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I'm at a dilemna We are moving out of state and as I've been going through boxes of "stuff" in the attic to pitch or move I came across a box containing some old survey "stuff". "Evidence and Procedures for...

ICYMI: I'm at a dilemna #MovingOut #Dilemma #PackingTips #Decluttering #OldMemories

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Never say never about the flood plain Borrowed the quote and photo below from Meta for an example of flood plain thinking. Somewhere in Nebraska. No connection to me. "Wednesday was an Exciting day! We moved our 191...

ICYMI: Never say never about the flood plain #FloodPlain #EnvironmentalAwareness #Sustainability #UrbanPlanning #Nebraska

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CGSIC to be held April 20, 21. Virtual and In Person My agency (National Park Service) is co-chair this year. The annual Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC) has shifted venues, and will be held on 20 & 21 April 2026 at the De...

ICYMI: CGSIC to be held April 20, 21. Virtual and In Person #CGSIC #GPS #NationalParkService #VirtualEvent #InPersonEvent

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Adjustment Computations, Sixth Edition and GNSS Hello, I am looking for a text that will help me understand a least squares adjustment on a boundary survey and project control. There are not many people around here that survey with a tot...

ICYMI: Adjustment Computations, Sixth Edition and GNSS #Surveying #Geodesy #GNSS #BoundarySurvey #ProjectControl

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CGSIC to be held April 20, 21. Virtual and In Person My agency (National Park Service) is co-chair this year. The annual Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC) has shifted venues, and will be held on 20 & 21 April 2026 at the De...

ICYMI: CGSIC to be held April 20, 21. Virtual and In Person #CGSIC2026 #NationalParkService #GPS #VirtualEvent #InPersonEvent

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Caltrans D7 (Los Angeles and Ventura Counties) is Hiring Project Surveyors - Apply by April 8th Caltrans District 7 is currently recruiting Project Surveyors. The position offers excellent pay and benefits, work/life balance, varied project types, professional development, and the opp...

ICYMI: New job listing: Caltrans D7 (Los Angeles and Ventura Counties) is Hiring Project Surveyors - Apply by April 8th #Caltrans #ProjectSurveyors #Hiring #JobOpportunities #LosAngelesJobs

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Caltrans D7 (Los Angeles and Ventura Counties) is Hiring Party Chiefs - Apply by April 8th Caltrans District 7 is currently recruiting Party Chiefs. The position offers excellent pay and benefits, work/life balance, varied project types, professional development, and the opportun...

ICYMI: New job listing: Caltrans D7 (Los Angeles and Ventura Counties) is Hiring Party Chiefs - Apply by April 8th #CaltransJobs #PartyChiefs #LosAngelesJobs #VenturaCounty #HiringNow

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Caltrans D7 (Los Angeles and Ventura Counties) is Hiring Survey Crew Members - Apply by April 8th Caltrans District 7 is currently recruiting Transportation Surveyors to work on field crews. The position offers excellent pay and benefits, work/life balance, varied project types, profess...

ICYMI: New job listing: Caltrans D7 (Los Angeles and Ventura Counties) is Hiring Survey Crew Members - Apply by April 8th #Caltrans #SurveyJobs #Transportation #Hiring #JobOpportunities

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Sometimes all you can do is shake your head and wonder. While reviewing a rural survey recently, my "oh, my" alarm went off in my head. The current survey made reference to two prior surveys within the same aliquot part of a PLSS section. Surve...

Sometimes all you can do is shake your head and wonder. #Surveying #RuralDevelopment #DataAnalysis #SurveyLife #Geospatial

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What is the Topcon GTS-4 Lower plate clamp for? I have a Topcon GTS-4 that has upper and lower plate clamps, but only an upper plate tangent screw. Claude couldn't find any use for the lower plate clamp, and the only mention of it in the ...

What is the Topcon GTS-4 Lower plate clamp for? #Topcon #GTS4 #Surveying #SurveyEquipment #Geomatics

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ROW is always fun to explain! This ROW is gonna be fun to explain, since everyone thinks they own to the street. Where my finger is pointing is the corner. People never understand nor do they want too. I don’t Goto McDon...

ROW is always fun to explain! #ROW #Surveying #LandOwnership #PropertyLines #RealEstate

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Hmm I wonder how they messed this up! it’s crazy that people still put fences up thinking the old fence is right! Then what they think the fence company is just gonna come back and doit for free since you didn’t wanna spend $1k ...

Hmm I wonder how they messed this up! #fencerepair #homeimprovement #DIY #contractor #fencing

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Trimble tsc3 field to finish How do I setup field to finish in the field with the tsc3?

ICYMI: Trimble tsc3 field to finish #Trimble #TSC3 #FieldToFinish #Surveying #LandSurveying

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Flagging corners It seems like most all places I go in southeast Pennsylvania don’t have flag on corners! I just don’t get it. Why not just flag it for the next guy.

ICYMI: Flagging corners #FlaggingCorners #Surveying #Pennsylvania #LandSurveying #PropertyLines

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Good place in New England to rent a Schonstedt? A couple years ago I ran power to a remote building, about 500' from the pole. When installed, I ran tape etc. per best practices and after installation did "as builts". But now I'm digging ...

Good place in New England to rent a Schonstedt? #NewEngland #Surveying #Construction #Rentals #Schonstedt

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What do you call this type of monument? Hello all, wondering if anyone knows exactly what this is. I have an old deed description that calls for pipes and I'm consistently finding this monument at the corners. I've seen these befo...

What do you call this type of monument? #Monument #Surveying #LandSurvey #DeedDescription #Geodesy

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K index I see unusually high geomagnetic activity recently (). Does this actually affect the quality of GNSS? If over a certain value, say 5, should I avoid doing that work or are there steps I can...

ICYMI: K index #GNSS #GeomagneticActivity #KIndex #Geodesy #SatelliteNavigation

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GLOrecords.blm.gov troubles It was working yesterday- now today it’s not. Maybe they are turning on the update they’ve been announcing?

GLOrecords.blm.gov troubles #GLOrecords #BLM #GIS #Surveying #LandRecords

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I'm at a dilemna We are moving out of state and as I've been going through boxes of "stuff" in the attic to pitch or move I came across a box containing some old survey "stuff". "Evidence and Procedures for...

I'm at a dilemna #Moving #Decluttering #Organization #NewBeginnings #LifeChanges

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Never say never about the flood plain Borrowed the quote and photo below from Meta for an example of flood plain thinking. Somewhere in Nebraska. No connection to me. "Wednesday was an Exciting day! We moved our 191...

Never say never about the flood plain #FloodPlain #Nebraska #Environment #Sustainability #ClimateChange

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Adjustment Computations, Sixth Edition and GNSS Hello, I am looking for a text that will help me understand a least squares adjustment on a boundary survey and project control. There are not many people around here that survey with a tot...

Adjustment Computations, Sixth Edition and GNSS #Surveying #GNSS #LeastSquaresAdjustment #BoundarySurvey #ProjectControl

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CGSIC to be held April 20, 21. Virtual and In Person My agency (National Park Service) is co-chair this year. The annual Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC) has shifted venues, and will be held on 20 & 21 April 2026 at the De...

CGSIC to be held April 20, 21. Virtual and In Person #CGSIC2026 #GPS #NationalParkService #VirtualEvent #InPersonEvent

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CGSIC to be held April 20, 21. Virtual and In Person My agency (National Park Service) is co-chair this year. The annual Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC) has shifted venues, and will be held on 20 & 21 April 2026 at the De...

CGSIC to be held April 20, 21. Virtual and In Person #CGSIC2026 #NationalParkService #VirtualEvents #InPersonEvents #GPSTechnology

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Caltrans D7 (Los Angeles and Ventura Counties) is Hiring Party Chiefs - Apply by April 8th Caltrans District 7 is currently recruiting Party Chiefs. The position offers excellent pay and benefits, work/life balance, varied project types, professional development, and the opportun...

New job listing: Caltrans D7 (Los Angeles and Ventura Counties) is Hiring Party Chiefs - Apply by April 8th #Caltrans #Hiring #JobOpportunities #PartyChiefs #LosAngelesJobs

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Caltrans D7 (Los Angeles and Ventura Counties) is Hiring Project Surveyors - Apply by April 8th Caltrans District 7 is currently recruiting Project Surveyors. The position offers excellent pay and benefits, work/life balance, varied project types, professional development, and the opp...

New job listing: Caltrans D7 (Los Angeles and Ventura Counties) is Hiring Project Surveyors - Apply by April 8th #Caltrans #SurveyingJobs #ProjectSurveyor #LosAngelesJobs #CareerOpportunities

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Caltrans D7 (Los Angeles and Ventura Counties) is Hiring Survey Crew Members - Apply by April 8th Caltrans District 7 is currently recruiting Transportation Surveyors to work on field crews. The position offers excellent pay and benefits, work/life balance, varied project types, profess...

New job listing: Caltrans D7 (Los Angeles and Ventura Counties) is Hiring Survey Crew Members - Apply by April 8th #Caltrans #SurveyJobs #Transportation #LosAngeles #VenturaCounty