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oldpacer
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Joined: October 22, 2014 2:06 pm
Topics: 11 / Replies: 645
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RE: Old Surveys

@aliquot?ÿ ?ÿIn 44 years of surveying in Florida, I have prepared two Boundary Surveys 'without improvements at the request of the client'.?ÿ Both sho...

4 years ago
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RE: You know you are getting old when................................

@jim-frame?ÿ ?ÿOr when you have already stopped putting Christmas lights on the house and now use yard and porch decorations.?ÿ?ÿ My 3' fence climbin...

4 years ago
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RE: Old Surveys

@bruce-small YEP! It's much easier to do everything for 30 clients, than just one job for a thousand different clients. A modal not universally accept...

4 years ago
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RE: Old Surveys

@jph My client is selling his house I surveyed 14 years ago and can not locate the paper copy I provided at the time. You would rather he have it resu...

4 years ago
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RE: Things I Can Never Get Right

1. Piece of cake, I get it right at least half of the time. 2. As farther described. 3. I remember, every time I print a draft copy.?ÿ It's picking...

4 years ago
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RE: The Height of Mount Everest

@acd-surveyor?ÿ ?ÿ Just did, and both China AND Nepal are wrong by 8 meters too high. The Chinese always overstate things.

4 years ago
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RE: The Height of Mount Everest

@jph?ÿ ?ÿYes, and one of the first heights was by a monk that smuggled a sextant in between his legs under his robe. Cool Show.

4 years ago
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RE: The Height of Mount Everest

@mathteacher?ÿ Who exactly believes BeiDou rivals GPS?

4 years ago
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RE: Time required to observation

I would not recommend using OPUS Ortho Heights for Site Benchmarks; although it has become the 'go to' method for many. Your data might not match othe...

4 years ago
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RE: project Numbers.... a discussion

When I started out, I would assign a different project number if the builder requested something, and then the new buyer wanted a survey, and so on.?ÿ...

4 years ago
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RE: Ladder for fences

@stephen-ward?ÿ ?ÿYep, Lowe's has a great lightweight one with an upper hand bar. I had to quit climbing when PVC fences became popular.

4 years ago
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RE: Leica RH16 - lost connection

If the last light is on, you are in reconfiguration settings, not the communication mode. This happens to me sometimes when I operate until the batter...

4 years ago
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RE: Poles/Bipods, etc. Manufacturers

Tiger supply has these on eBay for only $116, are they really Dutch Hill? ?ÿ

4 years ago
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RE: Expected differences in measurements

@rover83?ÿ ?ÿ"Blunder Trapping"?ÿ Now that's a good phrase I can use to explain those meaningless measurements I make that have nothing to do the actu...

4 years ago
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RE: Expected differences in measurements

?ÿ"I get 2650.04, another surveyor 2650.08, another 2650.06 feet."?ÿ I don't need another surveyor, I get 2650.04' now, 2650.08' a few years ago and 2...

4 years ago
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RE: Poles/Bipods, etc. Manufacturers

@shelby-h-griggs-pls?ÿ ?ÿIf you DO get the Dutch Hill version of a bipod pole saver, please post your review.

4 years ago
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RE: Poles/Bipods, etc. Manufacturers

After poking around , I see what you mean. You would think everyone would have a sturdy lightweight fixed height GPS tripod. Looks like SECO has corne...

4 years ago
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RE: Poles/Bipods, etc. Manufacturers

@shelby-h-griggs-pls?ÿ Although it's obvious that Dutch Hill equipment is not made by the same Chinese that make the other surveying equipment; alas, ...

4 years ago
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RE: Thales Promark 3. Strange Problem after maintenance

You do not need to drag raw date files into project or GNSS. I don't even have them on same computer when processing. Non RTK kinematic with PM3s neve...

4 years ago
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