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Joined: April 15, 2015 2:28 pm
Last seen: June 5, 2026 5:17 am
Topics: 37 / Replies: 911
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RE: AI "helper"

AI never forgets so be nice to AI now or you may regret it later... AI works great as long as you're specific and redundant in your command language...

6 months ago
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RE: Floodplain

I'm a surveyor, it's my job to tell you about all the problems you didn't know you had.  

6 months ago
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RE: Marketeering at its worst

That's pretty bad. AI came up with these in an instant: 1. Charting Aotearoa's EdgePrecision meets passion in New Zealand's wild frontiers.2. Kiwi L...

6 months ago
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RE: Bitcoin

I would not request it, but I'd accept it with an additional fee for inconveniences associated with converting it to USD. It's my general policy to ma...

7 months ago
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RE: Title

I think some counties in NC are setting up the automatic notice protocols. What would happen if the owner of a suspected brownfield site deeded the...

7 months ago
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RE: Whopper of a solar storm hit last night, a G4: Severe

@williwaw You called me on that one. After high school, most of my decisions were terrible, but one notable exception was working as a fishing guid...

7 months ago
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RE: Title

We had a case in Wake County, NC where a lady just wrote a fraudulent deed, walked in and recorded it. She then used that to get through the gate of r...

7 months ago
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RE: Whopper of a solar storm hit last night, a G4: Severe

Williwaw I might have to start ignoring your posts. I'm already jealous just because you're in Alaska. Then you drop pictures of the northern lights...

7 months ago
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RE: Catch up at Trimble Dimensions Nov 10-12

@jimcox The remarkably swift shift in media due to the internet and now AI seems to show nearly all countries as much worse than they really are. D...

7 months ago
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RE: The most pin cushions I have ever seen in one place

How are you defining "controlling"? Are you thinking in terms of evidentiary burden of proof in a trial? I know from your previous posts over the year...

7 months ago
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RE: Topographic Survey Requirements in WA

@eapls2708 That's a great assessment. I see many examples of what you described in the UAS surveying world. There are many technically competent pi...

7 months ago
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RE: The most pin cushions I have ever seen in one place

I've witnessed pincushions causing confusion amongst landowners more than any other feeling or emotion. Most of the pincushions I see in North Carol...

7 months ago
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RE: The most pin cushions I have ever seen in one place

The better question is, "How many land owners understand their property survey after I hand them their plat?" It's more useful to dwell on things with...

8 months ago
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RE: Licensed folk - what are your Do's and Don'ts?

Do: Create a spreadsheet or similar for calculating your proposals, even small ones. It should be a work in progress where you can continue to add or ...

8 months ago
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RE: South Carolina State Specific

Ditto mdavis's comment. Make sure you can recognize some of the regulatory agencies involved in zoning and permitting around the coast and tidal water...

8 months ago
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RE: Single Total Station Instrument Setup Boundary Survey

@jim-frame I wasn't suggesting three D&R shots to each point except for closely located points. Perfect is the enemy of good when creating sta...

8 months ago
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RE: Single Total Station Instrument Setup Boundary Survey

Locating everything from a single setup is acceptable in NC as long as you can calculate the relative positional accuracy and it meets the specs. Gene...

8 months ago
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RE: Responsibility

There are numerous situations, even outside natural disasters, that require a PLS to use the tangible evidence, what can be seen and measured, even th...

8 months ago
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RE: Highway ROW and engineers

Folks that enjoy math will find a way to use it.

9 months ago
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