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OleManRiver
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RE: Carlson BRx7

Are you saying that coordinate quality is the RMS HZ and VT the precisions . I never heard that term used that way. Yeah when I am teaching guys in ...

7 months ago
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RE: Might Need a little help fun exercise maybe

Well that does bring up a question. See when I was doing this in the 90’s we made a lot of these types of decisions. We changed pipes for storm as we...

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RE: Running Levels with a Bit of GNSS

I like a dark beer myself. Yeah. If you ever do get over my way. I have you covered.

7 months ago
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RE: Might Need a little help fun exercise maybe

lol. That’s funny. I have a drive on some back country roads and this time of year there is a small stretch that is almost blinding by the sun. I mean...

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RE: Might Need a little help fun exercise maybe

Yes very true. Thank you. Especially in hilly subdivisions for sure. See when you work only in your head you miss things. I reckon one would need to k...

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RE: Might Need a little help fun exercise maybe

Hey thanks Jim. I thought it would work. But since I no longer have the equipment to play with and test for those things that might arise like the sca...

7 months ago
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RE: Trimble S9 .05" HALF Sec DR Plus Vision TSC7 Robotic Total Station

Yeah but less accurate work doesn’t make business sense to burn an additional 20k. You can use it for Topo and whatever. Just because it’s more accura...

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RE: so called software maintenance

You might try SALSA. Now it is a geodetic based least squares program. Designed at the university of Texas at Austin. I don’t know if it would do for ...

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RE: Trimble S9 .05" HALF Sec DR Plus Vision TSC7 Robotic Total Station

Why are you getting rid of such a good unit? Have you moved to a different brand or different style work that does not require such accuracy. Also is ...

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RE: Marketing strategies for Surveyors of smaller businesses

When I was a part owner in a business we set up a booth at trade shows. Gave away trinkets. Taught classes sponsored the survey conventions. The tri...

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RE: Marketing strategies for Surveyors of smaller businesses

Oh I am not able to teach this Stuff at that level. I just do a lot of reminiscing on what things I saw in common with those who were truly successful...

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RE: Marketing strategies for Surveyors of smaller businesses

No desert where I started. But those briars thorns and devil cane tore me up for sure. I was in Africa and fought that heat surveying. Djibouti. Good ...

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RE: Best Used Robotic Total Station for under 10K

There is a Trimble S7 advertised here on this site. Under 10k has a lot of accessories.

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RE: Marketing strategies for Surveyors of smaller businesses

I like the advice about the quality and time frame of the work you do. Great advice. I have been thinking on this since you first posted. The above i...

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RE: Wetland Survey Insanity

Now that’s some neat history. I love history. Maybe next time you send a crew down there have them forge me a couple Dutch ovens. Love my cast iron. I...

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RE: Running Levels with a Bit of GNSS

Hey so make yourself a copy of the digital files and level notes. Sign up for the next NGS geodetic leveling course. Great class. It has been 14 years...

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RE: Wetland Survey Insanity

Please pleas don’t give them any ideas. On another place I lease the guy took a back hoe and dug a 50 ft round area about a .5 ft to 1 ft deep. Tilled...

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RE: Wetland Survey Insanity

Totally agree. The whole system is designed to get bigger and bigger . Very bloated. I lived it for a while. I worked with some very smart and hard wo...

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RE: Wetland Survey Insanity

So true. It has gone way past the This is not funny anymore for sure.

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