I'm a long time Topcon user. With our original Hipers (no glonass) it was possible to get bad fixes but not out in the open. We are now using Hiper ...

Not much you can do about it except take the class. I'm licensed in Illinois but I got mine before the education requirement kicked in. I don't thin...

I new someone about 30 years ago that was down right mean to tele markerters. If they were selling windows or siding, he would say something in his b...

I know I dealt with this working along the Mississippi River. I had done an ALTA and used a city benchmark. I ended up finding two of the benchmarks...

ekillo, post: 377647, member: 773 wrote: Unless I am missing something, if you pull your 100' tape which is actually 101' eight times, have you not re...

Doesn't the chain get longer the hotter it gets? If so, I think the corrected the tape in the correct direction. Imagine a 100 foot tape that is so ...

I'm all in. I'll just practice screaming at the top of my lungs "this survey has to be out the door at noon today", even if the deadline is in a coup...

I hate to say it, but often easements I do are written in a pretty vague manner. It all depends on the situation. An example would be something goin...

Its not Bubba Gump Shrimp is it?

My general impression of some of Kent's posts is he is trying to get the rest of us to think. I think this thread is in response to Nate's thread abo...

I use GPS for layout and rough grading also, but not usually for curb or paving stakes or foundations. The exception might be if the pavement had a l...

Mine is also in a folder under the main directory called "geodata". I have made jobs and have to go into that job and tell it where to find it.

I also like them, although for traverse I usually use a tribrach and prisim. I always felt like a mini if held directly on a point had very little er...

I agree, just send them the points, I always do. They can screw it up if the points are there or not. As far as why he want the info, but not the p...

A little more info from my previous post. I'm going by memory here because when it happened to me it was several years ago. I was running the gun and...

We have a Topcon total station (not a robot) and a Ranger Data collectror running TDS survey pro that did that once. Same thing, a bunch of points al...

I'll throw out my experience this last winter using our Hiper II's in heavy canopy. I was shooting manholes in fairly deep ravines with varying amoun...

I agree, reset both GPS units and the data collector. We had a pair of Hipers a few years ago and would have to reset them every so often.

I think you will find most people will get an MBA in our field or the engineering field. What it does for you? Beats me, since I only have a 4 year ...