level rods are PITA, United is charging $200/piece!!

Will try it, thanks!

Sometimes when I am able to compare an RTK shot with a Static session of same point and their vertical values are off by several centimeters I just th...

The "accuracy" your getting is typical of RTK. As several have already said, average several positions with differing satellite geometries to get a mo...

Which begs the question, "How come I'm self-employed and my entire family thinks I'm unemployed?" Several years ago I still go to my office located 5...

have not bought fax paper for my machine for several years now. fax machine in the office is now no longer plugged in.

The license file became corrupted not from my pc but from the server on which it was stored.The server hard drive was on the way out so all files got ...

Currently using Microstation XM for CAD work, most of my contours are done in Acad Land Desktop then I export this to dxf format and open this in Micr...

I put the GPS coordinates into google maps & printscreen a section that I think is of suitable scale. I like to put my project site at the middle ...

I think at your age, you would be better off in an engineering consultancy firm. With your experience, you will be put into their section that prepare...

You guys know what this means right? Landscape contractors & architects will have a de facto surveying license.

In fact, all four of us were in the top four.:-D:-D:-D:-D

Most CAD softwares have a "make Macro" function. I would create a macro by recording some simple steps that I need. Then open it up and study the code...

Have you compared the time & accuracy results from tweaking your rinex file as against re-observing the GPS points?

a. if your controls are off by 0.05m hor & 0.15m vertical, it is OK especially if you will be making a contour map with 1.0 m intervals.b. run sta...

Over the last 30 years of Private (solo) Practice, I have been pretty much 'ON CALL' 24/7/365. I did not know that a degree in surveying also came wi...