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peter-lothian
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Joined: December 2, 2011 11:32 am
Last seen: June 4, 2026 12:45 pm
Topics: 63 / Replies: 1163
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RE: Request from client

I would rewrite it to say the client agrees to pay collection costs on overdue accounts. Include a definition of overdue, such as not paid within 30 d...

8 years ago
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RE: Plat Boundary discussion

I had a situation like that crop up some years ago. Sent the crew out to stake a lot corner shown on a plan that was 15 years old. Party chief tells m...

8 years ago
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RE: Carlson compass rule challenge

Survey > Polyline Tools > Compass Polyline Adjustment That would be the simplest approach. Your end result would be a polyline with Grid distanc...

8 years ago
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RE: Cost for adding two corner monuments

The $500 lot survey you found on Google is mostly a myth perpetuated by real estate agents and architects.

8 years ago
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RE: Cost for adding two corner monuments

Personally, I don't throw out cost estimates without knowing more about the particular lot that will need to be surveyed. A specific address is usuall...

8 years ago
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RE: Does your state have the ability?

Mass. NH & Maine have varied paths to licensing with more education requiring less experience. There are a small number of surveying education pro...

8 years ago
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RE: Actual Degree in Surveying

U-Maine, BS in Surveying Engineering Many of the surveyors I know have very different backgrounds, and got into surveying more by accident than by int...

8 years ago
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RE: Carlson Newbie question again...

I just use AutoCAD drawing commands. Draw a LINE from your instrument setup to your backsight ROTATE by the negative of your turned angle, i.e. -125d1...

8 years ago
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RE: Another Carlson Rookie Question.

When I get weird behavior out of Carlson, the first thing I do is shut down and reboot the computer. Then run Windows Update and install any updates, ...

8 years ago
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RE: Forum Updates: 2018-09-06

Just an FYI for the gang - after using CCLEANER to purge my cache, I logged back in and found that my Setting for Timezone was somehow changed from NY...

8 years ago
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RE: Awful Description - No remaining "stakes"

Any chance that there may be old mow or clearing lines you could use to point you in the right direction? Perhaps some historic aerial photos might sh...

8 years ago
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RE: Forming a business

The idea behind corporate schemes to avoid paying SS taxes is that you never get out as much as you put in to SS. Fund your own retirement with the ta...

8 years ago
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RE: I'm Pretty Easy Going

Wow. Somebody didn't get the memo about burning bridges.

8 years ago
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RE: Lawyers

We bill by the 1/4 hour. If I get a phone call, it disrupts me from what I'm already working on, and often times takes a few minutes to get back on tr...

8 years ago
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RE: How to fix a traverse run with bad horizontal collimation setting

If you think you have a systematic error in your angles, you can use Carlson's Raw File Editor. Under the Edit pull down menu is the Modify Measuremen...

8 years ago
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