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mattharnett
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Topics: 23 / Replies: 443
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RE: Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. Surveyors' Manual

City of Johnstown in 1886 before the terrible flood of 1889. Penn State is usually a great source for maps and orthos.

8 years ago
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RE: Property Corner Markers

A 4' long, 2" heavy wall pipe driven directly over the iron halfway into the ground. If you take pride in your work, you make sure it's straight up a...

8 years ago
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RE: Survey with $75 of equipment. What would you choose?

You should have a compass on your smartphone. A 100' tape is about $25. Borrow a shovel from the neighbor. A stud-finder is a really low-cost locat...

8 years ago
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RE: Fence post as boundary monuments

If you have to move (or remove) the post to place an iron rod as the corner, the post would be the corner. Don't mess with it or you'll knock it out ...

9 years ago
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RE: today's "ring-ring"

I priced a job for a client who is seeking grants to fund a project. Said client has an architect. I sent the original survey to them to test the da...

9 years ago
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RE: Happy St. Paddy's Day!

Shane MacGowan! Now there's a face only a mother could love. Happy St Paddy's Day!

9 years ago
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RE: ST Paddys day Music to Draft by.....

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9 years ago
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RE: BMP Storm water

My brother and I put an addition on our office and we just kept buying materials and buying materials. I have a keen eye for red flags. Now I do.

9 years ago
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RE: BMP Storm water

squowse, post: 362492, member: 7109 wrote: The volume of rain falling cannot increase if all of it falls on pitched roofs. I don't know why I even t...

9 years ago
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RE: Backsight distances

I think 50' is too short.

9 years ago
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RE: We are the Geomagicians. You will be assimilated.

I feel like a magician sometimes. Like this one time my former client calls me up and says, "That old crankity-crank next door yanked my point out!"I ...

9 years ago
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RE: That dirty word "encroachment"

I think the question may be which one actually "is" the boundary. You obviously have two locations if the ranchers reckon it's the fence and the reco...

9 years ago
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RE: Photos through a transit

Wind farm blade maintenance.

9 years ago
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RE: July 2015 Photo Submittal

Rankin_File, post: 358390, member: 101 wrote: maybe it Is on line and your point is off.... It was the last holdout. There were bunches of stumps a...

9 years ago
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RE: July 2015 Photo Submittal

That tree is almost on line.

9 years ago
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RE: If you could tell a newbie one thing...what would it be?

Land surveyor is a trusted profession. Be trustworthy, honest, fair and objective. Do your due diligence and do it willingly.

9 years ago
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RE: Nice looking control point but........................

What exactly does this "monument" represent? I'm sure once the pile is gone there will be no need for anything permanent. I can't see wasting a 3" c...

9 years ago
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RE: PCSurvey Users Talk To Me

I've been using it since the 90s. I don't use anything else.

9 years ago
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RE: How's this for a bad client to have?

My retainer is 67%. Very few people owe me money. The amount outstanding currently is not enough to get worked up about. I got a call today from an ...

9 years ago
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