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larry-scott
larry-scott
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Joined: May 28, 2014 10:48 pm
Last seen: April 9, 2026 5:20 pm
Topics: 61 / Replies: 998
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RE: today's EBay find

thebionicman, post: 421118, member: 8136 wrote: The chord of a one mil curve at 1000 meters... A central angle of 1 mil, at 1000 m radius, only subte...

9 years ago
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RE: today's EBay find

Warren Smith, post: 421100, member: 9900 wrote: Hmmm - decimal parts of a unit. What a concept. Like tenths and hundredths of a foot, or links?

9 years ago
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RE: today's EBay find

I was reading a report from the USC&GS dated 1896 (give or take a year) and there wasn't a single use of feet or Fahrenheit. I noticed on USGS map...

9 years ago
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RE: today's EBay find

22$ How could anyone pass in that.

9 years ago
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RE: Pics from the field

RRD gauge has Interesting history. Note the bold text:In 1886, the southern railroads agreed to coordinate changing gauge on all their tracks. After c...

9 years ago
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RE: Pics from the field

I believe it's an Eastern BluebirdLarry Scott, post: 420338, member: 8766 wrote: Spring is in the air

9 years ago
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RE: Pics from the field

Spring is in the air

9 years ago
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RE: Once a surveyor, always a surveyor

Cotton gin spindles. See one those in asphalt and you know you got something.

9 years ago
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RE: A Few Good Surveyors'

Bill93, post: 419736, member: 87 wrote: Does the E&O carrier know the surveyor is doing this? Sometimes a super elevation in a tight radius curve...

9 years ago
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RE: Essential tools for Surveyors

Nate The Surveyor, post: 419188, member: 291 wrote: Things we carry, on our person.Leatherman.Small pocket saw. Like Gerber or Corona brands. Stihl ma...

9 years ago
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RE: Clarify Terminology For Me

Your south property line IS the approx centerline of the gravel road. The distance 875.78 goes from the NE corner to the center of the gravel road. Th...

9 years ago
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RE: Way back

They also work real well to adapt to a fish scale.

9 years ago
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RE: Way back

Early on I pulled chain with my death-pinch finger grab, I soon found out: when it slips, that ain't gonna be paper cut. The lufkin chrome clad is lik...

9 years ago
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RE: Way back

Trick question.EVERYONE knows what it is.I use mine a lot.Can't pull 20# on a SuperHiway without 'em.

9 years ago
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RE: Topographic Survey or Topographical Survey

Contours or isolines? Contiguous or conterminous?Scale : Ft/inch or 1:xxxxxx?Loxodrome or rhumb line?Flowline or thalweg?

9 years ago
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RE: How to set a traverse, or control station

I set skinny rebar for anything that I think is worth keeping. They're pretty easy to find. Just look for the hammer that got left behind with it.

9 years ago
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RE: Topographic Survey or Topographical Survey

A topographic map may also have topographical features. I guess things can be topographical. Including a topographic map.

9 years ago
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RE: Australia names their corners

Most boundary corners are named for the parcel, i.e.; NW corner of ....Then there are names for points that are only near corners. "Found Conway's cor...

9 years ago
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RE: Australia names their corners

There is the MD-PA-DE tricorner:Post Mark'd WestOne of Mason-Dixon's more famous corners.

9 years ago
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RE: Happy Pi day

I worked with a guy that had to have cig break everyday right before a quarter after three. Hmmm. Now I know.

9 years ago
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