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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: WEATHER

We got hit with three back to back storms that dumped 3-5ƒ?? of snow. My first rule of thumb is to avoid driving until the weather has stabilized and ...

3 years ago
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RE: Closure of Meander Line for Lake

@williwaw?ÿ I agree with trying to find a error in the description rather than closure. That being said, I am under the impression that the Meander L...

3 years ago
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RE: Not A Current Hire, But....

Utility work is my bread and butter. There is a lot of federal money earmarked for expanding broadband access and the energy grid and we've never been...

3 years ago
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RE: Closure of Meander Line for Lake

I don't think using any kind of adjustment is appropriate with that large of a bust. First thing I do is inverse through each of the legs and double c...

3 years ago
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RE: Published BM?

In my world .023' is balls on, but without knowing how well it compares to the surrounding BM's in the network and having some reasonable confidence o...

3 years ago
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RE: Data Processing

Our field equipment is all Trimble.?ÿ We like it.?ÿ Our survey drafting software is all Carlson.?ÿ We like it too. Here's where the problem comes in....

3 years ago
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RE: Setting up control for construction site

The sarcasm force is strong with this one.

3 years ago
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RE: Trimble tsc 3 to computer data downloading software

Requires some tweeking of the registry but have had luck getting it to work in Windows 10. Same tweek might work in 11, worth a try.

3 years ago
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RE: We need another category: dumb stuff you hear

As-built has two different meanings to a surveyor and an engineer. To him it's a red stamp on the plans that show any mark ups where an inspector docu...

3 years ago
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RE: View from the field

?ÿ Can I come down there and just follow you around with a Yeti cooler full of ice and beer. Wonƒ??t get in your way at all. View of my neighborhood...

4 years ago
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RE: The Doctrine of "Straight Forewardism"

Sounds like hitting the ƒ??easy buttonƒ?? because to do a proper survey would mean client would have to pay for a proper survey and they canƒ??t or wo...

4 years ago
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RE: Calamity of a survey

What makes this story such a chuckle to me is it involved a former employer and their offices. I'd only worked a summer for them before I was even a P...

4 years ago
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RE: Corner Crossing

@mightymoe I'm more curious than anything else. Clearly public lands landlocked by private property are inaccessible to the public by means of steppin...

4 years ago
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RE: New to TBC.

Try using this here. Trimble has a simple free utility for converting files to the Rinex format. You can also submit files in the Trimble .dat format ...

4 years ago
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RE: Professional Land Surveyor - California

Continually required to talk or hear?ÿ I'm out.

4 years ago
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RE: Do you know any good advertisers?

Just donƒ??t go the Elon Musk Twitter route. Personally Iƒ??d prefer every few months or even twice a year you did a pledge drive sort of like public ...

4 years ago
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RE: Problem with a surveyor - fraud?

A great deal depends on the type of system being installed. If it's being engineered by a PE, that would indicate to me that this a more sophisticated...

4 years ago
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