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Joined: July 1, 2010 10:29 pm
Last seen: June 1, 2026 5:06 pm
Topics: 12 / Replies: 975
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RE: Work hours and answering phone

I had a friend in IT who would get calls at all hours related to tech support. If the call took less than 15 minutes he got payed for an hour, if it t...

11 years ago
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RE: Radiation Hazard

I think it would make the equipment look more valuable, health concerns are not too high of a deterrent to the meth user. One of those hunting cameras...

11 years ago
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RE: Things you would like the equipment manufactures to do.

I would like robust online learning resources set out in a class like format with videos, text, sample data sets, emulators etc. along with available ...

11 years ago
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RE: The Best Leica Viva Application for Staking/Assigning Grades on the Roads in the Field Horizontally

Ref Line works well for basic roading but stops short of vertical curves. It is for working with vertical features and slopes however.

11 years ago
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RE: Email... Email...

I do not comment on these matters when I am surveying because as a field guy it is beyond my purview to be expressing much, if anything, to the genera...

11 years ago
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RE: Staking Grid Lines

I guessed the answer would be BIM, but at that point the deliverable from an outside surveyor is really just control NEZ right?

11 years ago
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RE: Staking Grid Lines

What newer techniques could replace using grid lines as a reference during building construction?

11 years ago
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RE: Are the hardware manufacturers getting it right with total staion and GPS display?

In general things have gotten worse in my opinion. I am still waiting for a push back on the touch screen, I prefer buttons and text to icons and tapp...

11 years ago
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RE: Measuring HI

You could always just drill a hole through the bottom of the instrument and plunge the scope.:-D

11 years ago
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RE: Need and Opinion

The only thing I go off the clock for is if someone is going to teach me something beyond what I need to know to dispatch my direct responsibilities. ...

11 years ago
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RE: Employee Reviews

Haven't seen one in over a decade. I have always thought they should go both ways, giving the employee an opportunity to provide input on their superv...

11 years ago
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RE: Surveying.

The original "black box" is the brain- and subject to significant errors and distortions.

11 years ago
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RE: Leica and Civil 3d Workflow questions

I believe that you can output traverse data in angle right format, it is a matter of having the correct format.

11 years ago
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RE: What is in a name for a business?

There was a "Close Enough Engineering" in Seattle, I like the idea of a "Good n' Uff" Surveying.

11 years ago
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RE: Some places surveying has taken me

Look like good times, thanks for posting them.

11 years ago
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RE: Robotic Total Station boundary surveying WV

For boundary work sure, for woods topo not so much.

11 years ago
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RE: hi

Good looking buildings on the website.

11 years ago
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RE: Vinyl for Survey vehicle

Here is a guy from WA, I like his work, although he does not highlight his trucks much on the website, maybe there is someone in your area that can he...

11 years ago
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