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Joined: December 5, 2014 5:56 pm
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RE: Network Adjustment Work on field

What are the accuracies needed and what equipment will the network be established with? Those 2 answers will have a major impact on necessary procedur...

3 years ago
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RE: Novice here, declination adjustment?

In Maine if your magnetic compass reads 27deg azimuth or 27 degrees NE then the true azimuth or bearing is 45.8 deg or 45.8 deg NE in 1987. Today if t...

3 years ago
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RE: Apple Watch

@flga-2-2 I think those health metrics have quantum properties. They're only bad when you observe them.

3 years ago
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RE: Disclaimers

I don't think it accomplishes what he thinks it does. I don't believe his exposure to liability is changed with or without the disclaimer.

3 years ago
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RE: PRINTER MADNESS!!!

I'd rather catch the plague than use an HP product other than a calculator.

3 years ago
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RE: Fixing wrong cords on control point

Wouldn't the horizontal distance be different? or during known point setup is it just setting the azimuth? If you told it to use 1 point and an azim...

3 years ago
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RE: Fixing wrong cords on control point

not sure why i would assume the deviation would still be an issue Any time you constrain yourself to 1 point there is no way to detect a blunder, th...

3 years ago
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RE: Fixing wrong cords on control point

@glasscake You can't just edit the point's coords. You have to go into the raw data and change the coords entered there to the correct ones. This will...

3 years ago
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RE: Fixing wrong cords on control point

Change the set up info in Survey pro to the correct coords and it will recalc the resulting shots. Without finding the blunder in your backsight check...

3 years ago
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RE: Unable to find a surveyor for the past 9 months!

realtors making 3-5% on a house transaction just for unlocking a door? I'd bet your perception of the value of work a Realtor does is a mirror imag...

3 years ago
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RE: Construction Staking with Someone Else's bad control points

Once you decided to use what you knew to be bad control, you assumed the liability for that decision. You could have refused to continue staking until...

3 years ago
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RE: Auto levels and long distance readings, accurate?

Reliable elevations at 500'? To the foot, maybe even the 10th but not the hundreth. Not with any optical device. You are looking through a medium that...

3 years ago
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RE: Edge of road vs centerline

In order to acquire the rights or ownership of any land there typically needs to be a document describing the land one is acquiring. Typically this is...

3 years ago
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RE: International Feet

Since Wyoming was ambiguous about US vs International feet. This was published in the federal register.

3 years ago
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RE: Things I consider was taught have they been abandoned am I missing something?

First #7 is a must as long as it is possible to do. No matter how good you think the control is or how positive you are that you have not made a mista...

3 years ago
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RE: International Feet

@mightymoe Here is some info from Colorado. Universal Citation: CO Rev Stat § 38-52-103 (2016) (1) The plane coordinate values for a point on the...

3 years ago
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RE: International Feet

@mightymoe Here's one from Michigan if you're interested.

3 years ago
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