It seems my other comment got lost in the intarwebz. For Chris-Bouffard: I do not think anybody here will fault you for "trust, but verify" checkin...

What's the required precision? Dot3d with Apriltags and a disto as a check is pretty economical. If it is precise enough depends on the project spec...

If you want an American DJI drone, take a look at these guys: For a first drone, I would go with the cheapest you could get by with. Or have a chea...

WebODM is the cheapest, easiest way to try. Civil3d can be used if you already have it, though, it is not the best option. You can convert things to ....

You can use OpenDroneMap to do terrestrial mapping: The Lightning version is available if you do not want to learn the desktop or server versions. ...

Pricey, but my version of Adobe Acrobat 9 allows you to save a PDF to TIFF just from the File->Save As menu.

Any time I have a resection blank screen (which is very rare), I hit back, hit calculate again, and then it's good. I would not expect any help on Su...

We use a couple of remote drafters. However, they are all within 1hr of the office, they all worked for local OLS shops prior, and we are very famili...

I use this routine all the time and I never thought to use it with the Copy to Clipboard option like this. Handy little tip!

I do not think anybody here will fault you for "trust, but verify" checking. Being a "doubting Thomas" in surveying can be a good thing. That being s...

My understanding is that GNSSAnalysis uses a procedure based off of "Kuusniemi, Heidi & Lachapelle, Gérard. (2004). GNSS Signal Reliability Testin...

Depends on the version of SurvCE. What version is on the data collectors? Side note--willing to just sell a data collector? Thanks.

I am unfamiliar with those apps. Do they have an app specific Bluetooth setup? One of the major sources of things "not talking" almost always seems ...

I have had good luck with any of the ublox based receivers. Do a search here for Emlid or Polaris or ublox or Sparkfun and you will find some discuss...

Fantastic work and greatly appreciated. Cheers!

"I have no access also to the old Format Manager of Leica." No one has an old copy of Geo Office? I'm pretty sure the Format Manager was included wit...

We only have SurvPC 6, but we have found running GNSS Analysis and doing repeated measurements of ~15 seconds until we get ExH values of 1" to 1/10' w...

@norman-oklahoma Been watching it happen locally. Curb and gutter controlled by a robot, no stakes. Entire subdivisions built using machine control....

"Does anyone know if there is a way to reset the internal counter for when the battery expiration date is? From my reading it seems like it was intern...

Many of them here in Ontario lean. They never accounted for the frost and so manu were never set at least 4' down. If they lean enough, one solution...