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Norman_Oklahoma
Norman_Oklahoma
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Joined: June 15, 2015 7:55 am
Last seen: June 5, 2026 5:38 pm
Topics: 192 / Replies: 8118
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RE: Too Good to be true

That $1016 figure might be the monthly payment on 24 month financing.

2 months ago
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RE: How to Keep My Base Station Cool

Anything you might set up to shade the base would also block the signals.

2 months ago
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RE: Don’t you just love fence company’s!!!

It might be a good idea to include an estimate for restaking along with each proposal for a boundary.

2 months ago
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RE: Anyone ever use this GNSS?

I would be very surprised if any non-Trimble gear worked with Access. Or if any non-Lieca gear worked with Captivate. Or any non-Topcon gear with Magn...

2 months ago
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RE: Don’t you just love fence company’s!!!

.... forgive them; for they know not what they do. .... It is we, the surveyors, who should be shouldering our share of the blame here. We know hom...

2 months ago
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RE: Anyone ever use this GNSS?

I've not used it, but my son, who is also a surveyor, did. I can't give you the ins and outs of Emlid's weak points and strong but I can assure you th...

2 months ago
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RE: Professor Robert J. Schultz, legendary Oregon educator

Nearly every person who has been licensed to survey in Oregon during the last 40+ years attended at least one, and often several, of Professor Schultz...

2 months ago
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RE: P.O.B.

Let's eat grandma..... or ...... Let's eat, grandma. Little details can be so important.  

2 months ago
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RE: Project Teasing

There is an episode of the old Perry Mason TV series which depicts a client encounter that I love. A very bossy, and wealthy, potential client starts...

2 months ago
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2 months ago
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RE: Does anyone here use a dual prism pole?

No doubt that they eventually will, and when they do it will require that the latest model Trimble total station be used.

2 months ago
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RE: Returning to Private sector post Federal work

I have found that working for my city. Jobs never really end. They transition from planning to design to construction to maintenance phases. And those...

2 months ago
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RE: Department of Labor and Prevailing Wages for Land Surveyors

Yea verily. I haven't done a lot of PW work, but some. At times we had the situation where the rodman was getting paid more than the PLS, even when th...

2 months ago
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RE: How some of it is done in Japan

I'd love to see your pictures but they will not download.

2 months ago
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RE: Trees

A surveyor determines the boundary and the tree's location relative to it. An arborist or forester provides an opinion as to its value. In a state lik...

2 months ago
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RE: Does anyone here use a dual prism pole?

I'm with John on the AP-20. It's not $12k, and it goes on sale from time to time. It is far more than "just a prism". Automatically updates target he...

2 months ago
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RE: Discrepancy Between VRS (Company 1) and Base Station/Rover (Company 2)

I use RTK for control regularly. But I never establish control without redundancy and adjustment. RTK in excellent conditions will be dang near as tig...

2 months ago
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RE: Discrepancy Between VRS (Company 1) and Base Station/Rover (Company 2)

Implicit in RTK positioning is the assumption that the atmosphere the satellite signals are passing through is the same for both the base and rover. T...

2 months ago
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RE: Tee Post Stepper

They have. Putting that cap over the top of the post seems like a wise precaution to me.

2 months ago
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RE: I read this and I have questions

According to Wikipedia Mineral County has a population of around 5000, 19% of which lives below the poverty line. So a $5000 invoice is likely a big d...

2 months ago
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