I believe you can import a shapefile, if you have some way of converting those points.?ÿ?ÿ

@surveyorjosh About six months ago I purchased a Phantom 4 RTK.  Being dual frequency it is more reliable, and is easier to operate than the Pha...

Around 1989 at the University of Maine we were using early Trimble units powered by car batteries.?ÿ We had to go out around midnight to observe enoug...

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I've just been post processing and recording at 5Hz.?ÿ I don't see much advantage to maintaining a real time connection.?ÿ Just something else to go w...

No, but I'm experimenting with an Emlid Reach M+ GNSS mounted on the Phantom 4 using a device made by Tuffwing.?ÿ I'm using my own Trimble base and pr...

I'm not sure this is in any book I own, but it's what my father taught me, and what we've been doing in Maine for 45 years. If line hits tree place an...

My biggest financial mistake 30 years ago was changing my degree from electrical engineering to surveying engineering.

If you like paying taxes on invoices that have not been paid go with accrual.?ÿ My lousy?ÿ accountant set my s-corp up as accrual in 1997 and I've had...

If accuracy isn't critical just use a simple Biltmore stick.

1991 B.S. Surveying Engineering, University of Maine

I always kick a little dirt over my control points.?ÿ Everyone confuses them for property lines or corners, so it's best just to hide them from sight,...

Throw that chain

I'd cut into those blazes and count the rings.?ÿ If you can count 44 rings that would be good evidence they were put there by the 1974 surveyor.?ÿ?ÿ

Could be an incorrect state plane scale factor.?ÿ?ÿ

I've been using HP48GX 's for more than 20 years in SMI environmental cases.?ÿ Never once lost data, or lost a day due to dead batteries.?ÿ?ÿ

Thanks for the recommendation Mark. I just tried Fox-It for the first time and like it. I've been using CutePDF Pro, but it's just got too many issu...

Today I prepared a plan with a "Cow Pass" on it as described in 1948 deeds. Turns out it was on underground tunnel under the road about 4 feet wide b...

With your GPS control of low quality least squares is the best solution for this. You can put some large error estimates on those GPS points so your ...

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