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Topics: 5 / Replies: 39
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RE: Sayings that stick with you

"I can't work with dumb people. They just bring dumbness." From a super on a highway stakeout job.

8 years ago
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RE: Civil3D Point Styles

The symbol you choose to mark the node location. The text size for the labels would be set up under the label style settings. It will scale to whate...

8 years ago
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RE: Inconsistent Robotic Tracking

For everyone that replied, I had pretty much considered everything you had brought up. The sky was overcast with now sun. Behind me were trees for t...

8 years ago
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RE: Inconsistent Robotic Tracking

Thanks for the insight. AdamWest, that seems to be exactly what we're dealing with. I can watch the data in stakeout mode and get left and right dis...

8 years ago
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RE: Inconsistent Robotic Tracking

I had nothing on it would pick up. Had it happen once and never again. My closest glows with all the color in there but we can usually explain why we...

8 years ago
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RE: NCEES 2016 Pass Rates

My path was similar to that of Zoidberg. I started on day one holding an umbrella over the equipment with no knowledge of surveying. The PLS I worke...

8 years ago
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RE: Out of state surveyor

James Fleming, post: 408785, member: 136 wrote: As someone licensed originally in Maryland and recently (last month) in Pennsylvania; if someone's exp...

8 years ago
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RE: Out of state surveyor

They should at least clarify the 30 days. If you go by 24 hours per day, that's 90 eight hour days, over a third of the year not counting weekends. ...

8 years ago
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RE: Mortgage Surveys

We quit doing them unless they are in a subdivision we did. When I bought my house in Ohio the bank had one done and was at a scale of 1" = 30' +-. S...

8 years ago
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RE: Commercial Development Surveyor

I've never used Carlson. It's been SurveyPro since we upgraded from the old FC-4 data collector 15-20 years ago. Equipment has always been Topcon bu...

8 years ago
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RE: Commercial Development Surveyor

Supers such as that was a concern and something I want to address with him. The company I'm at now dealt with his last company quite often early in m...

8 years ago
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RE: Highway surveying

I use the plans to create the road in the data collector, then check the results against the any grades available in the cross sections. With that be...

8 years ago
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RE: BBBBrrrrrrrr!!!!

8 degrees outside right now with a high of 45 tomorrow. 2"-4" of snow and sleet expected tonight. Warmer today than yesterday though.

8 years ago
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RE: ring ring

We had a parking lot over the building setback line and were asked to label the parking lot as an encroachment.

8 years ago
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RE: Unrealistic estimates of accuracy from drone users

John Hamilton, post: 391719, member: 640 wrote: As I pointed out in a post last week about a large bridge damaged by fire, the paper said:"A crew used...

8 years ago
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RE: How many of you

We just finished two jobs with supers like this. Had to explain to one that claimed to have doing it for 38 years what "face of curb" meant as well ...

8 years ago
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RE: I see an ugly truth in our industry

I agree with williwaw, have an honest conversation with them. If they have hit their ceiling, tell them so they know or they can look elsewhere. I a...

9 years ago
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RE: Adjusting Rates

I agree on the topo, I was speaking merely on the boundary aspect. I figure the additional acreage adds more adjoiner deeds and courthouse time as we...

10 years ago
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