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Joined: October 11, 2014 7:50 am
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RE: GPS for Dummies Book

@learner?ÿ Topcon MAGNET Field has mission planning software, which we never use. How about a website liketo plan around increased solar activity?

3 years ago
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RE: How to Adjust a Side Shot

@rover83?ÿ That sounds freakin' outstanding! Unfortunately, we don't have StarNET. We use Carlson Survey inside AutoCAD Civil 3D and Topcon MAGNET To...

3 years ago
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RE: How to Mean a BS-FS-FS-BS Angle Set

Are you trying to say that a poor angle set will be more apparent?

3 years ago
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RE: How to Adjust a Side Shot

We did that yesterday.

3 years ago
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RE: How to Adjust a Side Shot

@shawn-billings?ÿ Resection is one of the potential alternatives I was thinking about before posting this topic. I assume you typically use 2-point r...

3 years ago
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RE: How to Adjust a Side Shot

@bill93?ÿ You are absolutely correct! I always keep this kind of thing in mind when shooting points under 200', especially when sighting a prism pole...

3 years ago
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RE: How to Adjust a Side Shot

@jim-frame?ÿ I think you misunderstood my issue. The side shot to the property corner isn't the issue; it's that the side shot is from a side shot. M...

3 years ago
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RE: Corrections

@lukenz?ÿ Thanks for the excellent explanation!

3 years ago
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RE: How to Adjust a Side Shot

Topcon ES 105 5" total station. I would rather have a 3" instrument. Specifically, a Leica 3" instrument. The office has a 5" or better tolerance on d...

3 years ago
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RE: How to Mean a BS-FS-FS-BS Angle Set

@john-nolton?ÿ Thanks for clarifying the math! In the past I remember situations where the FSD angle was greater than 180?ø, and some additional math...

3 years ago
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RE: How to Mean a BS-FS-FS-BS Angle Set

Where do you get the 30.5" from in the?ÿmean D&R column? Also, I remember doing some additional math if the direct angle to the foresight was >...

3 years ago
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RE: Corrections

@nate-the-surveyor?ÿ Hopefully the many answers won't be too far behind them!

3 years ago
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RE: Corrections

@lukenz?ÿ I'm curious about the wisdom of Topcon for including the geodetic distance in their point-to-point inverse output. How is that data useful ...

3 years ago
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RE: Corrections

Is geodetic distance synonymous with grid distance? Baselined as in checked on a calibration range? In 1994 we used a Topcon GTS-4A for an FDOT proj...

3 years ago
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RE: Corrections

We had good results so far on our current project with total station distances vs. GPS -derived distances. Points 1 to 2 and 2 to 3 were both within a...

3 years ago
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RE: Measuring in units of washing machines

Can I dare say that it was likely a female reporter whose frame of reference reflects where she spends a lot of her time?

3 years ago
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RE: Well hell I just learned a new word.....

I first heard this word used in the movie?ÿThe Black Shield of Falworth, starring Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh.

3 years ago
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RE: Open Traverse closing method

Those are my words. They just want something official like an NGS point.

3 years ago
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