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Joined: July 1, 2010 8:29 pm
Last seen: November 17, 2024 2:11 am
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RE: Ran into a far ranging survey crew tonight in the motel lobby.

Hope they are getting paid for their time and enjoying the trip. I have enjoyed the few out of towners that I have done but heard that not everyone ha...

6 years ago
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RE: Android vs: Apple

I just have a good old fashioned human being who follows me around and tells the grocery stores which peanut butter wrapper I find more compelling.

6 years ago
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RE: Traverse network - leveling instrument after change of station

I liked Plane and Geodetic Surveying, second edition, by Aylmer Johnson.?ÿ The book is easy to follow and only the size of a novel, which is important...

6 years ago
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RE: Traverse network - leveling instrument after change of station

In developing networks underground we traverse through pedestals or plates with fixed bolts that the tribrach is threaded onto, after wrapping a set o...

6 years ago
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RE: Traverse network - leveling instrument after change of station

Compensator should be on and the instrument should be level before making measurements. There is a school of thought to not recenter the instrument ov...

6 years ago
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RE: The Ethics of a Finderƒ??s Fee

It would be wrong to collect a fee because you have no credentials and no stake in the outcome.?ÿ?ÿ

6 years ago
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6 years ago
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RE: Local Coordinate System

Been local horizontal control for the vast majority of boundary topo surveying I have done in the greater Seattle area, with the exception of fulfilli...

6 years ago
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RE: Fire Hydrants as Benchmarks

I enjoy the challenge of setting a TBM that is unique, easy to identify and not susceptible to subsidence or disturbance. I do not feel that a hydrant...

6 years ago
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RE: Railroad

For those that had to look up shoo fly I would expect that the tracks control, but I know nothing.?ÿ

6 years ago
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RE: Got to admit

It's not my job. ?ÿ

6 years ago
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RE: Laying out 10,000s of points quickly?

I scoured a forestry website for a half hour to see if I could come up with anything for you and came up short, less and except finding this fine vide...

6 years ago
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RE: Actual Degree in Surveying

I started work at a survey shop in 2001 with little more than a high school education, went back to school during the recession and earned a AAS in Ci...

6 years ago
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RE: Ring Ring

I always enjoy a well thought out argument against recording, they never change my mind but I appreciate the perspective.?ÿ ?ÿ

6 years ago
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RE: Liscad and Leica Viva Smartworx String Coding

We used to incorporate the string number directly into the code, so if 167 was the code for asphalt then "167" alone would be for a ground shot on asp...

6 years ago
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RE: How would you as built a 7,100 foot long 54 inch pipeline?

Maybe the engineer will sign off on selective local as-builts at areas with ponding only, if it is question of minimum slope only it seems like it cou...

6 years ago
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RE: Things once said by surveyors

"Atta Boy" Upon a .1 within target on first shot for a hub=PC buys you a road soda on the drive back to the barn. Commitment to be honored that day on...

6 years ago
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RE: Things once said by surveyors

"You can't go surveying without your triple A's" Harry West RIP

6 years ago
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RE: Best knife to peel

Would you use that knife to make a spam sandwich?

6 years ago
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