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MightyMoe
MightyMoe
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RE: GPS on roadway monuments - how bad of an idea is this?

Centerline can't be used as highway control.

2 weeks ago
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RE: Boundary Fence Clearing

Know the fence laws for your state. In some, both sides of a boundary are required to pay for installation and maintenance of a fence. Clearing can be...

2 weeks ago
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RE: GPS on roadway monuments - how bad of an idea is this?

Lots to unpack there. I'm not against collecting the data. I personally would love to have that database. I don't know your situation with res...

2 weeks ago
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RE: CORPS OF ENGINEERS - U.S. ARMY SURVEY MARK 5001, YEAR 1995

All the COE monuments I tie into locally show up on their plan sets. Those I got from the city years ago. The monument may be only a control point...

3 weeks ago
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RE: A serving of pincushions

We found a third one that matched the small ones, which was the original surveyor's survey (at least I think it was). So we held the little ones and d...

3 weeks ago
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RE: Help with finding a corner pin.

I really dislike the d.ddd format. I dislike it in lat, longs. and I dislike as an Azimuth. I can see it used as an Azimuth notation, but it's offen...

3 weeks ago
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RE: Help with finding a corner pin.

98d55' and 98.95d are essentially the same thing.

4 weeks ago
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RE: Tie Pin Wanted

Depends, are you meeting the Mayor at a wedding or at a funeral? Those are the only places I see a surveyor in a tie.

1 month ago
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RE: Face Palm

It seems to be frequent lately. I just got a really good call and email from the home office. They are on it and fixing everything. It should calm dow...

1 month ago
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RE: New boundary over pond

No doubt water rights in Maryland are way different than in the west. But, here the state would breach the dam and the issue would be resolved. A ...

1 month ago
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RE: Plane Table Surveying - Repro Tables

Yes, I've used a planetable. I don't know what happened to the one that was hanging around the office, I suspect it was trashed during one of the clea...

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RE: Total Station Trunnion Axis Error

It's a different world. If GPS is used for Control and TS for fill-in which is most likely, then flopping the gun, closing angles becomes unnecessa...

1 month ago
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RE: Monkey wrenches

Catch 22 is alive and well in planning. I had a client that wanted to split her property and grant the west 1/2 to her daughter. She lives in a hous...

2 months ago
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RE: Cost Estimation for UAV Aerial Imagery Decoding

We just flew a Gravel site of about 8 acres. My drone guy did the piles for about $250 an acre. This included some ground control, flight of about 20 ...

2 months ago
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RE: Thinking of starting my own business. What advice do those of you have?

I would advise getting a good accountant. It doesn't have to be expensive, but every penny needs to be tracked and "accounted" for. It's time consu...

2 months ago
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RE: Compass Rule on an "open" traverse

Yes, you can do a compass rule in an "open" traverse. Simply adjust the line from the beginning point using given coordinates to the terminus of the t...

2 months ago
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