@themonkeyman 5" and prism Trimble Multitrack that as far as i know is 5" accurate , based on some other company tests .
No lap frog or how u call it in English, so just TS on the same tripod&standard tribrach of the S5 instrument
@rover83 I kind of understand that. Question now is.
if No projection, but earth curvature corrections instrument/software, why wouldn t more station set up better approximate the terrain ondulation and get me a beautiful traverse even without triging the base line?
Assuming the errors keeps the same as u have described.
Does this make sense or I AM so much CONFUSED ?
@jon-payne OH MATE bless u , I ll do that on Monday.
ALSO , I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU GUYS FOR REPLAY TO ME, I WAS STARTING TO LOSE HOPES. U ALL MADE MY WEEKEND SO USEFUL AND HAPPY !!!!
@enri-f If it is the multitrack 360 prism the one with the battery. It is 15” sighting I believe. Also if you are running a traverse with that on the rod. Make sure that one of the mini prisms inside that multitrack is flat perpendicular to the total station and points directly to it. I still think for what resources you are using not a bad closure for what you are doing. Maybe check the calibration on the instrument itself and check the pole vial bubble as well.
Had a Trimble +10pc 360 prism once that took a battery and had leds on it that never checked good. Also had a Trimble +2pc 360 prism that worked great so long as you had one of the prisms facing the RTS. Using a Topcon -7pc 360 now which also works great except the vertical can be wacky on occasion which I may have figured out now.
@on_point Yeah if the diodes get pushed in or busted its even worse. I used a dot of nail polish on one so i knew when i was facing it he good side of prism to the robot on property corners and traverse or anything real important. Never did like traverse with any 360 prism. Even the old geodometers i kept a single prism in my pocket that i would switch out for fly nails or property corners. They ran off of AA batteries i believe. Vertical can go south quickly on the 360’s. Leica is about the only 360 prism that holds vertical very well. Trimble is ok but just in the design I guess.
@olemanriver So intresting . I am much more scared of touching prism than RTS itself, tbh. I also perform my obs in Semi/Active because of the young guys in that company .
I really freak out when I watch some land surveyors touching the equipment , again the prism mostly . Also , why of Leica prism u can have so many details but about trimble prism no ?
@enri-f I use the Trimble equipment more now days. You most definitely need to take care of all the equipment and keep it In good working order and repair.
@enri-f I read that it is 5” so my bad. The 15 is degrees in the vertical access during active mode. So once you are plus or minus 15 degrees vertical it is no longer in that 5” accuracy range. At that point a tilt able prism or place in active mode.
