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Joined: January 19, 2011 10:31 am
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RE: Legal Description Wording Format

Yes, antecedent calls are confusing, but I've written legal descriptions?ÿ where they are useful in complex situations.?ÿ?ÿ The POC followed by a POB ...

7 years ago
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RE: Astro Question - Zenith angles and distance

Bill93 has captured the essence of sextant positioning accuracy.?ÿ A sextant is handheld so the shakiness factor negates any consideration of ellipsoi...

7 years ago
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RE: EDM history

Used a Tellurometer CA-1000 in the seventies.?ÿ Pretty dang cool, you couldn't even see the other station when taking long shots.?ÿ A feature was you ...

7 years ago
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RE: Danger Will Robinson

Interesting.?ÿ Can you provide a cite for such a requirement?

7 years ago
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RE: Danger Will Robinson

Interesting.?ÿ Can you provide a cite for such a requirement?

7 years ago
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RE: Missed total station calibration date - a problem or not?

Small comment here, most 100' steel tapes are actually 99.97'-100.03' +- after a few years of tugging through the brush. A calibration does not certif...

7 years ago
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RE: Missed total station calibration date - a problem or not?

Small comment here, most 100' steel tapes are actually 99.97'-100.03' +- after a few years of tugging through the brush. A calibration does not certif...

7 years ago
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RE: morons

A?ÿ 10x10 grid is 100 points, a 20x20 is 400 points, a change in scope so quadruple your fee.?ÿ

8 years ago
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RE: Learning to say no

Yep, the ability to say no is mission critical.?ÿ You'll know your shop is thriving when you only accept 20% of solicitations and you still have probl...

8 years ago
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RE: Learning to say no

Yep, the ability to say no is mission critical.?ÿ You'll know your shop is thriving when you only accept 20% of solicitations and you still have probl...

8 years ago
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RE: Russia jammed GPS signal during Military exercise with Norway....Interesting

I'll disagree that arguing semantics is trivial, but after consideration agree SA is in a class of its own in that it's a deliberate degradation *by t...

8 years ago
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RE: Russia jammed GPS signal during Military exercise with Norway....Interesting

Agreed except I consider Selective Availability was spoofing in that the signal was intentionally degraded for a subset of users (civilians & the ...

8 years ago
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RE: Russia jammed GPS signal during Military exercise with Norway....Interesting

The DOD built & controls GNSS for its precision capabilities; therefore it is a targetable asset.?ÿ This incident is trivial;?ÿ the DOD has degrad...

8 years ago
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RE: Locating sag in electric line between 2 telephone poles

This is so exciting; I can actually afford an opinion!?ÿ I was the hired forensic surveyor in a situation where a military helicopter dropped low into...

8 years ago
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RE: Locating sag in electric line between 2 telephone poles

I'll chime in here in spite of all the nitpicking and point out when measuring power line sag it's important to note the time observed and local weath...

8 years ago
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RE: Bluetop Intervals

For subgrade, every 50' etc.?ÿ Except where the grader did such a lousy job (ignored slope stakes) that the subgrade was over +- 1' off, then no bluet...

8 years ago
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RE: Got to admit

Been in that situation a few times.?ÿ I see nothing wrong with the owner behaving as if he/she owns to the road shoulder as long as they're not infrin...

8 years ago
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RE: The Proliferation of Line tables in Lieu of actual drafting ability is a bunch of BS...

'Xcuse me but doesn't professional grade drafting software perform automated parametric based annotation of lines/curves??ÿ Set up the parameters, pus...

8 years ago
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