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Topics: 6 / Replies: 507
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RE: Sayings of your mentors in surveying.

"Your other Right!""That tripod leg is on line; I guess you're buying the beer tonight""Bump that other pin over a bit so we can fit our pincap in the...

12 years ago
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RE: MCS

GISCan't you have a GIS professional do it? Much faster and cheaper.Wow...a lot of exams coming up for you. Good luck.

12 years ago
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RE: Stupid questions

> Q. What are you surveying for? > Me: The government is taking this land for a new nuclear waste disposal site.They're paying fair market value...

12 years ago
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RE: Help me word this

NATE...Aw...come on Angel, that was downright funny.(Or were you just joking around? I guess you could have deleted it if you thought it was that bad...

12 years ago
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RE: Help me word this

bump the 36" beech over about 0.08'....it will move the line enough to hit close to the iron rod.

12 years ago
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RE: Clockwise versus Counter-clockwise

> That is one of the biggest problems with our profession. For such an opinionated crowd, we are sure happy to have other people who are utterly ig...

12 years ago
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RE: Stupid questions

> You have to read the person, so both the flippant and professional replies are ok if the situation dictates it.:good: That's what I say, too. Jo...

12 years ago
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RE: Do you worry about brg directions

Twice - are you kidding?> It is a classic example of someone "checking" my work without a clue to what it really means.Exactly! :good:

12 years ago
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RE: Do you worry about brg directions

Twice - are you kidding?I'm with you, Jim (maybe not as adamant). I never even thought of annotating the bearing of one line twice.I think we fold wa...

12 years ago
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RE: Pennsylvania Pincusion

I thought it looked like it might be a spike also, but based on his post, I assumed it is a rebar with flagging.

12 years ago
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RE: Stupid questions

Stupid answerslol....well I didn't mention straight section lines along latitudinal arcs, did I?

12 years ago
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RE: Pennsylvania Pincusion

OK, now we have the theory of relativittyThe "theory of relativity".....I like it. It's all in the same place it always was relative to its immediate...

12 years ago
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RE: Pennsylvania Pincusion

Nate> This is along a fault line. The dirt is moving. Each time he surveys it, he sets a new one, to show where that coordinate is now. Check it in...

12 years ago
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RE: Stupid questions

Stupid answersWow...lighten up dude.

12 years ago
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RE: Stupid questions

> WHENEVER I get this question I always hand them whatever I'm holding, a rod, a shovel, a plumb bob. And tell them to hold it real still right the...

12 years ago
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RE: OCR

I'm with the general consensus. OCR isn't perfect, and you have to edit carefully. But I don't discount it. Learn what to watch out for. A letter ...

12 years ago
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RE: Nasty wreck

I believe they are already trying to figure out how it was a layout error by the surveyor.

12 years ago
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RE: Old Surveying Supply Catalogs - Invar Tapes

okay,....off topic. But isn't a squiggly line over a letter called a "tilde" (ã) and isn't a umlaut two dots over the letter? (ä)

12 years ago
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RE: Where did this come from:

> Can any surveyor here testify that every corner monument that has been set under his/her direction and license, is exactly on the senior line?>...

12 years ago
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RE: Surveyor works for free ??

When I saw the subject line I wondered if someone talked Daryl Moistner into letting them help on one of his surveys. 😉

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