@ dmyhill Do something fun: run the geometry of the set up through Star*Net’s pre-analysis routine. Is pre-analysis available in Civil 3D? I talked wi...

@ thebionicman Interesting.

@ bill93 I enjoyed reading the article. So much good information. I remember in 1994 when I moved from a theodolite to a total station, I was trying t...

@ BStrand Looking through my state’s standards, I found only one line relating to locating or setting a monument with an instrument. 7.(f) Side ties ...

@ dmyhill I want to see that court case. There was no court case. My coworker is concerned about a possible future court case where a judge might rule...

@ dmyhill Are you shooting to a rod with a circular bubble? We use a rod with a built-in circular bubble.

@ Norman_Oklahoma IMO the sweet spot between precision and cost is the 3″ model. That sounds reasonable.

@ bill93 Put some distance numbers on the angle value. At a distance of 200' a 5" angular error would only produce a linear error of 0.005'. Please ex...

@ lurker Like I said, it’s how you set it too. Eventually we’re going to buy a new total station. I think we should buy one that meets our job require...

@ chris-bouffard Absolutely not.

@ Norman_Oklahoma I did mention ancillary equipment during the discussion and using sound methodology. One guy is concerned about the possibility of g...

@ Steinhoff Thanks for pointing out the difference between reporting a number and its actual accuracy or should that be precision? Do precision requir...

@ john-hamilton Thanks for the reply. Reading all the replies makes me want to talk with whoever is in charge of the project.

@ bm-nolan The SureFix engine works by running two unique RTK engines in parallel. I've heard JAVAD uses three RTK engines. We use network RTK. Does a...

@ Norman_Oklahoma Aspirational. I had to look that up.

@ Norman_Oklahoma I found something questionable. I subtracted 6" from the setup with a short BS.