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Norman_Oklahoma
Norman_Oklahoma
@norman-oklahoma
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Joined: June 15, 2015 7:55 am
Last seen: October 14, 2026 7:37 am
Topics: 200 / Replies: 8298
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RE: California Survey Costs

I doubt it, but it is an excellent example of what some people hear when a disclaimer is offered.

2 years ago
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RE: California Survey Costs

What I take from that case is this: Surveyor gave an estimate of $6000 (today’s money) to do a proper job and eventually accepted $300 to do a cut rat...

2 years ago
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RE: California Survey Costs

To be as charitable as possible, it may be that they had a surveyor come out and dig up and flag a corner or three for $500, and since a surveyor did ...

2 years ago
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RE: California Survey Costs

The recording fees alone in the Portland area counties for Records of Survey are pushing $500. For plats (creating new lots) the recording fees are in...

2 years ago
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RE: A Deed Hmm

Not common, but far from unheard of. I'm willing to wager that 78/128 describes, in an ambiguous way, some meandering parcel that may or may not encro...

2 years ago
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RE: Coordinate file versus raw data file

I rarely accept the coordinate file without at least examining the raw data. I "adjust" it, using StarNet, most of the time. The only times I might no...

2 years ago
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RE: Missing Alley Vacation in My Deed

"Based on this info ALONE and the info in the initial post, if you HAD to finish the survey, how would YOU depict the subject parcel and alley on the ...

2 years ago
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RE: Missing Alley Vacation in My Deed

1. Chris is quite correct - there can be no AP against the public. An alley is (usually) a public right of way. The adjoiners can occupy it for a tho...

2 years ago
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RE: Another solo software question

I'm pretty sure Adobe can do that scaling and measuring thing, but as I don't use pdfs for that I can't say definitively. I insist on the CAD for tha...

2 years ago
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RE: What causes GNSS blunders when you have "fix"?

"Norman, can you expand on that a bit?" It's more or less as Bruce described. In the brief moment between deciding to press Record and the thing actua...

2 years ago
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RE: What causes GNSS blunders when you have "fix"?

My guess is latency. There is a second or two between the time you make the decision to record and the actual recording happening. In that time things...

2 years ago
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RE: Another solo software question

I have used Acrobat, Bluebeam, and Foxit. Foxit works fine with smaller files but will bog down on large files (think 100+ pages) . Also, if you go Fo...

2 years ago
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RE: Computer died

Another vote for Dell. Specifically, the Dell Precision line for work.

2 years ago
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RE: The state of the Profession (in Oregon)

You have a very selective memory. I have responded, for a second time, to NCEES. I have been asked for, and provided, only hard facts regarding dates...

2 years ago
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RE: The state of the Profession (in Oregon)

Since you are aware of the time discrepancy you are aware that I did respond to NCEES once already. As for Linkedin - I don't hear a peep from you fo...

2 years ago
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RE: Ideally the same quarter corner, two bars 15 feet apart, same survey firm

"...about 1.82 acres. What is the value for that in your neighborhood?" I should say a few million dollars, hereabouts.

2 years ago
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RE: State Plane practices

"... I use TA and the time I had to use Survey pro for a week it looked and functioned like simplistic program for a child. Too few options, features ...

2 years ago
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RE: Carlson Brx7

".....the reason I like Trimble is not just the GNSS reciever but the total solution from Trimble Access in the field and the office of Trimble Busi...

2 years ago
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RE: Ideally the same quarter corner, two bars 15 feet apart, same survey firm

So..... what does the "survey firm" have to say about this condition? We don't see this kind of thing much, or at all, in the Greater Portland area. T...

2 years ago
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RE: State Plane practices

"Out of all of those… for the most part, which did you like best right off the bat?" In the long run I Iiked Access best and Survey Pro least, but the...

2 years ago
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