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Joined: June 7, 2016 10:44 am
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RE: GNSS for earthquake detection

@geeoddmike I have worked with Yehuda for years though the CSRC and attended several meetings with him and others to brief CalOES on the importance o...

5 years ago
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RE: GNSS for earthquake detection

Yes, the stations need to be broadcasting in real-time. I didn't read the article, but have been in MANY meetings where this was discussed. Convention...

5 years ago
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RE: I couldn't run away from home if I wanted to

@holy-cow I have a second cousin named Kym. It's two syllables in Texas - Ky'um.

5 years ago
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RE: I couldn't run away from home if I wanted to

My dad taught at a small high school in California for almost 35 years. He knew everyone, or they knew him. That was true for several neighboring coun...

5 years ago
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RE: Be careful out there

I had to "dispatch" about a 300 pound black bear in my camp in 2016. I was one of four people in the whole campground, the other three were my late br...

5 years ago
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RE: Former contributors to this site and predecessors---deceased

Ryan was quite young and it was very much a shock. He was a student in one of my one-day classes just a few weeks before he passed and that was the fi...

5 years ago
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RE: Datum Pairing

@bushaxe Totally understood. We have recovered NGVD29 marks in the valley floors of California and tied them into NAVD88 based projects (not as const...

5 years ago
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RE: Datum Pairing

@bushaxe Many people don't know that NGVD29 was named "The Sea Level Datum of 1929" until NGS renamed it in 1973, as it did not represent mean sea le...

5 years ago
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RE: Datum Pairing

I use this image in presentations that I give. The velocities shown (mm/year) were extracted from the NGS utility HTDP at specific control point locat...

5 years ago
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RE: Datum Pairing

@jitterboogie Here you go then. A California colleague and friend authored this. ?ÿ

5 years ago
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RE: Datum Pairing

@jitterboogie Likely 1991.35, which is the epoch date of our HPGN, known as HARN elsewhere. There are still areas of California where the HPGN values...

5 years ago
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RE: NGS reply to question of offset GPS obs to vertically-set BMs

That is unfortunate because based on my experiences, NGS requires the use of a single piece rod to comply with the cited FGCS specifications: Please ...

5 years ago
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RE: Control errors using CRTN

I suggest contacting Dr. Bock at CRTN to help understand the root of your issue. If he can't address it, there are others (users of CRTN) who he can r...

5 years ago
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RE: Anyone ƒ??attending ƒ?? the NGS Geospatial Summit starting tomorrow?

As a State Geodetic Coordinator for the past 5 years I have attended almost every NGS webinar and presentation on the NSRS Modernization in addition t...

5 years ago
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RE: The US versus International foot on TV

I got an email from an NGS employee to alert me to it. I emailed Michael this morning and he said the trophy is marked "Made in China" so it is clearl...

5 years ago
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RE: Tell us you're a surveyor without saying you're a surveyor

I am a combination of treasure hunter, legal scholar, researcher, evidence analyzer, oath taker, arbitrator, business person, explorer, mathematician,...

5 years ago
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RE: Your longest shot with a total station

In about 1979 on my first job as a party chief, we shot something a little over 13,000 feet in the cool of the morning in the mountains with an HP3810...

5 years ago
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