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MightyMoe
MightyMoe
@mightymoe
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Joined: September 22, 2010 9:13 am
Last seen: June 9, 2026 11:01 am
Topics: 990 / Replies: 9553
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RE: Disclaimers

@rover83 Local regulations are a minimum of 1-1/2” metal caps on 5/8”x24” rebar for all Lot corners, minimum 2” for exterior boundary corners. Metal...

3 years ago
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RE: Latitude and Longitude

On a plat for a section corner tie I show .001” which is roughly 0.1’, really within .05’ because of rounding. Show epoch and understand that it’s an ...

3 years ago
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RE: Disclaimers

@samthesurveyor “PK Mag nail” That’s not acceptable as a property monument, nor is an X in concrete. Set a real monument. Stamp lot#’s and lines on...

3 years ago
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RE: Front lot line on the outside radius of a cul-de-sac

We all have experience with these types of lots, that building needs to move west asap, there isn't room to place it there. You're in the setback line...

3 years ago
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RE: GIS again-Stop looking at it

That may be part of what recording laws get us. More basic data. Maybe However, this is a recording state and there's no lack of information to ...

3 years ago
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RE: Equipment for solo fieldwork

Commercial swimming pools? Are these pools empty? Cause if they aren't empty then the scanners won't help. We did a bit of that for local pools, it...

3 years ago
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RE: GIS Red Flag

Depends what I already know about the area. I don't look at the GIS for much more than addressing, flood areas and zoning. But, if I don't know mu...

3 years ago
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RE: Steve Lehto discusses PLSS in Michigan

Since then, every property must be reappraised on a five-year cycle whether resold or not. There are a couple of court cases working through the sy...

3 years ago
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RE: Hurry up and Wait

I declined to participate! I chased that work as a new surveyor, had about the exact same experience. The few times I did work for the USFS it was ...

3 years ago
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RE: Hurry up and Wait

these lines, “I’ve never lost a dollar on a job I did not get (“win”)…” Depends on the hours spent bidding. There were some boundary RFP's from th...

3 years ago
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RE: Hurry up and Wait

My profitability has soared once I stopped bidding jobs. Simply the act of bidding is overhead that cuts into your bottom line. Jobs not won equate to...

3 years ago
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RE: Hurry up and Wait

I've got a good mind to tell him sorry, we just picked up another big job and won't be able to get to you for another month... It's probably more p...

3 years ago
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RE: Trust but verify

I believe Kenigsberg might well have a $1.5million house for free.

3 years ago
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RE: "Detail Oriented" Lot Owner

Just add .01' to his short lines and subtract .005' from each neighbor.

3 years ago
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RE: How to correct points after the fact?

It's simple, you need to know exactly how far off your positions are, correct the base in the software file that much. Recompute the file using the co...

3 years ago
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RE: The easement is to be located after pipeline is installed

To clarify my question, what questions might you ask to determine whether the pipeline location or the description will be held? I will implore yo...

3 years ago
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RE: How to correct points after the fact?

In my experience it's important to correct the native file. If you do this in a secondary file such as AutoCad or StarNet the connection to the base p...

3 years ago
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RE: Are eastings/northings values or lines?

@mathteacher Yes, or any large area coordinate system. I haven't done a 10,000, 10,000 job in a very long time. Even during the TS days we had exte...

3 years ago
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