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Joined: December 5, 2014 5:56 pm
Last seen: June 6, 2026 11:32 pm
Topics: 8 / Replies: 1124
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RE: Cash Flow woes

@brad-ott I must be reading something wrong. Those charts seem to indicate about $150,000 per month in income. A solo operator bringing in $150k per m...

3 years ago
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RE: Ugh... First Day Back

Standard rule. Equipment always goes in the truck and NEVER on the truck. In the truck or on the ground but NEVER on the truck.

3 years ago
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RE: Platted rights of way versus original monuments.

The plat is the intent of the proprietor, not the surveyor The argument against this is the proprietor hired the surveyor to express the proprietor'...

3 years ago
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RE: Statistical confidence

deceitfully advertise it as 2 sigma, to lessen the chance of being proved wrong I'm missing something how does your choice of which sigma to declar...

3 years ago
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RE: Digging up old problems, Relative vs Absolute APC heights

@jim-frame I certainly don't understand all this stuff but I'm curious about these calibrations. From what I can tell, if you are using the same anten...

3 years ago
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RE: Digging up old problems, Relative vs Absolute APC heights

@jim-frame The differences in the "up" values are 5.90mm and 2.30mm for each frequency modeled. I'm speculating the NGS doesn't consider that noise. I...

3 years ago
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RE: Digging up old problems, Relative vs Absolute APC heights

@olemanriver I'll try to illustrate my question. Why does the APC change when a 10cm extension is used between the tribrach and the gnss antenna? 2 t...

3 years ago
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RE: Digging up old problems, Relative vs Absolute APC heights

Along these lines, why does the APC value change depending on whether or not you use an extension between the tribrach and antenna?

3 years ago
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RE: ALTA Measurement Standards

@joe-the-surveyor The value of "standards" or "requirements" can often times be judged by the consequences of not following those standards or require...

3 years ago
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RE: Localization vs site calibration

Iƒ??m curious though if I set 4 points with RTS, then run levels between them and adjust the elevations, then what would the vertical residuals look l...

3 years ago
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RE: Closure of Meander Line for Lake

Can you also create these meander lines in the way you describe and meet the significant figures test for the acreage also? If that produces closure, ...

3 years ago
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RE: Localization vs site calibration

Calibration is a legacy process from the early days of GPS RTK to allow the user to "get on" existing control (it can be done and is better done using...

3 years ago
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RE: Published BM?

It is .023' low? The other benchmark you are using isn't .023' high? How did you determine which one was wrong?

3 years ago
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RE: Ring Ring

Do you still have their phone number? I'd like to call them and tell them I'll do it for free. They just need to make sure they wait until I get there...

4 years ago
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RE: Distance from GPS Base to Radio Repeater

I'm guessing the real problem is the communication between the base and the repeater. Radio waves flow like water and don't like to go uphill. Set up ...

4 years ago
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RE: Professional Land Surveyor - California

If the ad for the job is ridiculous, then so will the working conditions be ridiculous.

4 years ago
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RE: Problem with a surveyor - fraud?

What you say might be true but you can't use a 6' digital level to distinguish the slope for a septic field. So that statement makes your argument see...

4 years ago
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RE: Massive hello from Melbourne, Australia

It would probably be too much of a coincidence if you lived in Melbourne, FL while you were there.

4 years ago
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