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Joined: October 22, 2014 2:06 pm
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RE: Monitoring - Establishing Control

Secondary Control outside of the monitoring area is a must. Small mag nails set flush in concrete work well, just get a small mini prism point (Leica ...

5 years ago
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RE: Beginner Equipment

@a-harris   A plane table is a very good suggestion. I made a lot of nice "maps" with a plane table. One, leap frogging from top of sand dun...

5 years ago
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RE: SR 399 Serial Configuration Lost

I wonder if the "valid firmware" is just readable valid or up to date working valid? If you could get the antenna/sensor to work with a modern mini co...

5 years ago
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RE: Oldest monument?

Besides LWP Section Corners and Bearing Trees, VISTA BUENA 2 1870, Cross in Granite Post set at base of bluff at Capt. Ware's widow's house. ?ÿ

5 years ago
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RE: GNSS Solutions

Yep, one raw data file at a time. Do you have GNSS Solutions Rinex Converter 4.7.2?

5 years ago
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RE: Does This Description make sense to you?

There are entire Unrecorded Subdivisions described by partition. Fun.?ÿ

5 years ago
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RE: Surveyor's office desk...

I use two "Steelcase" secretaries. There are the 'L' shaped desks with one side lower for typing. I have them opposing each other with access on one c...

5 years ago
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RE: Eye Glasses vs Contact Lenses

$20 light transition readers. I can read the data collector and monitor; and look over them to see farther. Yea everyone makes fun of me, but I got ov...

5 years ago
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RE: Multipath?

@rover83 It's those firms that keep the rest of us busy.

5 years ago
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RE: You might be an old surveyor if...

@edward-reading I had a clear plastic triangular ruler with a black spring inside. every fifth coil was painted with green florescent paint and every...

5 years ago
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RE: my survey was recorded by someone else

Hundreds of surveyors have been held liable for unsigned or uncertified surveys, regardless of what has been said here. File an affidavit nullifying a...

5 years ago
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RE: Title by Divorce

It's a cloud on the title, like a reservation. If you know it, it's in the public records, then refer to in your survey.

5 years ago
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RE: Beer leg = Miller Time?

@loyal Yes, a nervous 'old style', the note taker is having to hold it down. Thanks Wendell for the post.

5 years ago
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RE: anyone lose a rodman?

@bstrand Yep, Austin has become South San Francisco for the homeless. 

5 years ago
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RE: Vacate Right-of-Way Problem

There could be platting language that would change my mind, but I go with perpendicular except on the ends where the notion of not intending to leave ...

5 years ago
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RE: Old Iron pipe

@dmyhill Yea, why set a new monument where a perfectly good iron pipe exist?

5 years ago
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RE: "Section Subdivision"

@bill93 Often the manual, the instructions and what the surveyor did are different. Good Luck

5 years ago
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RE: Property boundary dispute with lawyers involved

@mightymoe That has worked for me. Uniformed off duty deputy gets extra pay and neighbor figures out i am not that bad.

5 years ago
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RE: Methods of Measuring Elevation for Ecological Research

A hand level on a shovel stuck in the ground, 12' fiberglass level rod and 300 foot vinyl tape.?ÿ OR?ÿ Handheld GNSS and a smartphone.

5 years ago
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RE: Requirements for Being A Drone Instructor at a College or other School

Being a pilot qualifies you for most any drone use and will get you out of most drone "situations" you might get yourself into. If you are going to ma...

5 years ago
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