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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: Spectra Focus 35 and Ranger 3

Since it sold relatively quickly I assume that you got most of your asking price. Now that it is I can ask - what does the owner of a fully functional...

7 years ago
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RE: Surveying without a license

@holy-cow It seems that said asylum now has adverse possession of its adjoiner's property and of the adjoiner's adjoiner, etc., etc. 

7 years ago
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RE: Surveying without a license

@dougie The original plat of the City of Portland (c.1850) has been lost. It is known who had it done, but who did it is unknown. It really isn't kno...

7 years ago
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RE: Surveying without a license

@dougie With money comes certain advantages. Everybody likes money. That's why they call it money. I should add that the core parts of Puyallup and Po...

7 years ago
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RE: The best tripod for Leica robotic total station

@hooks With the prices I assumed they were Chinese. As for the garbage part, I'll have to take your word for it. Little things mean a lot with these ...

7 years ago
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RE: Windows 7 -> Window 10: Time for a new computer

We spend so much time in front of these things. I can't think of a better way to make your survey life easier than to invest in good computer equipmen...

7 years ago
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RE: Surveying without a license

We can all agree that a property owner can build improvements, like a fence for example, along any line on his property he may choose. And in doing so...

7 years ago
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RE: Downward Spiral

@spledeus There aren't many at loose ends around here either. 

7 years ago
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RE: Question on your base of operations

There is something on the order of 2.4 million people in the greater Portland area. Including a couple hundred PLSs supported by probably thousands of...

7 years ago
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RE: NCEES PS TEST AND PRACTICE EXAM and NEGLIGENCE?

@jt1950 If the client has a site that is 60-70 miles from the nearest motel they have to adjust their expectations. It's not that unusual. 

7 years ago
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RE: NCEES PS TEST AND PRACTICE EXAM and NEGLIGENCE?

You don't have anything to worry about. If you aren't prepared to perform under the gun now and then you aren't going to be hired to do a lot of const...

7 years ago
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RE: NCEES PS TEST AND PRACTICE EXAM and NEGLIGENCE?

@jt1950 I agree for the most part. But I had a project when I was in Oklahoma (Canton Lake Reservoir) that was 120 miles from the office. The nearest ...

7 years ago
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RE: Trimble Aftermarket Batteries

Some years back we bought some off-brand batteries for a Trimble R-8 receiver. They worked great for a couple months, then rather quickly wore out. No...

7 years ago
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RE: Station Elevation for control points

I recommend that you, first, set 3 or 4 points with the GPS rather than just 2. Then use all such points and the resection routine to determine your T...

7 years ago
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RE: New guy

Many engineers who get into the surveying game have a hard time grasping that survey licenses are about boundary surveying, and boundary surveying is ...

7 years ago
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