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RE: Loading a Geoid on Survey Controller

Thanks, Teresa. I'll try the entire Geoid 12A first, and if that's no-go, then I'll load Geoid 03 - Region 05, which is only 4MB. It's a shame that Tr...

10 years ago
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RE: Loading a Geoid on Survey Controller

Bill,Thank you for the info and link.Geoid 12A is 32.7 MB. I don't have many jobs on my data collector, so I'll see if I can load that big boy. If I c...

10 years ago
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RE: State Plane Distortion Visuals

MT,I stumbled onto LDP Design a few months ago. Found it whilst going down a rabbit hole somewhere:I only recently noticed their cool "State Plane Dis...

10 years ago
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RE: State Plane Distortion Visuals

Nate,Earl Burkholder is working on that with his 3-D Global Spatial Data Model. It looks interesting, but is a bit above my pay grade:Dave

10 years ago
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RE: State Plane Distortion Visuals

Kent,All map projections have distortion. Even in Texas.Dave

10 years ago
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RE: Migration from LD2005 to Civil 3D 2015

SVL,"There was no learning curve. It was a wall."Dave

10 years ago
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RE: GIS demo

Teresa,2 and/or 3, especially if the data can be used in QGIS. No money in the budget right now for ArcGIS.Dave

10 years ago
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RE: Migration from LD2005 to Civil 3D 2015

Dennis,Welcome. I hope you'll enjoy this forum as much as I do.For help with Civil 3D, here's two places that I frequent.The Civil 3D Forum. A great p...

10 years ago
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RE: 3D Monitors with AutoCAD

John,3D monitor? They have those? How's it work?Dave

10 years ago
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RE: Nodal Prisms

Doka,I'm a union carpenter. I used to work in Las Vegas on casino projects, back when they used to build things. I haven't worked in 2-1/2 years now, ...

10 years ago
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RE: Nodal Prisms

Doka,"Using a plumb bob with a prism mount is truly an art...."Agreed."...carrying the mini in your pouch kind of sucks because its too hard to read t...

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RE: Nodal Prisms

Jim,"...we have to turn our safety vests inside out..."For high-precision setout, I think a two-man crew with an old-fashioned non-robotic gun is easi...

10 years ago
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RE: Nodal Prisms

Doka1,"...having to climb forms, layout on top of walls, walk on rebar...."Yep. I like the idea of the 30" rod. That would make it easier to lay out a...

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RE: Nodal Prisms

Alan,So you're getting good results between 15 and 30 degrees of horizontal, as long as you use Passive Mode? I hadn't thought of using the MT1000 in ...

10 years ago
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RE: Nodal Prisms

Alan,Here's from the Trimble S6 manual in the section on using the MT1000:Dave

10 years ago
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RE: Nodal Prisms

This from Surveying Prisms Basics:"Every surveying prism has a nodal offset. Surveying Prisms and holders that are not in the nodal position however, ...

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RE: How to do an inverted plumb shot

THAT is one hella good idea!Dave

10 years ago
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