We used a Topcon GTS-4, I think it was a GTS-4A, for an FDOT project in 1994. We thought it was a good instrument. The lower clamp is used for taking ...

I have access to the county’s Property Identity Maps. We call them tax maps. I got one map as a .pdf file, used a free online converter to convert it ...

@va-ls-2867 Is this for SurvPC? I went to the map screen and entered pdfimport on the command line. I got something like Unknown command. I used th...

Interesting.  

Good point. I did Florida's first metric DOT mapping project in 1994, and I found it difficult to pace off and judge distances. I didn't have a metric...

A .rw5 file is the old TDS raw file and can be edited in Notepad.

@jim-frame Here's a screenshot of my LS10 mean measuring mode. Will post something with realistic numbers tomorrow. This was not part of an actual ...

More like a shaky rodman. Probably a little muscle fatigue towards the end of a day. We've been trying to limit our sights to 200'.

I found my answer in the Survey Technical Guidelines Field Section of the Land Surveying Mapping andGIS Section, Southwest Florida Water Management Di...

Yes, the program does record the shot because even though the instrument is set to take 5 readings, in my case, if you press the [STOP] button the pro...

Thanks. I'll hard-code that into my brain.

@landbutcher464mhz Thanks. Glad you could read the data sheet; looks blurry on my iPhone, and I couldn’t edit my post before it was answered.