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    BEST (OR FREE) POTABLE WATER SYSTEM MODELING SOFTWARE?

    great - thanks so much for the info - very helpful! - Mike * just downloaded 2.2 & manual - taking a look at tutorials now ...
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    BEST (OR FREE) POTABLE WATER SYSTEM MODELING SOFTWARE?

    thanks so much for that - do you recall which version you used? is there a decent manual or "help" button? or do you know of any affordable private sector options? thanks again - Mike
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    BEST (OR FREE) POTABLE WATER SYSTEM MODELING SOFTWARE?

    Hi - was just wondering what folks were using these days for water modeling software? Any luck with EPANET? I have had some experience with Innovyze, but would like to use EPANET as it's open-source and appears widely used - would appreciate any feedback - thanks! - Mike * for a project in Arizona
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    BEST CIVIL3D WORKFLOWS FOR SURFACE CREATION AND CUT&FILL ANALYSIS?

    yes - they're helpful - was just wondering if anyone had anything else to share - thanks!
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    BEST CIVIL3D WORKFLOWS FOR SURFACE CREATION AND CUT&FILL ANALYSIS?

    hi all - was just wondering if anyone could share their preferred workflows for surface creation and cut& fill analysis in Civil3d? Any other tips on using C3D would be great as well - thanks, Mike
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    free online LIDAR sources???

    Great - yes, we do site development mostly (not much road design) but will reach out to MoDOT (and USACE, USGS, et al) to see what they recommend - thanks & Happy New Year, Mike
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    best free online open source for DEM / LIDAR / contours / topo / orthoimagery etc for site development jobs?

    Hi folks - does anyone have any recommendations on best sources for DEM / LIDAR etc? I have tried USGS Earth Explorer, OpenTopography, Google Earth Pro, Web Soil Survey, and local county Assessor's offices (for GIS / property data), etc - also one of my international colleagues likes Global...
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    free online LIDAR sources???

    thanks very much - yeah, we were tracing avail contours too - was just hoping there was a better LIDAR option out there at this point - guess just need to pay for it...
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    free online LIDAR sources???

    Hi - could anyone recommend the best free (publicly available) online LIDAR source/s ? we nee dto create some prelim topo maps, and none of the sites I visit (NRCS, USDA, USGS, Missouri maps...) seem like they work very well - just can't get results... please advise... thanks.

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