@ jimcox When reading by eye, when in doubt I go for the lowest value – your option 1 I agree, but in my case the level is doing the reading for me. I...

My friend discovered he was using the wrong geoid file. Problem solved.

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@ jmac306 My post was poorly written. When I exited manual mode, my GNSS and optical instrument settings had been changed to the default settings. I d...

@ peter-lothian Thanks for posting the plat. I'm still working on this plat in its entirety. I hope to post a summary of plat errors by the end of thi...

Please excuse my response to this post. I was off-base because I didn't fully comprehend the question. Symbology is a relevant part of our profession....

I've never heard of such a thing. Doesn't anyone check their staked points from another setup anymore? I once checked the positions of building corner...

No need to apologize. My way of explaining things isn't always the best. This reminds me of my first time trying to figure out a data collector. The c...

Thanks for the explanation. So what you're saying is, the TS (therefore, the ZA) and the prism rod (therefore, the rod height) aren't physically chang...

There is no software involved. I'm just interested in the geometry of a hypothetical situation. Because of this I learned something new in Excel. I op...

Got it.

Was just on TS for topo. Maybe my thinking isn't valid. If you raise or lower your HI, the ZA changes if you point at the prism.

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