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Joined: November 13, 2011 4:45 pm
Topics: 85 / Replies: 1435
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RE: How To Explain Basis Of Bearings To Non-Surveyors?

Never mind Non-Surveyors, I would be happyIf I could explain it to some professionals I have dealt with."More or less to" is another good one.

10 years ago
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RE: How to use LaPlace without understanding what it is!

Is predictive text doing all the capitalization?Funny!

10 years ago
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RE: 81-Year-Old Triangle Blaze

But you are supposed to "shoot" benchmarks aren't you?

10 years ago
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RE: Venus! Star shot help

Venus! Star shot help (stop watch vs. time?)Ah! thanks for the clarification.The problem may be in the calculation of the Local Hour Angle LHA.

10 years ago
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RE: Venus! Star shot help

Venus! Star shot help (stop watch vs. time?)Is the observation not dependent on accurate time like a star shot is?

10 years ago
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RE: Pinpointer

Aren't those designed to ignore the things we surveyors are looking for?

10 years ago
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RE: What's better than wood stakes for property lines?

I will usually set a 40d flagged nail and 16" stake for a P.O.L. and the owner is walked along the lines when done. Let them spend the $1.20 per point...

10 years ago
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RE: Survey Assistant Duties

Company policy #1 - Leave your phone in your pocket or the truck.Assuming you are talking about the crew and down time due to the chief calculating or...

10 years ago
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RE: We've all seen it.

[sarcasm]What is a field book? Is that another program in the thingy I push buttons on?[/sarcasm]

10 years ago
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RE: Things I never did before I became a business owner

> 2. Get aggravated by party chiefs who call every 30 minutes but can't seem to find their phone when you need em.>Many years ago as a young PC,...

10 years ago
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RE: Real world problem based on the curve stationing below.

I downloaded the rest of the sheets of this plan set. The equation stations on the curves I can read do not seem to have any consistency. The PC+2T ...

10 years ago
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RE: Research questions

Thanks,Sent an email to the contact Don M. on their website.

10 years ago
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RE: Real world problem based on the curve stationing below.

Another curve in the same set of plans yields PC+2T=Ahead, but that answer does not look right with whatever is there no matter how much my imaginatio...

10 years ago
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RE: Where's the fault, or, Not a Survey Problem!

I was thinking a utility right on centerline. It would be the sewer main in this area.

10 years ago
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RE: Research questions

That one is the culprit Jim.Fine by me. The tracks are gone and the owner thought he owned it anyway so we will file for quiet title.

10 years ago
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RE: field notes

JUST PUT A DARN NORTH ARROW ON THE SKETCH! For sketches in the field book, it is any way you can. Most field book sketches are much more convenient to...

10 years ago
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RE: 5ftx4ftx16" set sandstone

Makes one wonder what kind of beastly labor was the surveyor in command of. Approximately 27 cubic feet at 150 pounds per cubic foot is quite the monu...

10 years ago
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RE: Compound Curve Calculation Help

Drawing in the radial lines makes these kind of problems much easier to envision the answers.The big question is: Which definition of the PI station i...

10 years ago
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