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Joined: March 16, 2012 1:47 pm
Last seen: September 29, 2026 9:47 am
Topics: 14 / Replies: 991
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RE: Bearing rotation stake out error

Sounds like everything rotated if your still off the intended rotation #.?ÿ I'm with Lurker, never rotate your field data, ever.?ÿ In fact we don't r...

5 years ago
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RE: Does This Sound Reasonable To Other Surveying Professionals?

Question, did you ever speak to the PLS that was in charge of your earlier survey??ÿ ?ÿ wazoo gps unit in a heavily treed site 6 years ago does not so...

5 years ago
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RE: Did you meet your business or career goals for 2021?

I'm all set on career goals, no more tests, no more licenses.?ÿ I am content there. Business-wise:?ÿ Worked about that same as last year about 50 per...

5 years ago
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RE: Rate Increase

6+ % depending on the position.

5 years ago
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RE: What controls?

I am dealing with this very issue right now.?ÿ Lots of old concreted monuments shown on a few surveys in the area with no 2 surveyors holding the same...

5 years ago
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RE: Well, At Least They Didn't Destroy It...

Some of our most often used long term control points are set in irrigation boxes.?ÿ

5 years ago
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RE: An unusual survey spike

They are most commonly found at road intersections and are most commonly found to be out of place and/or no record of where it came from.

5 years ago
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RE: An unusual survey spike

We find spikes all the time in WA, but never in ID.?ÿ

5 years ago
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RE: Roundabout

@holy-cow The schools don't teach drivers ed in my area, they leave that to the private businesses.?ÿ They don't teach about roundabouts in driver's e...

5 years ago
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RE: Trimble r12i versus Spectra SP80

@thebionicman We haven't had any issues with ours. No complaints at all and it has increased productivity significantly in tough GPS areas.

5 years ago
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RE: Digital Certificates

We use Identrust.?ÿ In my states all digital signatures must be verifiable through a 3rd party and must be locked with no changes allowed once signed....

5 years ago
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RE: Cheapest drone LiDAR and photogrammetry?

Not only the software, but the ability to use the software!

5 years ago
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RE: Feedback from other Surveyors

Sounds like an overall management/company issue to me.?ÿ Your Boss has a boss and he answer's to him, he/she might be in the same position you and and...

5 years ago
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RE: Proposed easements

Around here existing easements are typically (not always) labeled as such on plats.?ÿ New easements are simply labeled as easements, such as 10' utili...

5 years ago
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RE: BAD DESIGN

@bstrand?ÿ I did that just recently during my QA/QC of a plat.?ÿ Turns out that was a bad thing as I suddenly shrunk the buildable?ÿ area of the lot ...

5 years ago
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RE: Stockpile Volume Calcs with UAV

@jmfleming Watch your line of sight with scanning total stations.?ÿ This bit us on a recent stockpile survey because we couldn't see to the bottom in ...

5 years ago
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RE: Typo of the day

While not a typo it fits the topic.?ÿ I remember back in the 90s an engineer marked up a set of plans for drafting edits and put a big red circle arou...

5 years ago
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RE: Moving a license of trimble access to another DC

Ben nailed it.?ÿ This is what you'll need to do.?ÿ In many instances it's simply easier and quicker and more efficient to get a new license for you ne...

5 years ago
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RE: c3d to microstation conversion

Not without many headaches.?ÿ The only thing we convert between the 2 is surfaces and this is only because of most insane surface editing/processing c...

5 years ago
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