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Williwaw
Williwaw
@williwaw
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Joined: December 12, 2012 5:31 pm
Last seen: June 4, 2026 10:08 am
Topics: 278 / Replies: 3336
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RE: “What does a surveyor do?” Spiel

Hey Mr. What're you doing? Surveying What's that? Measuring property lines using angles and distances. Cool. Does it pay good? Yep, most of the time. ...

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RE: One Man Crews

There are pros and cons to every arrangement. Aside from the buddy system if something goes sideways or someone is injured, many times having two peop...

2 years ago
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RE: Increased solar activity

Sort of related. I'm usually looking to get an idea of how strong the northern lights might get here. Really haven't had any significant problems with...

2 years ago
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RE: Beginner "Land Surveying and Mapping Technology"

If you want to take the quickest and easiest route to getting licensed as a surveyor in Texas, your best bet is to enroll in a university that offers ...

2 years ago
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RE: Traversing after free station

I believe it comes down to having a closed traverse whereby each leg of the traverse is dependent upon the other legs with the intention of closing ba...

2 years ago
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RE: Railroad "Val Maps", what map projection are they drawn to?

I'm at around 62 degrees latitude north. When it comes to placing things on the ground is where we come in. When engineers put too much faith in those...

2 years ago
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RE: Railroad "Val Maps", what map projection are they drawn to?

Two words. Rubber sheet. This pretty much illustrates why GIS stands for Get It Surveyed. If you have some real world WGS coordinates along the length...

2 years ago
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RE: Lot Split Application Requirements

You don't. Around here it's the utility companies that sign off on that. Their opportunity to weigh in if the proposed adjustment will impact them.

2 years ago
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RE: What Do You Call Paint Marks?

You know the locate paint marks are a bit sketchy when you run into the locator in the field putting them down using divining rods.

2 years ago
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RE: Only seeing GPS & GLONASS on a R10-1 Rover with R8-4 Base - Survey Pro 6.8

If I'm not mistaken we had to go through the dealer in order to get those constellations working in our receivers. Pay to play.

2 years ago
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RE: 4 year degree requirement

Where I feel very fortunate is that I was able to get licensed based on my AAS degree and work experience because having gone back to school in my 30s...

2 years ago
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RE: Go Boldly to the ASPLS 2024 Conference

I'll be there if anyone needs that little extra incentive to visit Anchorage in February. ⛄

2 years ago
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RE: Confirmation what is this

Given that the bottom shows signs of having been broken off of something at one time, I'm going to say that if it is part of an old boundary monument,...

2 years ago
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