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mkennedy
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Joined: January 17, 2013 8:55 am
Topics: 21 / Replies: 662
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RE: General Typology of Surveying Firm Names

I'll jump on this bandwagon--as a straight man woman. If I were able to open a business that required a professional qualification, I would almost cer...

8 years ago
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RE: Preparing for Retirement Income

I'll have 2 kids in college (hopefully) in 14 years or so, when I'll still be a few years away from "full" retirement age. 401k is doing okay. I keep ...

8 years ago
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RE: Surveyor's spouse's

JBStahl, post: 374922, member: 427 wrote: I've always found it curious that a large percentage of surveyor spouses are elementary teachers or social w...

8 years ago
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RE: LDP Roll Call: What States have them?

DWoolley, post: 375039, member: 6749 wrote: Wouldn't an LDP create a third untraceable system with 0.2' per 1000' - disguised as SPC? It's not un...

8 years ago
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RE: LDP Roll Call: What States have them?

DWoolley, post: 374785, member: 6749 wrote: It is my understanding there is an LDP in San Francisco City/County. After giving Low Distortion Projectio...

8 years ago
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RE: LDP Roll Call: What States have them?

Atlanta airport (HJAIA) has one. If I remember correctly, we have to figure out a GIS-friendly definition for the :stakeout:-designed "local" system. ...

8 years ago
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RE: People watching at graduation

I've got one boy with a "normal" but not highly popular name and one boy with an unusual name--which is pronounced the same as a popular girl's name a...

8 years ago
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RE: LDP Roll Call: What States have them?

Oregon's doesn't cover the entire state, just the major highways. County-basedMinnesotaWisconsinIndianaIowa (Not sure if this covers the entire state)...

8 years ago
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RE: LDP (projections)

Tom Adams, post: 367455, member: 7285 wrote: Melita, excuse my ignorance, but can you expound on what "implicit and explicit" standard parallels are? ...

9 years ago
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RE: LDP (projections)

Bill93, post: 367440, member: 87 wrote: Bill93 said: ‰ ÔFurther reading and calculation shows me that, for a given sighted line, the arc-to-chord corr...

9 years ago
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RE: How neighbor/boundary dispute litigation starts!

dmyhill, post: 364824, member: 1137 wrote: Aren't you a community property state? If so, he is indeed the owner. That is why deeds state, single or ...

9 years ago
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RE: UTM-SPC grid question

rfc, post: 364424, member: 8882 wrote: Only because I assumed a grid was a rectilinear arrangement of parallel lines, and that two such grids, each or...

9 years ago
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RE: Easters past with the Cash boys

I put out a dozen eggs for my two terrors, but kept careful track of where I hid them. Some friends host a huge egg hunt in their huge back yard. They...

9 years ago
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RE: Where do I get this book?

When I'm looking for rare books like this, I put a "want" on ABEbooks.com. I've managed to find a few over the years. If you ask a used bookseller, th...

9 years ago
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RE: Coordinates before State Plane

Probably an ignorant question, but could those users who were reporting WGS 84 actually have been recording ITRFxx coordinates?

9 years ago
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RE: US Survey vs. International Feet

spledeus, post: 363167, member: 3579 wrote: My first run in was in RI. 3 firms performing layout work and one used I.Ft. We were the last and the bu...

9 years ago
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RE: Happy St. Paddy's Day!

I'd forgotten (if I ever knew) about the "you'll get pinched if you don't wear green." My almost-4-year-old told me that in all seriousness last night...

9 years ago
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RE: 5 Steps to Get Started in Social Media for Surveyors

In a disaster or other emergency (earthquake, mass shooting), instant messages are more likely to go through because they take much less bandwidth tha...

9 years ago
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RE: Professional Certificate in GIS

Derek, Are you referring to the "professional certificate" itself or the GISP reference on the page? There's been a thread on Esri's GeoNet forums abo...

9 years ago
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RE: Engineering drawing from the national archives

Ah, I think I inadvertently figured out how that weird image-overlaying-the-website in the pictures-through-a-transit thread occurred. I was trying zo...

9 years ago
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