OPUS Projects training

Mark is a pretty informative guy. I was quite impressed with that training and the program in general. I don't use it as much as I should

I am looking forward to OPUS Projects training in Bend on May 29-30.

I went thru it 2 yrs ago while it was still in beta. Been pretty useful as a check. I like the program.

SD

I am attending class in Corbin on May 12 & 13. I am looking forward to it.

I will be attending with one of my best friends, that used to be by boss. It has been some time since we have been on a trip together.

I've signed up for the March 26-27 class in Corvallis. If you come up with any suggestions as to preparation, please let us know!

Prior to the class you'll get an email with a bunch of links- looks that over.
the other thing to do would be to read up on OPUS submissions, and get out collect data and submit it.

familiarize yourself with/ navigate the opus websites a lot.

it's all really straight forward.

I have been messing with OPUS Projects for about 2 years. The best advice I can give you on OPUS Projects is keep it simple and small. We have a project where we need to Blue Book about 70 points over a 2 state region. I told a group that we work very closely with about this, and they asked if they could tag on to get a few points in the region tied. They put 4 receivers into the mix. The project was too big for us to do I house so we brought in a sub to help. They added 4 more receivers to the mix. Then another group wanted to tag on with 4 more receivers. The we added our 5 receivers to the mix for a total of 17 units. We observed Monday afternoon, all day Tuesday thru Thursday then Friday morning. We submitted most of the data to OPUS DB and added it all to the project. Now that I have all of the vectors, I see a few more vectors that we need to measure, and we have a few more bench marks I want to include. My goal is to get elevations that meet the NGS 2 to 5 cm accuracy standards.

OPUS Projects training - CLSA

Jim,

You are probably looking forward to the trip to Oregon, but CLSA is working with the CSRC and NGS to get California training set up, likely in June, taught by either Mark Armstrong or Bill Stone. The Northern California class may be at Santa Rosa JC and the Southern California one will be at the Riverside County Flood Control offices. Each class can only handle 30 students maximum, so they will fill up quickly. We are already anicipating having to do more than the first two.

Yes, familiarity with submitting to OPUS is highly recommended.

OPUS Projects training - CLSA

You can count me in!

OPUS Projects training - CLSA

> You are probably looking forward to the trip to Oregon, but CLSA is working with the CSRC and NGS to get California training set up, likely in June, taught by either Mark Armstrong or Bill Stone. The Northern California class may be at Santa Rosa JC and the Southern California one will be at the Riverside County Flood Control offices. Each class can only handle 30 students maximum, so they will fill up quickly. We are already anicipating having to do more than the first two.

I'd love not to have to make the drive to Corvallis and back. NGS asks that cancellations be made at least 3 weeks in advance, which means I'd have to cancel my Corvallis slot by March 5 in order to comply. When do you anticipate signups for the Northern California class to begin?

I think there is some confusion regarding OPUS Projects. It is not the same as bluebooking. The results will not be published on datasheets (not automatically). It is more like OPUS DB, I believe, although I have yet to do a project all the way through. It is still a great tool for processing a network of points. I did the training early on, and am going to process a network I am doing right now that I will be bluebooking (TBC) to compare results. That said, you can take the results from OPUS Projects and submit as a bluebook project. But it is not automatic. You still need an understanding of the bb process but it may be easier using OPUS Projects.

One drawback is you still need 2 hr minimum observations. For short lines you can get similar quality results using other software with much shorter observations. I do 30 minute minimum for bluebook projects, 15 minutes otherwise (unless for monuments then I go at least 30)

It is my understanding that some within NGS would like to see an OPUS Projects like workflow for blue booking... eventually.

Time will tell. Either way I like the availability of a brand independent processor available online. That is cool.

> One drawback is you still need 2 hr minimum observations.

I was unaware of the 2-hour limitation. Bummer.