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How much to survey 3 million acres? That had to be the first question in 1880 when Texas needed help. The Rest of the Story I was doing a bit of research on the famous XIT Ranch in the Panhandle of Texas that covered most of...

ICYMI: How much to survey 3 million acres? #Texas #surveying #XITRanch #realestate #landmanagement

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Weird EDM Error I have been using EDMs for over 40 years and I've never seen this happen before. Was recently doing a boundary & topo and I'm now doing the mapping. Ran across one point that's several...

Weird EDM Error #EDM #Surveying #Geospatial #Mapping #Topography

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Anyone ever use this GNSS? So I received an advertisement in my news feed for a GNSS from a company named EMLID. Anyone got any feedback on their equipment?

ICYMI: Anyone ever use this GNSS? #GNSS #Geodesy #EMLID #Surveying #Technology

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Bronze tablet marking corner with private owners name I’m looking for photos and records of corner markers with the name of the former private property owner in a bronze tablet set in concrete. I remember some I found decades ago with a rectang...

Bronze tablet marking corner with private owners name #Surveying #PropertyMarkers #BronzeTablet #LandSurveying #CornerMarkers

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Don’t you just love fence company’s!!! I was setting my backsight up and as I dropped the legs I felt one of them hit something metal. Well would you look at that, it’s the corner I was already looking for but a fence company dec...

ICYMI: Don’t you just love fence company’s!!! #fencecompany #surveying #construction #landscaping #propertylines

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Too Good to be true If this is not in the proper forum please tell me and I will re-post. I was surfing Ebay the other day and saw this: Leica TS16 P 1" R500 Robotic Total Station CS20 3.75G Prism. This is c...

Too Good to be true #TotalStation #LeicaTS16 #Surveying #RoboticTotalStation #Engineering

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How much to survey 3 million acres? That had to be the first question in 1880 when Texas needed help. The Rest of the Story I was doing a bit of research on the famous XIT Ranch in the Panhandle of Texas that covered most of...

How much to survey 3 million acres? #Surveying #XITRanch #TexasHistory #LandSurvey #Agriculture

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It's that time of year When the TV weathermen break in to regular programming to tell you what everyone else is facing. It's never your house or your office or the event where you have friends and family in atten...

ICYMI: It's that time of year #Weather #SeasonsChange #Meteorology #TVWeather #FamilyTime

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Professor Robert J. Schultz, legendary Oregon educator Rest in peace Bob Schultz. You're the lead figure on the Oregon Mt. Rushmore of Surveying

ICYMI: RIP: Professor Robert J. Schultz, legendary Oregon educator #RestInPeace #BobSchultz #OregonEducation #Surveying #LegendaryEducator

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Emlid RS4 as a UHF base for Trimble or Leica Rovers Hello, Just wondering if anyone has got the RS4 working as a base effectively for Leica or Trimble rovers in UHF mode? By looking at the specifications it should work for either. L...

Emlid RS4 as a UHF base for Trimble or Leica Rovers #GNSS #Surveying #Geodesy #Trimble #Leica

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Survey Hack Inner tube hack for stamp sets. We been using bicycle tubes for a while now. They can help for a number of tasks.

ICYMI: Survey Hack #SurveyHacks #BicycleTube #DIYProjects #LifeHacks #Stamping

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Unplug the computer and then plug it back in We chuckle when we see cartoons or stories involving computer technicians passing out guidance on how to fix what seems to be an insurmountable problem with a computer. Yesterday afternoon ...

Unplug the computer and then plug it back in #TechTips #ComputerRepair #Troubleshooting #ITSupport #GeekHumor

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How to Keep My Base Station Cool How do ambient and radiant temperatures affect the performance of my base station? I'm in central Florida, and my base station was cooking for about 5 hours yesterday while setup on white gr...

How to Keep My Base Station Cool #BaseStation #RadioCommunication #Surveying #Antenna #TechTips

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Service Manual SX10 Hello colleagues,I have been searching for the Service Manual for the Trimble SX10 for over 2 years. I managed to fix the M0 error on the instrument, but I am now observing a deviation betwe...

ICYMI: Service Manual SX10 #TrimbleSX10 #Surveying #ServiceManual #M0Error #Geospatial

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RX1250TC shows as GX1200 after battery replacement - identity lost Hello everyone,I have a Leica RX1250Tc controller (S/N 304196, Equipment No. 2328456) that lost its identity after the internal backup battery was completely drained and then replaced.Curren...

ICYMI: RX1250TC shows as GX1200 after battery replacement - identity lost #Leica #GNSS #Geodesy #RX1250TC #GX1200

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Anyone ever use this GNSS? So I received an advertisement in my news feed for a GNSS from a company named EMLID. Anyone got any feedback on their equipment?

Anyone ever use this GNSS? #GNSS #EMLID #Geodesy #Surveying #GPS

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Don’t you just love fence company’s!!! I was setting my backsight up and as I dropped the legs I felt one of them hit something metal. Well would you look at that, it’s the corner I was already looking for but a fence company dec...

Don’t you just love fence company’s!!! #Surveying #FenceCompany #Construction #LandSurveyor #SurveyingLife

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I just don’t get people Come in this morning and see an email from an engineer that’s been overseeing a couple million dollar project to shore up several erosion dikes with riprap. Says he thinks a new home going i...

ICYMI: I just don’t get people #Engineering #ProjectManagement #Construction #CivilEngineering #ErosionControl

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Project Teasing One thing I've quickly come to notice since making the move to my own business is the crazy amount of project teasing that seems to go on. "Oh, I've got ABC thing coming up and I'll need he...

ICYMI: Project Teasing #ProjectTeasing #EntrepreneurLife #BusinessStrategy #StartupCulture #CreativeProjects

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IRS "Real Estate Professional" Are there any fellow survey firm owners that also own rental properties? Trying to see if anyone has been able to qualify as a "Real Estate Professional" on their tax returns

ICYMI: IRS "Real Estate Professional" #RealEstateProfessional #TaxReturns #RentalProperties #IRS #TaxTips

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What is the P.C. For Ball Prisms I bought a couple magnetic ball prisms from Amazon and am struggling to find the P.C. for them. Does anyone know where I could find that information? The brand is YTVOGUE. TIA

ICYMI: What is the P.C. For Ball Prisms #BallPrisms #MagneticPrisms #YTVOGUE #AmazonFinds #Surveying

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It's that time of year When the TV weathermen break in to regular programming to tell you what everyone else is facing. It's never your house or your office or the event where you have friends and family in atten...

It's that time of year #WinterWeather #WeatherAlert #StormSeason #SevereWeather #StaySafe

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Professor Robert J. Schultz, legendary Oregon educator Rest in peace Bob Schultz. You're the lead figure on the Oregon Mt. Rushmore of Surveying

RIP: Professor Robert J. Schultz, legendary Oregon educator #BobSchultz #OregonEducator #Surveying #RestInPeace #Oregon

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Survey Hack Inner tube hack for stamp sets. We been using bicycle tubes for a while now. They can help for a number of tasks.

Survey Hack #SurveyHack #InnerTubeHack #BicycleTubes #DIYProjects #LifeHacks

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Using AI in your survey workflow I saw a post on FB asking about folks using AI in their workflow and most responses were along the lines of, no. In a way I am not too surprised but at the same time a bit surprised. Today...

ICYMI: Using AI in your survey workflow #AI #SurveyWorkflow #ArtificialIntelligence #DataAnalysis #Surveys

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Service Manual SX10 Hello colleagues,I have been searching for the Service Manual for the Trimble SX10 for over 2 years. I managed to fix the M0 error on the instrument, but I am now observing a deviation betwe...

Service Manual SX10 #Trimble #SX10 #Surveying #ServiceManual #Engineering

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When you feel you absolutely know something, go watch a reel by this fellow Then learn how ignorant you really are. First, learn the difference between a day and a sidereal day. Then learn what a second in time is. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson facebook.com...

ICYMI: When you feel you absolutely know something, go watch a reel by this fellow #Astrophysics #NeilDeGrasseTyson #ScienceEducation #Learning #Curiosity

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RX1250TC shows as GX1200 after battery replacement - identity lost Hello everyone,I have a Leica RX1250Tc controller (S/N 304196, Equipment No. 2328456) that lost its identity after the internal backup battery was completely drained and then replaced.Curren...

RX1250TC shows as GX1200 after battery replacement - identity lost #Leica #RX1250TC #GNSS #Geodesy #Surveying

1 week ago 1 0 0 0

I just don’t get people Come in this morning and see an email from an engineer that’s been overseeing a couple million dollar project to shore up several erosion dikes with riprap. Says he thinks a new home going i...

I just don’t get people #Engineering #ProjectManagement #Construction #EnvironmentalEngineering #ErosionControl

1 week ago 0 0 0 0

Project Teasing One thing I've quickly come to notice since making the move to my own business is the crazy amount of project teasing that seems to go on. "Oh, I've got ABC thing coming up and I'll need he...

Project Teasing #ProjectTeasing #BusinessGrowth #EntrepreneurLife #StartupJourney #SmallBusiness

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