'm with your boss. While others have good points as far as very small sites, checkins, good geoids etc....why do something half ass. Calibrate the ri...

9 years ago
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RE: PS exam

If you felt good, you're fine.

9 years ago
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