@lurker opposite side to the west??
As JPH said, write what the original said. I get the impression that there are quite a few here who have never used a chain. If you've been dragging ...
This side of the pond things are still moving slowly, mainly because of the continued insistence of large arganisations "working" from home. It is tak...
@mike-marks?ÿ Yes, of course... but we were just discussing temperature and pressure. On the subject of humidity, in locations where there is a VERY...
@loyal?ÿ Agreed. Remember you need AIR temperature, not instrument temperature or the temperature in the instrument box or the vehicle cab! The therm...
OK, right, here we go, settle yourselves down with a large coffee. The first thing to comment is that English Law works on the principle of "General ...
@dmyhill Yes, I'll try and have a decent look at it later today.
@jaccen?ÿ Many years ago a local authority in the area I was working had a pretty obnoxious approach to "equality" and upset just about everyone with...
@oldpacer Don't we all...33, 34,"100 ft"
Apart from the problems of getting people to understand the difference between grids and ground, there's also the problem on general survey of too man...
Wendell, you aren't supposed to tell us how it is going until after the end of voting - otherwise it introduces bias, heaven forbid.
@bill93 Looks fairly standard to me - I've two 5 metre ones in the store which get regular use, aluminium rather than wood. The V and N afre useful wh...
Years ago Geotronics used to supply a set of shims which fitted behind the prism, so for precise purposes you could take out any instrument/prism cons...
Agreed. My experience is that you need decent size sites - more so if you have a fixed wing - and the problem is getting a steady workflow of suitable...
We have a bracket, with a hole in it the size of the rod, mounted on the equipment store door frame. Plumb under it (set by theodolite) is a plate wit...
I suspect it doesn't work so well if the building corner is an internal return, giving you less than 90 deg. of sky. Modern buildings not so bad, old...
Most important : make SURE that the points selected for control cannot move. Also ensure with reflective targets that they are in positions where you ...
We still have one for occasional use (locations with very high magnetic fields where it isn't wise to take an EDM - if you value its electronics).