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Williwaw
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Topics: 254 / Replies: 3067
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RE: Coordinate System

@mercer That's all good, but you're seeking simple answers to not so simple problems. There's a lot more to it than just figuring out which buttons to...

2 years ago
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RE: Coordinate System

You might want to consider taking some formal training. It's sort of a recipe for disaster if you don't understand the various projections you would b...

2 years ago
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RE: Think before you answer

None of them. It's a cartoon.

2 years ago
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RE: Solo Operators dealing with injuries

@michigan-left Gauranteed for life ??? That's scary. been buying the Wigwam socks (made in U.S.) with Redwing boots (made in U.S.) which are grea...

2 years ago
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RE: Surveys, Guns, and Racism ... Oh my!

@firestix Your call. I've had weapons drawn on me at least three times in the last twenty years and in every instance had I drawn a weapon of my own I...

2 years ago
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RE: Surveys, Guns, and Racism ... Oh my!

Carry firearms are (can be) relatively inexpensive. Until somebody gets hurt. I've yet to see a survey worth somebody getting hurt. My personal ru...

2 years ago
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RE: Surveys, Guns, and Racism ... Oh my!

Had a job like that once. Soon as I confirmed the corner hadn't been moved for my client the fruit cake neighbor came out that night and moved it.

2 years ago
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RE: Solo Operators dealing with injuries

So thirty years later I learn that I wasn’t indestructible after all. Sort of, ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’, to which I now say, what do...

2 years ago
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RE: Solo Operators dealing with injuries

My lower back goes out couple times a year. About only thing helps is lots of walking and doing yoga plank and others to keep up core strength. I swea...

2 years ago
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RE: Working for a Surveyor that does not understand GPS.

Just about any surveying work you'll encounter is going to require a working knowledge of using GPS. Old school conventional is also important but the...

2 years ago
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RE: Last corner of the day

@richard-germiller Record snow year here. Number of roof collapses. In a couple weeks it’s all going to begin to rot and what comes after that will ma...

2 years ago
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RE: Last corner of the day

@holy-cow About 3’. Snow there was closer to 5’. Had to clear a couple feet to get any ring and by the time I got down to the darn thing, the hole was...

2 years ago
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RE: Not your standard set of Record of Survey Notes

@michigan-left I guess has a lot to do with most of these guy’s didn’t get into using GPS until much later in their careers, so projections and such a...

2 years ago
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RE: Not your standard set of Record of Survey Notes

@michigan-left Standard practice around here. He’s done a local projection, SF 1.0, with north determined from that location. Easy to follow assuming ...

2 years ago
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RE: Not your standard set of Record of Survey Notes

In the ‘what it’s worth’ department, the original ‘94 center 1/4 monument is shown ~3’ to the west with a tie on this ROS. The headache for me is virt...

2 years ago
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RE: Not your standard set of Record of Survey Notes

he didn't break down the section. Correct.

2 years ago
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