Notifications
Clear all
Minbarwinkle
@minbarwinkle
Registered
Joined: May 21, 2022
Topics: 7 / Replies: 59
Reply
RE: Amusing Phonecall

Did she ask if you would put the fence up for money you're charging?

2 years ago
Reply
RE: Surveyor Rejected his own monument

Having studied it much deeper, at this point the point he rejected, is probably correct. And the one he set is not.?ÿ I've not yet done any field wor...

2 years ago
Reply
RE: Moasure

Firsts generation devices are always terrible and I'd never buy one. I would say this is a sign of things to come, the new technology available in sma...

2 years ago
Reply
RE: LF Tips on setting up a precision prism carrier/ traverse kit with level vial on tripod efficiently

I had an IM with a super power. He would spread the legs around the point. Horizon level the head over the point, stamp in the feet. Screw on the inst...

2 years ago
Reply
RE: Bridge Construction Staking Tricks

@jms66?ÿ ...the contractor told me there is three layers of adjustment they have too in case things are off. THey can adjust the cap position relativ...

2 years ago
Reply
RE: Job duties

Talked to the owner - offered me office time when weƒ??re slow, and potential part in the company down the line.?ÿwas a really difficult conversation ...

2 years ago
Reply
RE: No stakes?

The day tradies are smart enough not to require everything marked will be day world peace is achieved.

2 years ago
Reply
RE: Job duties

Don't leave until you make life difficult for the old coot. I'm sure you know when the worst day of the job will be (large concrete pour for example)....

2 years ago
Reply
RE: Is there or is there not a road?

IMHO, if you haven't occupied the land you own for over a century, you don't own it anymore. Also, do five feet less make the road unusable?

2 years ago
Reply
RE: Did All Y'all See this?

You will never have a working site that is that clear or flat to allow that kind of thing to be used effectively. Marking roads however, yes, it would...

2 years ago
Reply
RE: Surveying in Year 2050

Surveyors will be around long after reporters, accountants, radiologists and psychologists will become obsolete.

2 years ago
Reply
RE: Are you ready?

Why is there even an International Foot? Who else still uses Imperial apart from the US?

2 years ago
Reply
RE: The horror....

Sounds like a real estate agent being pissed off at a particular surveyor and writing three pages of junk to let some steam off. On a more serious no...

2 years ago
Reply
RE: Leica TS16 1" R500 New or Used?

I believe you'll need a different TH for the Autopole to work. If you're going to go that route, save yourself the trouble, buy new and get the correc...

2 years ago
Reply
RE: Field Notes/Field Books

I'm probably in the minority here but I think that paper in the field has to go the way of the dodo. Photos, on the other hand, especially when you ca...

2 years ago
Reply
RE: Total station and moisture inside the case

When in doubt, leave the case open to dry it out. I've used one instrument that had been put in the case wet and moisture had gotten inside the telesc...

2 years ago
Reply
RE: TS16 timestamp precision

The delay might be caused by the time need to calculate the distance. Usually, the time when the shot was taken is not relevant for most applications,...

2 years ago
Reply
RE: The best robotic total station ?

The biggest advantage is the increase in safety. Not necessarily in reduction of accidents because surveyors tend to be quite careful (mostly because ...

2 years ago
Reply
RE: The best robotic total station ?

After using Leica for a few years and having to use Trimble on the new job, I have to say that they are quite different. Overall they can do the same...

2 years ago
Page 3 / 4