Just A. Surveyor, post: 443496, member: 12855 wrote: Does anybody use the Chris-Nik Hound Dog and how does it compare to the others, especially the Sc...

My favorite party chief had impeccable field notes. He used to be a draftsman before computer drafting was in use. He knew how to execute a job. After...

Thanks to everyone who contributed to my knowledge of the subject matter!

Kris Morgan, post: 440104, member: 29 wrote: [USER=9186]@Field Dog[/USER]Assuming your traverse has 1-4 being the two beginning points (1&2) and t...

Kris Morgan, post: 440104, member: 29 wrote: [USER=9186]@Field Dog[/USER]Inverse your traverse point to the closing point. Take that distance and div...

Kris Morgan, post: 440104, member: 29 wrote: [USER=9186]@Field Dog[/USER]If you don't have additional degrees of freedom (extra shots from GPS on your...

Brad Ott, post: 439998, member: 197 wrote: Did your traverse run generally in a north-south direction? Yes.

Williwaw, post: 439995, member: 7066 wrote: What projection are you working in FD. Is this a local system or standard projection, i.e. State Plane. W...

Looking for an example on how to calculate misclosure and adjustment of an open traverse. Can't find anything plain and simple on the Internet.

Just got done watching the video. Have to watch it again to understand all of the details.

Thanks for replying, Lee! I was helping my party chief with his field notes. I used the corner angle program to give him the angles and distances to t...

One more setup to go to complete the traverse. The last 3 points are GPS points. We plan on 2 more,10 minute RTK sessions for all 5 GPS points. So far...

Thanks to all for replying! Hopefully we'll finish the traverse tomorrow, then I'll post some of the data for your scrutiny.

Adam, post: 439302, member: 8900 wrote: On a route survey I will start on the first two and tie the two on the other end but I adjust using the very f...

Mark Mayer, post: 439332, member: 424 wrote: Adjust how? With what? I was told the office will adjust the GPS points, then run the traverse using the...

Peter Ehlert, post: 439291, member: 60 wrote: You need to tell us what software you are using...however, if you are collecting raw field measurements ...

Thank you all for replying!

Scott Zelenak, post: 439058, member: 327 wrote: Look at your closing bs. It's accounting for that not being 180-00-00 too. Thanks for replying! I'm t...