How does the Leica tape work? It's hard to tell from their photo.

What is the correct answer?Coming from a guy who is currently studying for his FS.Is the only mistake that the surveyor forgot what section he was in?...

It's a special phone with two cameras. I just figured it had to be using photogrammetry for some of it's positioning.

Is this different much different form Autodesk's 123D?The whole terrestrial Photogrammetry thing seems very interesting. Remote sensing seems to be th...

NDOR sets two aluminum caps on every bridge one at each abutment. It is up to the project surveyor to set elevations on them. Sometimes it happens......

"Missing the GIS bus that GIS missed"> I think it's pretty arrogant to believe that a Surveyor's License qualifies people to do all things Surveyin...

I always store a shot on my back sight point along with a check shot to another CP every time I set up for just the reason you mentioned. It would be ...

Thanks Mark. Looking forward to your explanation. I don't see any mention of this in any of the Leica manuals. It's not just Leica...I've run into t...

Thanks for all the help guys.I used a control job today and it did just what I was hoping for. All my control points stayed in the control file and t...

I don't want to average the points. I only stored one point #201 the software just magically added the additional points when I did the TPS setup.I j...

ThanksI'll try using a separate control job today and see if that works.

Trimble is tough...Dropped my TSC2 off of the top of this. (landed near the porta potty) Don't ask :-X Worked just fine after that. A couple of year...

NCEES Examinee GuideThanks for the tips. I was under the assumption as well that it is 95% math. I'll be sure to study up on some other stuff too.

NCEES Examinee GuideI should of started my studying by reading this guide. That document answers both my questions. Looks like you are able to go bac...

Computer Based FS Prctice Exam LinkThanks for the link Paul. Some how I missed that.I'm in Nebraska and actually applied with the board to take the F...

The computer based FS and FE exams started in January of this year.The nice thing now is there are no longer just one or two set dates a year for the ...

Most don't know any better>It initializes, so we're good."I know a lot of other field guys that don't have any understanding of GPS. If it says it...