@olemanriver A former department head of mine just Facebook-posted this circa-early 1980s retroreflector setup.?ÿ He was doing oil shale work near Parachute, CO.?ÿ Good times!
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I do have a bunch of tribrachs, retroreflectors (aka "prisms") and adaptors sitting in my garage.?ÿ They are in excellent condition if anyone needs them.
@notsomuch oh my. ?ÿYes the old prism sets you could build what you needed as they had places to add to as needed more prisms. You had to have a degree in legos or Lincoln logs to use them LOL. The old candy cane that could set at the top as well. I had a few triple ones and singles attached all at once a few times.
We all reach points of change in our lives that can be a tremendous challenge, and also an amazing induction to things we didn't know yet...I'm going green.?ÿ This will be awesome!
Im looking forward to hearing about your experience with this. I haven't used Leica software but did use microsurvey fieldgenius with a Leica robot before the switch to Trimble and in still baffled by the number of glitches in Access. Some which they don't seem interested in fixing (like map displaying a point name for one thing (like the first shot) and a description for the check shot). A Trimble employee told me this was normal behavior. I have multiple examples like this. Doesn't look like I'll be happy with Trimble for a long time.
I've loved hating Trimble since I first used a TSC1 and beyond from 2005 until now.
they choose to use the standard software development model of get it out the door and we'll update later...
that sucks across all devices, and will never change....
Leica probably has its own issues, and I'll just go with the flow and make the best of it I can
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"I'm going green...."
Dang, I'm really out of the loop, I thought you bought an EV. ????
I actually liked Trimble survey controller on the tsc2 running an r6 on VRS (cannet) like 10 years ago when I was a summer student and then a new hire. That was despite an 80% broken touchscreen (almost everything could be done with the keyboard). I didn't even realize it was a different software than the others were using on the tsc3 (access), that was how inexperienced I was. But I never really had glitches or anything like that. But back then we were always using paper (plans, sketches etc) not like today where we kind of expect to be able to use the data collector in that way for the most part.?ÿ
I don't usually have difficulty with technology, I've been using android phones since like 2010, Linux on one of my laptops, used to install custom operating systems on my android phones to speed them up etc....so my expectations for the software is probably higher than most. I know I can't expect surveying software to be as powerful as modern smartphone, despite the insanely ridiculous price tags they sell for, but I feel like they should at least be starting to get close.?ÿ
The closest I got was magnet field on the Panasonic fz-m1 tablet. It's older but still much faster than the tsc7 and magnet had very few glitches. The big downside was the hardware (ultrasonic motors need replacing every year or so) and they couldn't keep a lock to save their life. That and the office had issues with magnet and their cad software (microsurvey).?ÿ
I'm sure there's a reason to paint them green but it escapes me. Before I got a Geomax I always put fluorescent orange tape on my green instruments so I could find them in the woods.?ÿ?ÿ
I think their GPS processing software was the best of the big guys.?ÿ The rest??ÿ A bit frustrating.?ÿ But if you're in, you're in.?ÿ Learn to love the green.
