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RE: USGS Volcanoes...Mt. St Helens. 40 Years Ago!! Surveying Theodolite Mentioned... 🙂

I remember the dates because I was living on campus at College of the Redwoods in Eureka and our cars were covered with ash for days.

5 years ago
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RE: Cool video

I serve as a State Geodetic Coordinator and more than half of the inquiries I receive are regarding monument destruction, or imperiled monuments. For ...

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RE: Things in your office that are no longer used

@oldpacer I forgot about the Acu-Arc. I used one of those a lot back in the hand drafting days.

5 years ago
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RE: Things in your office that are no longer used

My daughter is discovering her artistic talents at the age of 21. We gave her various art supplies for Christmas, including an erasing shield. She had...

5 years ago
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RE: Careful out there

Several of us even got them at work and we work for the government. Yes, they got reported to IT security.

5 years ago
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RE: Stay at Home Orders - one week in...

Yesterday I tore apart a 104 year old gas lantern (like a Coleman) and serviced, cleaned, and polished it. I need to have a critical part made for it ...

5 years ago
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RE: So what's everyone in any kind of Quarantine doing?

@ric-moore Terry Peterson, if I remember correctly???  

5 years ago
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RE: OPUS Projects -- TRI Network Design

Jim, I recommend you contact Dan Gillins at NGS. If there is a way to do it, he will know. daniel.gillins@noaa.gov

5 years ago
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RE: You know it's going to be a bad day...

@holy-cow   When I was about 6 and my brother was 4, we brought a Peking duck home from my grandma's house because she had no room for it. It l...

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RE: Things found while surveying

@john-putnam Sadly it appears it was surveyors who found the remains of this young girl last week:      

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RE: Things found while surveying

@david3038 Made me think of "Second Hand Lions." ?ÿ

5 years ago
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RE: Anyone hear the NGS webinar on gravity?

@geeoddmike Only about 29' worth. Dr. Joseph Poland, USGS. It has wreaked havoc with the California Aqueduct over the years.   

5 years ago
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RE: Anyone hear the NGS webinar on gravity?

@olemanriver We had an NGS CORS (P565) that was about 24 cm lower than the 2010.00 datasheet value because of subsidence. The ellipsoid height was re...

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RE: Anyone hear the NGS webinar on gravity?

@olemanriver I have never met Ross in person, but I have spoken with him many times. I have met many other NGS HQ staff however and work very closely...

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RE: Anyone hear the NGS webinar on gravity?

@olemanriver Ha, I will get her side of the story. I am a State Geodetic Coordinator, so I have interacted with her on many things related to trainin...

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RE: Anyone hear the NGS webinar on gravity?

@olemanriver Erika, as in Little? If so, I have conversed with her many times over the years.  

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