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Joined: July 2, 2010 8:39 am
Last seen: January 19, 2026 3:17 pm
Topics: 40 / Replies: 558
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RE: Star*Net 9 certification

@norman-oklahoma Well, that makes sense.?ÿ Wasn't thinking Canadian.?ÿ Learn something new every day still.?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿThanks for the information.?ÿ?ÿ

7 years ago
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RE: Star*Net 9 certification

I see the two instructors hold themselves out as "Geomatics Technologists" .?ÿ What the heck is that??ÿ Not claiming they are not qualified, just neve...

7 years ago
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RE: Clarification ?

"As Mr. Bennett runs north along the said line he refers to some of the monuments he sets as ƒ??onlyƒ? for example on page 14 of Book 5199 ƒ??7.59 Th...

7 years ago
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RE: Easement Question

The easements are a fact.?ÿ There is a valid dedication offer by the land?ÿ owner/subdivider and acceptance of the plat and dedications by the governm...

7 years ago
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RE: Blast from the Past GPS

@jt50 Ah ha!!!!   Thanks.

7 years ago
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RE: Blast from the Past GPS

@jt50   Interesting Perhaps WM stands for Westinghouse Magnavox?   Can't remember the history of equipment that clear, but WM-101 ri...

7 years ago
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RE: Blast from the Past GPS

Started surveying GPS in 1987 with Ashtech XII (Single Frequency), then M-XII, Z-XII.?ÿ ?ÿIn Trimble line 4000S, 4000L, 4000ST, 4000SSE, 4000Ssi, 4600...

7 years ago
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RE: Blast from the Past GPS

@jt50 Thats a Magnavox 1500 Transit Satellite system receiver, not GPS.  I used these as well.   The US Navy Transit system was used p...

7 years ago
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RE: Blast from the Past GPS

@geeoddmike I watched Dr. James Collins demonstrate acquiring and processing data with a Macrometer probably around 1986 or so, can't remember.?ÿ ?ÿNo...

7 years ago
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RE: What were you surveying on 9-11-2001?

I was at home getting ready to head out to work.?ÿ ?ÿHad the NBC Today show on, and they broke in about the first plane hitting the towers, the announ...

7 years ago
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RE: Planning trip to Alaska

You might re-post your inquiry a little closer to your travel times.?ÿ August is a busy month for most people up here, so its hard to say a year out w...

7 years ago
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RE: Static GPS control and on the ground traverse

A least-squares adjustment solves for a solution where it adjusts all of the measurements the "least".?ÿ ?ÿIt is a rigorous fit of your measurements a...

7 years ago
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RE: Static GPS control and on the ground traverse

A properly weighted Least Squares Adjustment would probably be best suited for adjustments.?ÿ Bill93 is correct too, that the SPC has its own distorti...

7 years ago
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RE: Man Impaled by Tripod

Deral, aka the real Trimble Man, previously from Lawton is alive and doing well, recently retired.  He is out on FB from time to time, living in ...

7 years ago
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RE: Surveyors cash cow

You will need to make sure you have the legal right to work in the country that has the job opening.?ÿ ?ÿFor the U.S., that may be difficult to get th...

7 years ago
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RE: SPCS 2022 - Get Involved

Thanks @shawn-billings for posting link, very interesting and exciting changes to come at NGS.  Still pondering the GPS month  and processin...

7 years ago
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RE: NGS Webinar Apr 25 on the fate of the US Survey foot

I agree with you for sure Shawn.  Chaos is going to ensue, for conversions of SPCS2022 datum SPC coordinates expressed in either foot unit when e...

7 years ago
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RE: Tribal Subdivision??

Contact the appropriate BLM Indian Lands Surveyor for the BIA Region you are working in.?ÿ ?ÿ

7 years ago
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RE: The names have been changed to protect the innocent:

Nate, not necessarily so.?ÿ During the time I was a BLM Cadastral Chief with designated authority for approval of federal surveys I was a State Licens...

7 years ago
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