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Landbutcher464MHz
Landbutcher464MHz
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Joined: September 15, 2023 11:33 pm
Last seen: June 3, 2026 5:06 pm
Topics: 2 / Replies: 220
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RE: Comparing two surveys

Ya I did not know where this was nor the CSF so I just left the surveyor's GPS data alone. Also the 1689.16' distance is the same for GPS and TRAVERSE...

7 months ago
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RE: Comparing two surveys

@mathteacher Can you make excel do a rotation?

7 months ago
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RE: Comparing two surveys

Here is your data translated and rotated like you asked. There is a problem with using point #100 as a benchmark. It makes all your other traverse poi...

7 months ago
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RE: Spiral Curves Blah

@summerprophet Very nice Excel file. I used your coords at TS and SC, did a right angle intersect from SC to the tangent line to get the spiral tan...

7 months ago
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RE: Spiral Curves Blah

Just guessing here because I have almost no experience with spirals. My software, PCSurvey, will create a spiral using any 2 of 4 variables. Then I ca...

7 months ago
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RE: Comparing two surveys

Looking at your map I see 3 longer distances that compare very well with each other but I do not know which is GPS or TS. The short 239 footer needs t...

7 months ago
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RE: Incomplete or Make Believe?

I imagine your map will have a lot of notes that will say "found per 2009 survey and not accepted". 🙂

7 months ago
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RE: Elevation of NGS Point

Agreed 75.33 ft or 22.96 meters

7 months ago
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RE: Magnetic Locator Issues GA-52 CX

Just guessing here. Volume all the way up? Tried all the sensitive settings? Check the wires to the speaker? When you tap the rod sideways does it mak...

7 months ago
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RE: The most pin cushions I have ever seen in one place

Could that "no magnetic signal" be one of the reasons for a few of the pin cushions we find??

7 months ago
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RE: The most pin cushions I have ever seen in one place

For the record I have never found such a pipe so how does one drive a pinched (crimped) top pipe without destroying the pinch? Back in the 80's the of...

7 months ago
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RE: Shoot The Sun

In the 60's in the Forest Service we took sun shots with a 1 minute transit using the horizontal and vertical angle method and the leading edge of the...

7 months ago
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RE: Extract .jpg Location info from Cellphone to Import into Google Earth Pro

1.) Load the txt file into Excel and make 2 columns, Lat in A, Long in B. Save As CSV. 2.) Open Google Earth and File > Import > Find the CSV...

7 months ago
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RE: Spitballing at the Office

I have had several smaller versions of this where I went with "intent". I would be tempted to hold that mon (that's 8 feet off for distance) for line ...

8 months ago
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RE: Single Total Station Instrument Setup Boundary Survey

Another option (not as good as what @pls8xx wrote) if there is not another good spot where you can shoot everything would be to reset the TS at a diff...

8 months ago
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RE: Collection agencies

Same here. 50% retainer plus they sign the estimate spelling out what they are paying for such as a boundary survey sufficient to accurately calculate...

8 months ago
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RE: HP 3800A Distance Meter Operating Manual

I used a 3805A with a T2 for several years. I wrote a program for my HP41CX where I could set the 3805 anywhere near the T2 and enter the H & V &a...

8 months ago
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RE: New Topo Procedure For Me Today

The 2 poles that mattered were only 120 feet apart on each side of a new 2 story ADU where I was setting offsets for construction. I doubt temperature...

9 months ago
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