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RE: Right-of-Entry laws

NC has one and it is not limited to abutters. If you've reached a point where you're arguing trespass or right of entry law with a landowner, I'm no...

9 months ago
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RE: State GeoTIFF and Lidar Data

I use NC's free orthoimagery daily and the lidar derived surface as supplements and additional checks against blunders for aerial lidar missions. I t...

9 months ago
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RE: Discussions with the hardheaded

It's not easy to offer constructive criticism on a public forum. Maybe his reaction had more to do with the way you engaged him than hardheadedness. ...

9 months ago
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RE: Trimble "Communications Error" message

Does the TDC600 work off the Android OS? A couple of weeks ago we got an automatic Android update that turned our TSC5s into fancy paperweights. Proba...

9 months ago
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RE: Calamity Jane

"So I’ll ask the already asked and discussed question about why don’t surveyors want their surveys recorded?" I’ll bite but I’ll not answer your quest...

9 months ago
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RE: Unlicensed Surveyors in Senior Positions

I don’t see the lack of licensure being the key issue. Many Gen-X and younger surveyors have had to suffer the consequences of grandfathered PLSs who...

9 months ago
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RE: Recording Order

I think follow through is the more important issue. Easements are little troublemakers that deserve equal or perhaps more attention than parcel bound...

9 months ago
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RE: How much does prism selection affect Accuracy?

Great video. bc-surveyor just picked up at least one new subscriber. I particularly liked that you drew attention to, "savings", of purchasing a Chin...

9 months ago
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RE: One Line Survey

I show the line surveyed just as I would on a full boundary, thick line weight with B&Ds, witnesses if present, and monuments described and labele...

10 months ago
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RE: 4 year degree requirement

It's next to impossible to accurately assess the quality of mentorship and this is a big reason for requiring formal education. I am only familiar wi...

10 months ago
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RE: One Line Survey

It probably wouldn't work for that fella, but I'll joke about reducing my price if they sign a statement absolving me from all liabilities associated ...

10 months ago
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RE: One Line Survey

It makes no difference to me whether the client wants one line or four or eighteen. I calculate the time to perform a proper survey based on employee ...

10 months ago
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RE: DJI Zenmuse L1 Question

The Zenmuse L1 isn't particularly expensive to begin with. I run one with an M350 drone and would have a hard time justifying the purchase of a used ...

10 months ago
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RE: 4 year degree requirement

I can see both sides of the argument. I've worked with college idiots and dip-spitting experience-only folks who know it all and have a large chip on...

10 months ago
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RE: Providing the Precision and Accuracy of Stockpile Volume Measurements

You can take a look at the attached ASPRS standards for a general idea of what's needed. You have a steep learning curve ahead of you. There are man...

10 months ago
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RE: Landowner Relations

I work with a gentleman who can spin any evidence of our planet being older than around 6000 years, into the malicious work of Satan. My wife’s cousin...

11 months ago
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RE: Landowner Relations

I don't think there's a simple answer because people are not inherently reasonable and humans don't generally seek truth. The only thing close to a so...

11 months ago
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RE: Appeasing a whackadoo

One ugly option would be to explain the situation to the contractor and give him the price you'd need to resurvey the world. Then give him the contact...

11 months ago
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RE: Books read in 2023

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky Wild New World by Dan Flores First Peoples in a New World by David J Meltzer The True Believer...

11 months ago
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RE: Great Minds...

Wouldn't it be more surprising if everyone was able to visualize space in exactly the same way? Aphantasia is the inability to visualize things in on...

11 months ago
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