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Joined: July 1, 2010 10:29 pm
Last seen: July 12, 2025 4:31 am
Topics: 12 / Replies: 971
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RE: Unwritten rule against this?

I have worked at shops where they set capped rebar for control points, the problem is a one size fits all approach to managing. "All control points ...

4 hours ago
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RE: working below sea level

Thanks for sharing! I have worked underground a fair amount but never anything close to as deep.

3 weeks ago
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RE: Lyme disease

Thats a lot of travelling, I remember a few threads over the years that you have made about jobs and always enjoyed them. You should do another one! ...

4 weeks ago
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RE: False Point to Compensate for Distance Discrepancy

RTK/RTN 180 seconds per point on 3 monuments that see each other, put the rover in the truck and forget about it. Gun up, backsite, crank angle as a...

2 months ago
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RE: Trimble compensator issue/calibration

I have had tech support from a trimble dealer tell me to not adjust. I still do. For DR aka Reflectorless, Trimble is far inferior to Leica in tha...

4 months ago
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RE: Boundary Survey research procedure

Great timing for me for the thread! I am a construction surveyor for my day job but still have some desire to learn more about boundary and mayb...

4 months ago
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RE: California Surveyors - are untagged nails set on-line, at angle points or corners a violation of the LS Act

Is the conversation missing the question, is the question about whether or not to show less durable or untagged monuments on a boundary topo? @bluke...

5 months ago
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RE: California Surveyors - are untagged nails set on-line, at angle points or corners a violation of the LS Act

@lurker If you set a stake that says property corner at the property corner but without a number/qualifying monument, have you not in fact set the ...

5 months ago
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RE: Cogo function in C3D

Really with the amount of traffic in here I think it is better to come back sooner with more questions to drive the conversation a little. And i...

5 months ago
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RE: Cogo function in C3D

Jeff Bartels and Alan Gilbert both have some great youtube videos, I would like for Alan to put out more as his exptise is surveying but Jeff's stuff ...

6 months ago
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RE: Trimble Access and TBC questions

I have an alignment and as-built points along the alignment that correspond to offsets h and v to the alignment. Does anyone have a slick way of mak...

7 months ago
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RE: Trimble Access and TBC questions

Linked files vs downloading, by linking files you are talking about going through the layer manager button in access and choosing points and features ...

8 months ago
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RE: Trimble Access and TBC questions

@olemanriver I also appreciate being able to transfer data on the go in one environment. I also think that we are messing up in our structure in tr...

8 months ago
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RE: Survey Truck Size

I prefer full size vans. Really a shame they don't make stock awd or 4wd options but way nicer for working out of.

8 months ago
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RE: Quad Runners in Surveying

I have a hard enough time getting the bosses to buy a hand wagon. For most of what I have worked in they would be too much or not enough.

8 months ago
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RE: Old Dog New Tricks

Good to see you posting williwaw, glad to hear you are happy about the change in environs. Years ago I remember coming across a job posting whic...

8 months ago
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RE: Transferring control from ground surface to a 150' deep tunnel

Set points on the face of the collar from the top, turn the prisms to face down and resect from the bottom. 3 glass at 120 degrees should be sufficien...

9 months ago
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