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RE: Least Squares Adjustment Training

I would look into StarNet software and videos unless you're looking at how to form matrices based on observation equations. If it is the latter, I'd l...

6 years ago
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RE: Using a boundary completed by others

This happens all the time in New Jersey. Surveyor A does a survey. Surveyor B is asked to do a subdivision. Surveyor A is required by law to sign the ...

6 years ago
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RE: Disclosure of Surveys in California

I would think that a survey is only public record if it is used for transfer of title. Do you have to record everything regardless of why it was surve...

6 years ago
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RE: What makes a survey?

A lot of maps are rerecorded. Example:?ÿ i subdivide 500 acres and file the map. I now own all the lots but I don't like the layout. A year later I su...

6 years ago
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RE: NGS Webinar Apr 25 on the fate of the US Survey foot

yeah, I had a brain fart when I typed the fraction. I use the fraction you stated to convert back and forth.    

6 years ago
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RE: SPCS 2022 - Get Involved

GPS coordinates are the result of distances calculated by intersections based on timing from satellites and baseline observations. Coordinates fall d...

6 years ago
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RE: NGS map of geoid changes

When does this go into effect or is this just a test bridge to the next datum?

6 years ago
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RE: Question on Client - Surveyor Relationship

In my state, you can not be an expert witness if it is your work being questioned. A third party surveyor would have to be called in.

6 years ago
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RE: "Plot Plans" again

A plot plan in my area refers to proposed features which had to be signed off by an engineer. Unless we're pointing out how uneducated the attorney is...

6 years ago
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RE: NGS Webinar Apr 25 on the fate of the US Survey foot

Saw it happen first hand with a county plan done in meters. Someone decided to multiply the coords by 3.2808 instead of 3700/1200.   Needless t...

6 years ago
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RE: NGS Webinar Apr 25 on the fate of the US Survey foot

Converting coordinates from meters to US survey feet vs the international foot can lead up to a foot and a half discrepancy.

6 years ago
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RE: Tribal Subdivision??

Do you have to be a cfed to do this kind of work?

6 years ago
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RE: Backsight elevation check values

Just to eliminate the obvious... Leica instruments do not measure to the center of the scope for height. It has a special braket and tape to measure d...

6 years ago
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RE: Work at home surveyor?

I was wondering why you insulted the Mrs. but then I noticed your user name

6 years ago
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RE: Looking for a copy of BOundary Control and Legal Principles, 1st Ed.

Is the canal man made? If so, it is not subject to accretion or erosion. The same is true in New Jersey with man-made lagoons where tide waters did no...

6 years ago
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RE: Sources for val maps.

If all else fails, historical societies may have them and give them up so you can copy them if you poke them gently.

6 years ago
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RE: Don't Everyone Rush To Apply For That Cushy Government Job At Once....

what's the health insurance premium that the county guy is not going to pay for and what are the level of benefits?

6 years ago
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RE: Stamp Design defined by Law?

NJ also has required dimensions and language to appear on the seal.

6 years ago
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RE: Field Note Retention After Scanning

If a file is requested by our board, it has to be in physical form. I'm almost wanting to implement a PDF signing procedure so that the digital copy c...

6 years ago
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RE: Oldest recommended GPS system?

That's photo though. You know what you're?ÿ getting into when you do photogrammetry. Imagine using a dated GPS system thinking you are tight. Let alon...

6 years ago
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