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Joined: June 7, 2016 10:44 am
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RE: Rounding Error

Many years ago when calcs were printed on dot matrix printers and the lot fronts didn't add up to the total along a long tangent on the RW, a mentor l...

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RE: Typo of the day

Years ago I saw an ad for a new total station model in a professional magazine like POB back in the day. The ad touted the accuracy as 5 inches in the...

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RE: How do you relax and take your mind away from work?

We always take a week at the end of June for a family vacation. This year we rented a house in Fort Bragg, Ca. I also have access to a cabin in the hi...

5 years ago
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RE: On the philosophy of chainsaws

I cut between 2-5 cords of oak a year for personal use. Nothing worse than cutting with a dull chain. I am VERY careful to never let the moving chain ...

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RE: NGS Benchmarks

@rankin_file?ÿ Pam Fromhertz was the advisor there before Brian Shaw. Brian was a geodesist at NGS HQ in Silver Spring, MD prior to that. He worked o...

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RE: Mentoring

My perspective on the topic: ?ÿ

5 years ago
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RE: Technician Certifications and Experience, by Value

You cannot be hired into our surveyor series without an LSIT (EIT acceptable) or 4-year degree from an ABET accredited surveying/geomatics program. We...

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RE: Found GPS Receiver

When I was in college I rented a room in a house in a neighboring small town. I came home from school one day and there was a tripod, tribrach and sin...

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RE: What are the top 5 things a Survey Party Chief needs to know...

Quite a few years ago a colleague at the state agency I worked for used a tactic in interviews that I thought was brilliant. He supervised staff that ...

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RE: New to SurveyorConnect

Welcome, Evan. Others will provide book recommendations. Here are a few geodesy related online lessons available from the NGS that will augment your l...

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