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Mark Mayer
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RE: Is it a Subdivision?

To reiterate what I said earlier - the academic question of whether these should still be seperate lots or not is of no consequence. What matters is i...

1 year ago
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RE: Is it a Subdivision?

Here in Oregon there is the time before the Subdivision Control Act of 1963, and the time after (technically, there is also the 10 year period the law...

1 year ago
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RE: Boots Again

I had my Danner Rain Forest boots rebuilt a couple years ago. It cost a couple hundred dollars and took a couple weeks. About half the price of a new ...

1 year ago
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RE: Unimproved alleys

The alley is a public right of way and, therefore, cannot be adversely possessed. Application could be made to have it vacated. That line that extends...

1 year ago
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RE: Bringing control to a site

@bc-surveyor the precision is one thing and the freedom from blunders is another. Properly done, it is hard to f up a level loop and easy to trap an...

1 year ago
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RE: Bringing control to a site

When you say "Static better than RTK..." do you mean that from what you've seen you'd trust a static OPUS solution to be more accurate than, say a 3 m...

1 year ago
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RE: Bringing control to a site

This company really likes to take out a level whenever they can. We rarely did this back home ... A. Levelling is the very best way - in terms of a...

1 year ago
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RE: Gps pole height

@lukenz I agree. In the earliest days of GPS maybe. The documentation for my Leica GS18 makes no mention of antenna orientation. I’m confident that ...

1 year ago
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RE: Pavement Creep, and PK nail moving

One more reason to not rely on MAG nails, especially those hammered into asphalt, for control in the medium to long term.

1 year ago
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RE: Equipment for solo fieldwork

is there a more specific name for the type of robots you are referring to? Try "Robotic Total Station".

1 year ago
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RE: Disclaimers

I remember a case in Arizona a few years ago where the contract limited the liabilitiy to the cost of the engineering design, and it was upheld. Th...

1 year ago
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RE: Computer advice - college

Stop making your college age son's problems your own. Give him a reasonable computer allowance. Whatever he doesn't spend is his to keep, but he gets ...

1 year ago
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RE: Clueless client

I doubt that this person is really a serious buyer of 2 apartment sites if he is expecting a survey for $1900, or even $4800. Just a trifler.

1 year ago
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RE: Elevation Data Accuracy/Precision/Error

When doing work of this type I use a digital level to determine the height of the top of the PVC well pipe. With such a device relative elevations of ...

1 year ago
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RE: Leading Zero

Both are correct. I use 1), thinking being that I prefer not to have negative space in the writings. But 2) is perfectly valid.

1 year ago
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