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RE: Where did you go to college and would you recommend it? Did anyone select interning instead of a degree?

I started out when I was 15 in 1991 as a rod man during my summer breaks ƒ??off the booksƒ? until I was old enough to get working papers. I went to s...

3 years ago
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RE: Do all grids not align to true north?

Read up on geodetic surveying. Plane Surveying is simple. Geodetic surveying ƒ?? not so much

3 years ago
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RE: That Pythagoras guy

I knew a developer who wouldnƒ??t put in all the sidewalks in an apartment complex until he saw where the paths were cut from the people picking the b...

3 years ago
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RE: Adverse Claim

Is the line fenced?

3 years ago
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RE: Accuracy of Drone Surveying

@eagle1215 what ken is eluding to is that any two points will make a line, but you cannot test the constraints of the points compared to the rest of t...

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

If a sniper and a crime scene investigator had a child, it'd be me. "I set up that instrument to shoot the evidence so that I can determine where thi...

4 years ago
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RE: How to get 3D GPS positions from geographic latitude, longitude and altitude?

@bill93 right My line of thought was when receiving data from outside sources. You better know which type of Lat Long you're using. Also, you need t...

4 years ago
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RE: How to get 3D GPS positions from geographic latitude, longitude and altitude?

You have to be careful here. What is the basis of Lat and Long? ?ÿ Geodetic or Geocentric? You have to know what you're dealing with so you can make...

4 years ago
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RE: Setting Up Primary Control

The key here is what is your elevation nice sea level? What is the distance between your control points? ?ÿ

4 years ago
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RE: Peanut prisms - not as accurate as Traverse prisms?

What is the accuracy spec that is provided by the manufacturer for the peanut prism? It should have a +/- mm that may explain your error. Also, you c...

4 years ago
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RE: SMI Transfer Software 7

I can put it on a google drive and share it with you. Just let me find out first. I believe I have it backed up on one of my machines

4 years ago
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RE: asking for LSIT requirement

@dave-lindell the head of my surveying department ran several classes. He sometimes would have two answers on his exams that were the same, but one ha...

4 years ago
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