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Jp7191
Jp7191
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Joined: April 15, 2011 11:58 am
Topics: 18 / Replies: 790
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RE: The Cave

Your pictures make me want to be a surveyor again! Keep them coming, they are always enjoyable! Jp

14 years ago
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RE: Wood Legs Vs Plastic-- My Observation and Theory

You never hiked around with a t-16 on your shoulder, and 100' chain stuck through your belt and if it took you more than 30 seconds to set it up on ev...

14 years ago
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RE: Wood Legs Vs Plastic-- My Observation and Theory

I find it interesting that we can purchase equipment that can measure to the nearest millimeter, and second, but we still rely on the same old legs, t...

14 years ago
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RE: Trimble Dimensions

Thanks for all the great input! Jp

14 years ago
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RE: Sayings of your mentors in surveying.

Old PC Musings"Make it look like the picture" "your other right""hit the F'ing hub""think any one will ever catch it?""box it"Jp

14 years ago
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RE: Control problems?

I have found that most of the time control is stated to be on a state plane system or a local datum plane with the information to get you back to stat...

14 years ago
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RE: Surveying tips and tricks thread...

Canned air for blowing off the top of dug out monuments so an accurate description can be got! Stick on reflective tape targets for construction cont...

14 years ago
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RE: gun's eye versus your eye

As far as I know all the robots are still adjusted and collimated by the user telling the robot what direct and indirect sighting IS while you are col...

14 years ago
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RE: Do owners ever rely on Right of Way monuments?

So let's say DOT negotiates with me to purchase a slice of my rear yard. I sell it to them, and as part of the negotiation I negotiate for them to mo...

14 years ago
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RE: Too hot to survey

Man up! ya all sound like a bunch of wamsy pamsies!B-)

14 years ago
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RE: Tds survey pro with tsx

br>I did not think it was worth the additional 400-500$. The real problem happened when i went to hook to a gps receiver other than trimble. I had t...

14 years ago
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RE: Davis Bacon Wages

That is a good one. So when a surveyor is on prevailing work job he is making $20/hr + what he puts into his 401k account (maybe matched $50 a week i...

14 years ago
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RE: Survey Pro or Survey Controller

T-Ray is right-on! Another point is if you due a lot of computing in the field tds is much better. I think both are a let down to the survey communi...

14 years ago
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RE: RTK Radios

The hot ticket with radios is a repeater. Mount the repeater to the hood of the truck with a magnet so that you can watch the signal lights as you ar...

14 years ago
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RE: Survey Grade Cell Phone-Now Available!

I think surveyors need to open their eyes. There are instances where a hand held gps unit works just fine for a home owner. Case in point my brother...

14 years ago
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