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Joined: March 6, 2020 9:53 pm
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Topics: 2 / Replies: 147
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RE: ALTA Measurement Standards

I do not knock them I would rather see someone use what they understand and have knowledge of then to do something they do not have the understanding ...

3 years ago
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RE: Messin' with horizontal curves

so calculating the boundary is impossible. Can't tell me I'm wrong if you can't figure out what I did.

3 years ago
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RE: Trimble Access duplicate point tolerance bug

If someone doesn't understand what LSA is for and what it does, they shouldn't be using it or directing folks on how to use it. OR... hear me out: ...

4 years ago
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RE: Trimble Access duplicate point tolerance bug

So in my case, I'm almost always going to be storing as a check.?ÿ If I'm reading between the lines correctly this is mostly for construction work,...

4 years ago
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RE: Trimble Access duplicate point tolerance bug

So can you explain the difference to me between "store as check" and "store another" besides the label? I really don't believe I was complaining about...

4 years ago
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RE: Is it unethical and a conflict of interest to perform my own survey?

Although "open and notorious" isn't a phrase that traditionally applies in this case, you could make an argument in regards to the spirit of which it ...

4 years ago
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RE: Units of measurement - Angles

+1. Plenty of "old school" folks with "years of expertise" that use control from different epochs and wonder why they don't fit for a couple tenths...

4 years ago
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RE: New co-ordinates for old stations - should I inform Architect and project manager?

@mathteacher we had a party chief that did that for a primary control point for a stadium project (center of 50 yard line monument), and let me tell y...

5 years ago
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RE: New co-ordinates for old stations - should I inform Architect and project manager?

Exactly. ?ÿ Published coordinates hold unless you can prove without a doubt that they're out. A traverse where you closed well may be enough if you'...

5 years ago
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RE: AITA?

Are you the *? Maybe... Will they learn their lesson and plot to the scale they call for? Maybe... 🙂 EDIT: for the record if I was checking said pl...

5 years ago
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RE: Building Grid lines - venting some steam...

Exactly. This isn't so much of a "you should always double check that you have the current set of plans" issue, and more of a "designer needs to get s...

5 years ago
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RE: Desperately Seeking Books

@thebionicman I personally haven't used it (since I already had a copy of Wattles), but the folks in my review class used it successfully. Granted th...

5 years ago
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RE: TBC baseline processor using GPS only rather than GPS+GLO

@gnssinthetunnel That seems... odd. I'll give it a shot- thanks.

6 years ago
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RE: Case of the moving corners

@holy-cow a fair amount of centerline intersections within the city of Los Angeles have very similar monumentation (sewer manhole monuments, or SMHM)....

6 years ago
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RE: "Substitute" PK Nails

I'm a big fan of Ramset nail+washer combos, but I don't know if that's something that you'd want to use for monumentation- it certainly wouldn't fly i...

6 years ago
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RE: Vertical error

@eddycreek You remembered correctly. Same thing when you're using an R10 as a base with its base extension and measure the bottom of the R10 lever ex...

6 years ago
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RE: CYA Notes

@dougie Adjusted versus unadjusted, with error ellipses of 1-2 tenths. Good enough. ?ÿ EDIT: in all seriousness, did he stake two conflicting deeds ...

6 years ago
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RE: FLAT EARTH SURVEYOR, seriously?

@dougie I was thinking the same thing you were without reading your comment.?ÿ ...and then I saw your comment. Well played.?ÿ

6 years ago
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RE: TBC baseline processor using GPS only rather than GPS+GLO

@shelby-h-griggs-pls I was able to force some non-CORS data to process using GLONASS only just now. ~15ƒ?? static work utilizing R10-1s sucking up sig...

6 years ago
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RE: GNSS tilt compensation - what gives?

@hblair how often do you end up calibrating your units for this? I could see this being useful, but Iƒ??d probably get paranoid about the calibration...

6 years ago
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