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ncsudirtman
ncsudirtman
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Joined: September 24, 2019 8:42 am
Last seen: January 19, 2025 3:46 pm
Topics: 33 / Replies: 358
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RE: Putting a Valuing On a Survey Business

you never mentioned employees/personnel. healthy books, a good name/reputation & valuable, tangible assets are all great only if you have the pers...

5 years ago
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RE: GPS Site Calibration/Localization Explanation

So in my short experience with site calibrations/localizations for GPS grading models, I have always been provided the control by the original design ...

5 years ago
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RE: lessons for beginners

@bstrand So I have quite a bit of familiarity with the parcel. Both property owners agreed that was the corner & all previously recorded maps &am...

5 years ago
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RE: lessons for beginners

Found several monuments on a tract that I retraced the boundary of the other day. Most of them had several generations of ribbon and those buried alon...

5 years ago
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RE: Survey Math Book Recommendations

@surveyordave96 I second this comment on the NCEES study materials. those books mentioned in your comment helped expose me to plenty of survey relate...

5 years ago
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RE: Business Startup

@tim-v-pls I'd like to add, being a good surveyor has very little to do with running a successful business. Two distinctly different skill sets. ?ÿ ...

5 years ago
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RE: Business Startup

@lakehouse21 yes mentorship is key from those who have done it before. I can't tell you how many guys in their 60s & 70s have helped me out with ...

5 years ago
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RE: Business Startup

@bstrand I started my own business in February 2020 working out of my home office, offering only engineering services & machine control models af...

5 years ago
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RE: Son-in-law wants to become a surveyor

I would make sure the son in law check into taking all of NCEESƒ?? exams as soon as he can. The older he gets the tougher it gets. Just took my last e...

5 years ago
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RE: TSC2 and Trimble Robotic Questions

@skeeter1996 I see what you mean. see I learned on an S6 RTS that was running older Trimble software on a TSC2 (I am a younger guy at only 31) so the...

5 years ago
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RE: TSC2 and Trimble Robotic Questions

you can piece together a used Trimble S3 or S6 robotic setup and newer TSC3 w/ radio & Access for under $10k. It might not all come together in a ...

5 years ago
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RE: Plot Plan

Drafted several plot plans at my old job. Typically they depict the corners found & boundary, state the pertinent info for the lot & owner alo...

5 years ago
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RE: Iphone 12 has LIDAR

@flyin-solo thank you. Iƒ??m going to try this again in the back yard with say aerial targets & that pile of sand. See if I can get some useable ...

5 years ago
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RE: Iphone 12 has LIDAR

@flyin-solo ?ÿ where does pronopointscan offer to export the files? I downloaded the app to my wifeƒ??s iPhone 12 pro & ran a scan but canƒ??t f...

5 years ago
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RE: Pat Davis

Nice guy - I spoke with him once about some topo drone services that he had performed (very impressed with the end product as it corroborated our conv...

5 years ago
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RE: Dell Precision 7540 laptop

@stlsurveyor So I cheaped out & went with a 15" Acer Predator Helios 300 gaming laptop that essentially had the exact same components as a Dell P...

5 years ago
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RE: MH Measure downs

@jim-frame I agree the method would require some serious help. Maybe I'm just picky haha

5 years ago
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RE: MH Measure downs

@john-hamilton that sounds typical of an out of town firm missing the mark. they should've done some more preliminary investigation first & I can...

5 years ago
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RE: First shot today

I am so sorry for your loss. Weƒ??ll pray for you & your family. Peopleƒ??s spirits have definitely been affected by all this for sure. Did not re...

5 years ago
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