Gray Jays, commonly known as Whiskey Jacks, are very gregarious and will eat out of your hand.

FL/GA & Dave....> ANY normal mother would be hysterical beyond belief if her child was missing!!True, but that doesn't prove that she murdered ...

> But what's the biggest job you have ever run a LS fit on (if you aren't NGS), and what is more typical for a moderately big job?Biggest file prob...

It's June-uary in Portland. Temp has breifly cracked 70° only a couple of days this year. Lots of rain. Supposed to warm up into the 80's this weekend...

The survey - Mark> Farhad told me that he has been using the guy because he is always the low bidder and undercuts everyone.Oregon has a limitatio...

The survey> He knows now Carl. He said he paid about 2 grand for that POS in 2003Before I pass judgement I'd like to know how much calling around ...

An ALTA with no Table A is basically the boundary with easements (written and unwritten), the buildings, and whatever is within 5 feet of the boundary...

> Waddya say, yeah or nay ?Yeah. I've been working with a laptop since 2003. I'm on my third. The latest is a Lenovo running Windows7 64bit. I reco...

> Doesn't that fall into the much derided "personal preference" category insofar as the County Surveyor's comments? Sure it does. But you've got to...

> I told a friend I didn't think "Indicates" is necessary. He said he uses indicates.I have a similar disagreement in my office. I agree with you,...

Think of it as a relationship building opportunity.

> All my ALTA survey contracts have ... an hourly NTE number for revisions and "settlement coordination".Why NTE?

> Actually Spectra Precision purchased Geodometer, then Trimble purchased Spectra Precision. Trimble purchased Tripod Data Systems later and put it...

> Does anyone out there know what's the difference between Trimble equipment and Spectra Precision? Is Spectra Precision just a cheaper version of...

Had a call from an engineer client today who said he was suddenly quite busy and looking to hire help.

32/33, first try. I missed the one on the Puritans.

It isn't magic, though> It's only in the small, green "islands" that scale distortion is held to less than 20 ppm, which seems a pretty thin accomp...

> I highly recommend a look at a sneak preview of what the Oregon DOT is doing:I have set up the "Portland" LDP zone in my TSC2 and performed jobs ...