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Mark Mayer
Mark Mayer
@mark-mayer
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Joined: July 21, 2010 9:32 am
Last seen: August 3, 2025 1:00 pm
Topics: 54 / Replies: 3317
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RE: Small company being sold

In 2018 the PE I had been working for passed away suddenly. A few months later another engineer, one with a few more staff and a big national land dev...

5 years ago
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RE: PLSS question for those of you in recording states

This is very common in Clark County, Washington. I'm OK with reusing old measurements, but I believe that the monuments should at least be visited to ...

5 years ago
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RE: U.S. Survey Foot

@loyal interesting. Nevertheless, the chain was in use well before 1866.?ÿ

5 years ago
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RE: U.S. Survey Foot

1. EDMs measure in meters and convert to whichever foot you care to use. There is a setting. Find it. In any case, at distances typically measured usi...

5 years ago
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RE: Windows 10

@jph C3d 2020 at work. Once in a long while I have a little something something to do at home, for that I have this old copy of LDT3.

5 years ago
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RE: Windows 10

For the record, I loaded Land Desktop 3 (c.2003?) on my Windows 10 laptop this weekend with a minimum of effort. It runs fine.

5 years ago
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RE: Concerns about weather conditions using base and rover GPS .

As John Putnam said, we work in the rain in the Pacific Northwest and it has never been a problem.?ÿ In the past when similar questions have been ask...

5 years ago
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RE: Creating Field2Finish

@blitzkriegbob Part of it is personal preference and part is local conditions. For instance, headwalls, box culverts, and concrete lined ditches are ...

5 years ago
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RE: Carlson Intellicad Snaps

@andy-j You had your real answer very early on. It works like that. Deal with it, or buy the ACAD based version.?ÿ

5 years ago
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RE: Carlson Intellicad Snaps

@jph You do give up the ability to run LISP and other customizations in the ACAD version, but if you are not using those abilities .....?ÿ

5 years ago
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RE: 1% error from Dc measurement to field

@leegreen Relax. This is a discussion board, not a help desk.

5 years ago
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RE: Creating Field2Finish

@peter-hughes-davies Nevertheless, for a person just starting out, my recommendation is to run lines one at a time. Once the user is comfortable with...

5 years ago
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RE: Mr. Weatherman better change his mind

3" or more of snow in the forecast for Portland late his week, which is more than an average years worth. Many of you scoff at that but it's enough to...

5 years ago
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RE: Least Squares Adjustment for Level Runs

@jim-frame That was true with the NA2002. Not so much with the DNA03. These are the units I have the most experience with.?ÿ

5 years ago
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RE: Least Squares Adjustment for Level Runs

@field-dog As John said, its not a big problem with the newer models.?ÿ It has to be really dark to be one. But if you were levelling underground or ...

5 years ago
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RE: Button pushers

@field-dog All of them, and none of them. No judge is ever going to look at your field notes.?ÿ

5 years ago
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RE: Old Surveys

My creditors children are cold, and hungry. If you want something from me there must a reciprocal consideration.?ÿ This is a business, not a charity.

5 years ago
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