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Joined: May 29, 2012 9:14 am
Last seen: March 14, 2025 3:27 pm
Topics: 93 / Replies: 2598
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RE: Ground to Grid distance methods

Loyal, post: 332589, member: 228 wrote: Point of clarification... Actually, when you Scale the Coordinates, you are NOT scaling from the projection OR...

11 years ago
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RE: Ground to Grid distance methods

I don't see a mathematical problem with either version. Method 1 allows for coordinates to be near true State Plane - great for using aerial images re...

11 years ago
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RE: GPS suggestions

Johnson5144, post: 332548, member: 7149 wrote: 7-10 miles? You are joking right? There isn't a state funded network in the country that offers 7-10 mi...

11 years ago
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RE: Need Wisdom For My Son

I've got a son floating in a similar boat, still a bit younger than yours, but very similar. I'm the son of a surveyor and because dad cleared a lot o...

11 years ago
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RE: Gary Kent, Nail, Head.

Why did you put certifications on the survey to begin with?Because everyone else was doing it. In Texas, everyone has some certification that they use...

11 years ago
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RE: Gary Kent, Nail, Head.

I agree. I didn't quit putting certifications on the plat because I was trying to limit liability. I quit putting certifications on because they are, ...

11 years ago
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RE: Gary Kent, Nail, Head.

If education is the answer to the certificate delimma, there is no need to kick out all of the experienced surveyors and wait for a shiny new day when...

11 years ago
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RE: Gary Kent, Nail, Head.

A few years ago at a continuing education course, we were told that in Texas you don't even need a certification. After thinking about this and study...

11 years ago
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RE: Question For Javad Users

Also, in the open this should not happen. Trees to the South become more challenging because this is generally the direction of the majority of the sa...

11 years ago
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RE: Question For Javad Users

Adam, do you know what the minimum number of engines is set to? Also do you have store screen shots checked on? This may help to review what happened.

11 years ago
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RE: Calibrations

RCliffWilkie, post: 329694, member: 10285 wrote: To me it's unfortunate that the topic of calibrations, Localization, One-Step, Two-Step etc. is even ...

11 years ago
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RE: Question For Javad Users

Jim in AZ, post: 329276, member: 249 wrote: Still haven't really seen a satisfactory answer to this issue, so I must presume that there isn't one.... ...

11 years ago
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RE: Bearings (USA) and total stations

I prefer Azimuth for calculation. Bearings make my head hurt, especially on a hot summer day and I'm trying to rotate something counter-clockwise by 3...

11 years ago
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RE: Question For Javad Users

I'm pretty sure it is active now, Jim. Go to the quick setup screen (bottom middle button on the "Prepare" screen or the compass and tilt button on th...

11 years ago
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RE: GPS BASE VS. BIRD

I wonder sometimes if that one shot that just isn't quite as accurate as the others could be related to a bird on the base during the shot. I don't kn...

11 years ago
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RE: Question For Javad Users

"Will it work in the Trees?" I hear this question a lot, and by "a lot" I mean "if I had a nickel" a lot. As in most things the answer is definitively...

11 years ago
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RE: Alta advice

Jim in AZ, post: 328972, member: 249 wrote: So you're saying that in a chain of title the identical parcel could be described by as many different des...

11 years ago
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RE: Alta advice

In Texas, it is quite common to prepare a new description for every survey (except for lots in a recorded subdivision). I believe the preamble of the ...

11 years ago
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RE: Alta advice

Holy Cow, post: 328820, member: 50 wrote: Still waiting for the Texas crowd to explain how things really work. Looking around for the dead horse... ...

11 years ago
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RE: Question For Javad Users

Another option to controlling the receiver high overhead is to use the delay start and turn on LED notifications, set the receiver to stop by epoch co...

11 years ago
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