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Joined: January 19, 2011 10:31 am
Topics: 18 / Replies: 1106
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RE: Record of Survey

> In California we have a Record of Survey requirement that gets triggered by a fair number of surveys. I assume that many other states have simil...

12 years ago
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RE: Adverse Possesion Claim

> Because it is still in the same family you can make a continuous claim, [. . .]Hmm, I can't find any reference (including Texas) that requires ...

12 years ago
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RE: Adverse Possesion Claim

> Did they buy the land from a family member? If they did that would also count towards the adverse possession claim. I am confused. How would buy...

12 years ago
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RE: New Laptop

> I just purchased a new laptop for the business. I ended up with a Dell Inspiron 15. . . > JimmyI have an older Inspiron with the 17" screen....

12 years ago
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RE: What Does This Note Mean?

> My reading of this is that he is calling the monument off.In at least one County in Kalifornia, the County Surveyor's ROS instruction manual dire...

12 years ago
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RE: Looking for good deals on surveying stuff?

> . . . It's just that I was taught that good web design NEVER took you away from the primary website, even user supplied links take you away her...

12 years ago
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RE: Stake to a template cross-section?

> What you are being asked to do is old style slope staking. It is best done with a tape and a level. Hear, hear!

12 years ago
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RE: How to Survey Property Lines by Steven Innis

It's all OK; there's a disclaimer at the bottom of the page:"Your survey will indicate the location of your property lines for your own personal asses...

12 years ago
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RE: As-Built Plans

> For the most part surveyors are permitted to provide as-built plans for most construction projects that have been designed by engineers. How abou...

12 years ago
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RE: temperature effects on equipment

> As a side note, I got a job once in North Carolina in the winter because all crews were on a large wooded topo and accidentally set the woods on ...

12 years ago
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RE: Early Trigonometry for River Crossings - 1858

> Memories---When I first started in this business back in '71 my chief had me carry Smoley's Log book as part of my equipment. It was the five pl...

12 years ago
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RE: Showing record data on surveys...

Shades of gray aren't allowed in California; Statute 8763. "The record of survey shall be a map, legibly drawn, printed, or reproduced by a process ...

12 years ago
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RE: Example of Map of Survey

Example of Map of Survey (Kent)The stance that I take, and is how I was taught, is to evaluate the end user. What I attempt to do is prepare a plat, ...

12 years ago
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RE: NGS Point Sphere

I'm surprised the NGS would consider the roof of a high rise stable enough to place a control station on. A three story parking garage, maybe, but a ...

13 years ago
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RE: Field Book vs Electronic Data Collector

> I simply make a relative sketch to show how my hubs and found monuments and other physical fences and such are located with a north arrow and I u...

13 years ago
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RE: noisey neighbors while slope staking.

> “broke out the robot to see how many there were- because we didn't want them on us while we were in the brush.”> > Is this because they are...

13 years ago
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RE: Javad Triumph1

> Get an optima blue top or red top, dry cell deep cycle battery. They will run all day. > > Or a deep cycle marine. > > NateI think th...

13 years ago
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RE: Saturday's Corner

> . . . I've never set a stainless pipe that I can remember. Lots of aluminum on aluminum pipes and brass on galvanized pipes.Only thing I'd add...

13 years ago
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RE: Confession of a Pincushioner

> I know of some surveyors who will state something on their plat like "Found 1-inch iron pipe with cap 2.55' north and 0.88' west of true position...

13 years ago
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RE: Contouring Hard Surfaces

Take a look at older USFS topographic quad maps for examples of quality contouring. Contour display should vary as a function of slope. The key is to ...

13 years ago
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