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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: I've been doing it wrong.

I wonder who they stole it from.

3 months ago
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RE: 1st shot at writing and recording a type of easement

Eliminate the phrase "to a point" every time it occurs, unless you are going to follow up with some unique description of that point. Replace "for a ...

3 months ago
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RE: Need advice on magnetic locator

I have a hunch that once you have one in your kit you will find many opportunities to use it.

3 months ago
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RE: Stake out with GNSS

No. I deliver in the Oregon Coordinate Reference System - a low distortion projection.

3 months ago
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RE: Drafting Utilities: existing, record, proposed line types

Once a drawing is converted to use stb, it can't use ctb without re-converting. And since very few people use stb, it's going to be a problem. That's ...

3 months ago
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RE: Timeframe?

The main reason for a proposal expiry date is the timeline, not the pricing.

3 months ago
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RE: Stake out with GNSS

First off, if you have a low distortion projection working in grid is pretty seamless. No scaling BS is necessary. As for your question, if your wor...

3 months ago
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RE: Drafting Utilities: existing, record, proposed line types

I predict that the pushback will be dramatic. While I agree - wholeheartedly - with the idea of disassociating the on-screen color from the lineweight...

3 months ago
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RE: Help with old Deitzgen 6100 Highway Transit

Here is a bit from a Kueffel & Esser manual that may be helpful.

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

This 2 prism idea has been around for a long, long time but has never really caught on. The AP20 solves the same problem and does a lot more. The $10k...

3 months ago
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RE: Drafting Utilities: existing, record, proposed line types

There are lots of standards out there but very little that could be called universal. I would caution you to remember that your mapping is - very like...

3 months ago
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RE: Need advice on magnetic locator

Schonstedt GA-52Cx and a 48" lath bag to carry it in. Money well spent. I agree with Peter - it's basic equipment. Nevertheless, if you complete the ...

3 months ago
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RE: Looking for a couple of books to introduce surveying to 2 people with zero experience. Like a Surveying for Dummies?

That book I recommended is not a book about how to survey. It's a book about what surveying is. For the love of all that is holy, if some young pers...

3 months ago
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RE: Local Subdivision Rules

Around here (Oregon) by the time a subdivision plat is prepared the final configuration of the lots and streets - matters such as right of way widths ...

3 months ago
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RE: Date?

There is a beta site with some '2022 products on it, but not coordinates for any passive marker or CORS station.

3 months ago
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RE: Date?

At the PLSO Conference in January the word, from a source that would have inside info, was to expect a Beta release in June of this year. If that happ...

3 months ago
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RE: What izz-zit?

It may be one of those No5 rebars with a pointed end that has been driven butt end first. The point has been blunted in consequence.

3 months ago
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RE: Retirement six years later.

Bob Vollmer dies at age 104 | wthr.com  

3 months ago
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RE: Man... ChatGPT Is Nice

The NGS really hasn't put much solid quantitative information about NATRF2022 out on the internet, so AI has nothing base its report on. It seems to h...

3 months ago
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RE: Retirement six years later.

A few years back there was a story circulating about a surveyor for the state of Indiana who was retiring at the age of 104. I wonder how he is gettin...

3 months ago
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