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RE: Large Format Scanners

What I do is lay the plans on the floor and stand directly over them to take a picture with my phone. Leaning on desk or something helps to stabilize...

9 years ago
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RE: Things ole farts did that kids today can't

I did most of them and I am proud to say that my 13 and 6 year old sons still do probably 17 of the 25. (:-X Just don't tell social services)

9 years ago
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RE: Proposed improments on an ALTA.

Were the client to check optional Item 22 (the blank one) and write in "Surveyor shall show the location of proposed infrastructure as provided by the...

9 years ago
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RE: Proposed improments on an ALTA.

Which standard do you feel we are violating?

9 years ago
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RE: Water supply to garage

His system is 350 from the other well. That water added to his house could put him over the 400 GPD estimate used to build the other system (which is ...

9 years ago
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RE: Proposed improments on an ALTA.

We do this on many of our ALTA surveys for our energy clients, especially wind clients. We typically prepare three ALTA surveys. The first shows the ...

9 years ago
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RE: Justice of the Peace asks what AC means

I thought the abbreviation for Acres was Ac.AC would imply two words, hence the capital letter A and capital C. Since "LOT" was also in call caps, m...

9 years ago
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RE: Frequent use of Google Earth

RSI: Just had to check the distance from endzone to the 50 yd. line. My Terps play their in a few weeks and I am not sure we will ever get past midfi...

9 years ago
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RE: Working for yourself or for someone else?

What jumps out for me here is that you're not considering going to work for yourself, you're looking at going to work for a partnership. There's a hug...

9 years ago
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RE: Staking Grid Lines

Are you using the term "grid line" as others might use the term "column line"? "Column line" or "Building line" is the familiar term to me. I stru...

9 years ago
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RE: Things you would like the equipment manufactures to do.

One of our rodmen wants to put something like this at the bottom of his prism rod. That way, when staking points on concrete, he can simply bend down...

9 years ago
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RE: Email... Email...

The story I always tell is about a client we had at the first company I worked for. He bought a 60 acre rural property and then called us for a surve...

9 years ago
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RE: The most touching survey(s) you've undertaken

and David Blaine's street magic wouldn't scare the hell out of me. ESPECIALLY THIS......

9 years ago
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RE: Clockwise or Counter Clockwise? Inquiring minds want to know.

One County I work in requires as part of their subdivision approval process that all lots are labeled in a clockwise direction and all labels have to ...

9 years ago
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RE: Question about surverying.

I didn't go back through this thread to figure out which was your property but I would just caution you to not put too much stock in the Packard subdi...

9 years ago
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RE: ATV / UTV

I used to be a Polaris guy until I owned a Honda. Now I will never buy anything else. A couple of years ago I bought a 2000 Honda Rancher that now has...

9 years ago
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RE: GPS again

MD, what kind of sub-meter gps do you use? I'm looking for one. Trimble GeoXH with an external antenna.

9 years ago
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RE: GPS again

John, We do a lot of surveying in rural West Virginia and in Western Maryland. We use GPS on almost every large job we do. However, like you said mo...

9 years ago
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