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MightyMoe
MightyMoe
@mightymoe
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Joined: September 22, 2010 9:13 am
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RE: Plane coordinate problems

@fugarewe It's important whenever you set up a job that you're in control of the data. There seems to be confusion about what "the data" is. It appe...

4 years ago
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RE: What NAD83 realization did OPUS use in 2005?

I would check a nearby data sheet for super ceded control. It doesn't mean that they would have used the latest for the date but it's about all you ca...

4 years ago
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RE: What NAD83 realization did OPUS use in 2005?

I would check a nearby data sheet for super ceded control. It doesn't mean that they would have used the latest for the date but it's about all you ca...

4 years ago
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RE: Plane coordinate problems

@mathteacher Here are two AZ points that you might try out, FQ0759 and GP0641, I'm not sure what type of NAD27 they were I don't see the order for t...

4 years ago
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RE: Plane coordinate problems

@mathteacher Those points will be inappropriate for your task. They are converted points not measured points. What you need to find are points measu...

4 years ago
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RE: ALTA showing proposed billboard

@kevin-hines I feel your pain. Years ago I got a request for a trailer park ALTA in a flood plain with no flood map. I put in a big cost and the r...

4 years ago
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RE: ALTA showing proposed billboard

@holy-cow I got another request for a cost of an ALTA for a vacant rural subdivision lot. Two red flags, rando buyer not the owner (will only do sur...

4 years ago
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RE: Plane coordinate problems

@mathteacher It may be easier to find in NC, it's rare here that the NGS placed measured numbers on existing NAD27 triangulation stations. It's impo...

4 years ago
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RE: Plane coordinate problems

@mathteacher Math teacher QW0554 isn't a measured point. QW0575 is a measured point. The distance comparison isn't meaningful cause it's calculated....

4 years ago
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RE: Plane coordinate problems

@mathteacher No, this isn't about belief, it's about measuring. You are under the misconception that NAD27 was precisely laid out in a global contex...

4 years ago
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RE: Plane coordinate problems

@mathteacher Math teacher, I just showed you 50' and 300' differences. That's not the difference between the two earth centers, that's the big error...

4 years ago
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RE: Plane coordinate problems

@mathteacher You're so close, almost there. I'm not implying that NAD27 doesn't calculate using the Clarke Ellipsoid, what I'm saying is that NAD2...

4 years ago
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RE: Plane coordinate problems

@mathteacher I did a quick search to help explain. When 83 took over for 27 it became clear why 27 couldn't continue as the basis for satellite con...

4 years ago
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RE: Loose caps on rebar

@dougie I recently did a fire survey, plastic melted, metal caps, aluminum or brass were fine. I pulled one out that was plastic for a section corne...

4 years ago
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RE: Loose caps on rebar

I am having to order rebar caps, again. Which brand lasts the longest, in the sun? Thanks, Nate Hard aluminum or brass

4 years ago
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RE: Plane coordinate problems

@mathteacher Yes, again however, there wasn't anyway to step outside the monumented control points, and they aren't all that accurate, especially man...

4 years ago
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RE: Plane coordinate problems

@mathteacher When you calculate in NAD27 you calculate the grid scale and the elevation scale for each line, in TM it's the mean of the easting givi...

4 years ago
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RE: Subdivision VS. Recombination

The new line in a BLA can be considered an original survey where it's unattached to the senior lines. Much like a subdivision all the interior corners...

4 years ago
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