Be aware when you update the firmware it does not always play well with a data collector you are using that is not Topcon.?ÿ We had problems with some...
I was able to do a survey for someone that really couldn't afford it and we did it for about 25% of the cost.?ÿ?ÿThe boss allowed me to do it because ...
We pay our interns, they are really part time workers, they work full time but don't get benefits.?ÿ In our case we only pay per diem if you work out ...
I agree, except in rare instances, I don't use GPS to do building layout and also don't like to use it for pavement staking.?ÿ It sounds like a robot ...
I know there is a formal process that has to be done to abandon a railroad.?ÿ I would think this might not be the case here since its not a main line....
I'd start with the link above, its from the IPLSA web site and there are some other pages and links from the website that you might find usefull.?ÿ I ...
I know you are trying to get by cheap, but you don't already have a data collector with built in GPS do you??ÿ We have one brand new Ranger and a slig...
Not very great test on my part, but I'm a new trimble robot user.?ÿ I tested our robot with tripods and tribrachs with?ÿregular prisms.?ÿ I carefully ...
What bothers me is 0.05?? on distance. Even not being careful should get better than that. ?ÿI also agree short sights will cause problems. It??s in...
In my area it isn't the engineering companies that are doing the 3D models for machine control but firms that specialize in that.?ÿ They also do it pr...
I know enough about it to know I can??t answer your question. Truth is there are very few people that know exactly how it works. ?ÿI do know that is ...
So far I have left the robot on the Tribrach it came with.?ÿ
Our target has red lights, but it looks to me so that's so you know its turned on.
Looks like the traverse kits are $1000 or more for a single setup.?ÿ I can probably get by with the prisms and Sokkia tribrachs?ÿ I have now. The robo...
I don't even want to know what the Trimble traverse kit costs.?ÿ Probably thousands.?ÿ I have about 6 tribrachs and the CST prisms that I can use.?ÿ I...
I've also had that problem.?ÿ You don't want to upgrade your Firmware if you are using Surveypro is my experience.?ÿ Whats your e-mail??ÿ I think I ha...
As a rule, it seems they don't use Civil 3D for the machine control in our area, but I think they can read the file and use the surface from it. Most ...
Interesting article although a little too deep for me.?ÿ I know the salesman said to set up the target to be semi active, which seems like good advice...
BTW, thanks for the answers.?ÿ I'm one of those people that just doesn't trust think kind of technology without proving it out to myself.
I just went outside.?ÿ We got back a Nikon total station that was repaired and I set it up and put some mag spikes in the ground and measured a set of...
