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Jon Payne
Jon Payne
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Joined: July 6, 2010 9:31 pm
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Topics: 188 / Replies: 1433
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RE: Are there still surveyors that don't use drones?

They are great for some things, so you would need to determine what you would want to use one for. What you might use it for would also indicate what...

4 months ago
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RE: Career crossroads

Wow, with that few hours, I'll retract my suggestion that health insurance might eat up the difference in a few months. If you decide to switch to t...

4 months ago
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RE: Darth 'Veyor

Took my mother to her optometrist appointment the other day so she wouldn't drive back with her eyes dilated. The waiting room had 'life size' c...

5 months ago
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RE: Career crossroads

Does your union provide 100 percent covered insurance premiums for you and your family? I would double check the numbers on the quoted part of your ...

5 months ago
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RE: Canon imagePROGRAF Feedback Request

Follow up - with the positive reviews from here, I went ahead and got the Canon. It replaced a 19 year old HP Designjet 800. Plotter - easy wir...

5 months ago
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RE: Moving to traditional forum soon, possibly this weekend...

I wonder how bad the withdrawal from missing some days was for some folks. 😀 I agree with Peter, it does seem to load in faster than be...

5 months ago
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RE: Surveying with the Jeep

Awesome. A friend had the 4L engine in his stock Jeep and he could engage 4WD, put it in gear, and it would just slowly idle up some really steep hill...

6 months ago
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RE: The disappearance of Lynn Simmons, surveyor

Wow. That really gives a perspective on how rugged some areas are to work in. Losing a crew member on a job site seems so unlikely in current times....

6 months ago
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RE: quick RTK Base/Rover question

Since the solution should be based on common satellites, you will only be using GPS and GLONASS in determining positions. My initial suspicion is tha...

6 months ago
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RE: Canon imagePROGRAF Feedback Request

It doesn't do scanning on it's own, but there are several companies that bundle it with a Canon scanner that mounts right above the plotter.

6 months ago
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RE: Canon imagePROGRAF Feedback Request

Thanks for all the feedback. It was very useful.

6 months ago
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RE: Payment Processing Platforms recommendations

I've used Square for a while. I've only processed card payments, but it does have an ACH option. When you start accepting card payments, there is us...

6 months ago
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RE: Turning Deflection Angles

From what I see in the clipped image, you'll need to leave the idea of a deflection angle out. If you are thinking of the angles as deflection angles...

6 months ago
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RE: We need more new threads per day or this site will die

I do like the more easily seen formatting options of the proposed new format. There is nothing in particular that I don't like about the current form...

7 months ago
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RE: Broken-back Curves

I recall the term from a route surveying course decades ago, but I don't recall ever seeing one on any plans in practice. If I can attach it, here is...

7 months ago
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RE: OPUS variation

Looking at the distances from my base:each had one at 163.26 miles and 37.57 milesThen one has one at 71.85 miles and the other, 2302.2 (!) That’s fri...

8 months ago
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RE: OPUS variation

How far away are the CORS stations used to process the OPUS results? I'm in a pretty sparse area as far as national CORS nearby, so OPUS pulls station...

8 months ago
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RE: Help with Converting Geoid File (.dat) to .GGF Format for GNSS Device

If you have it available, there is an export option in Global Mapper to export as a ggf file. If you don't have it, you might download and run the tr...

8 months ago
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