Actually Warren, I think since FrancisH is now "banned" that "Sean Ora" is a sock puppet created last November for this eventuality. 🙂

A Harris, post: 420847, member: 81 wrote: What has been very beneficial to me thru the years had been relying upon the best available evidence.Given a...

For anyone interested in knowing about the Singapore Height Datum (SHD) here is a PDF of a 2015 FIG presentation by Dr. Victor Khoo of the Singapore L...

FrancisH, post: 420576, member: 10211 wrote: yes, that's what I have been saying all along, you replace your vertical datum from WGS84 to EGM96 or EGM...

FrancisH, post: 420532, member: 10211 wrote: please read up on the basics of GNSS surveying. hahahahahhaha very funny thread...brings out the dimwits ...

I see that 31 15' N is halfway between the two standard parallels in the UoT lab exercise. I guess they were trying to keep the students on their toe...

Melita,Glad to see that we got the same results with both projections (after I subtract 1000000 from the northing for the Lambert projection). I crea...

John,I get 7,347,878.430, 1,610,774.776 (N,E in meters) using an Albers Equal Area Conic projection (assumes fact not in evidence that I didn't fat fi...

And apparently you can't shut stupid up either.

Maurice,I found this on the Martin Instrument web site. They have shops in Austin and San Antonio. I don't know how old the question is and whether ...

Stacy Carroll, post: 420130, member: 150 wrote: There is a bit of a back story to it. We were surveying along an old railroad bed when the "rocks" wer...

paden cash, post: 420123, member: 20 wrote: I hope not. Bringing something "exotic" home can get a man in a lot of serious trouble... Um...er... :bl...

I am a geologist, but that doesn't mean that I can divine rock types based solely on a photo.It does have the appearance of pumice. I base that on al...

I haven't tried them on a tablet, but here is a notice regarding problems playing the swf videos on a computer with updated FlashPlayer.At the bottom ...

Obviously, it is the femur of a Ferruginosaur.

Please excuse the minor hijack. So, are you about ready to move back to Colorado, Jim?Oh, and I agree with your post. The most important part of the...

Larry Scott, post: 418517, member: 8766 wrote: Not enough significant digits.Definitely Pi day, but only on a slide rule. Well, if you want more sig ...

Not to get between John and John, but here's what a surveyor/geologist (not geodesist) uses for conversions. This is the main page from the NWS - El ...

RADAR, post: 417701, member: 413 wrote: Yep, Brian is the coolest! Dougie,If you see Brian tomorrow, tell him hi for me!

Wendell, you first....but no pictures 'cause like Dave I need to save what's left of my old eyes.