That's better than what I got. By the time the clouds almost broke, the sun was too high. I could see mercury thru the scope but getting a pic was jus...

Larry Scott, post: 370837, member: 8766 wrote: What and what location? Lat/long and time UTC? The 3 sun spots are like control points. Very nice pic. ...

D. Duren, post: 370782, member: 11665 wrote: I am in the Knoxville Area..... I try not to watch the weather forecast too much, as it puts a damper on ...

I shot this with a camera thru the total station with a solar filter. It took several shots to get something worth keeping.

Hello and welcome, Are you anywhere near the area that may be getting snow? I may want to come visit a day or two. 😀 James

[Qseriously Jhowes, post: 370565, member: 10180"]Use a 360 prism and target selector. Turning your vest inside out or altering it is an OSHA violation...

When I was using a robot for everything I did, (pre gps), I took the reflective tape off of the front of the vest. James

Larry Scott, post: 369355, member: 8766 wrote: When investigating a time app the key is NTP, network time protocol. Emerald Time is high science, (and...

An issue that I see with calibrating to points that were based on SPC in Texas with a Trimble data collector is the data collector using a Mercator pr...

You mentioned an IPhone UTC Timer. Have you compared it to the radio time broadcast? I have the Navy Clock app on my phone and I get close to a full s...

I don't think it should be easy for a person to get a surveying license without a 4 year degree. I just think it should be possible. Take a young guy ...

The antenna.ini file in TBC could be modified. If there is a way of downloading that to the data collector as a Antenna.dat file then it might could b...

Hey Now, Give me a break! I had a wisdom tooth pulled yesterday! How was I supposed to know that the wisdom went with it! I claim diminished mental ca...

Shawn Billings, post: 368684, member: 6521 wrote: For those that know, does your software allow for multiple points for vertical in a localization wit...

I always use a geoid in my files except for one that was apparently done before geoids were common, it was about 1999 +/-. I will setup on one of the ...

Loyal, post: 368646, member: 228 wrote: Not that I know of. The "image" that I posted above is just a "screen shot" of a 3D AutoCAD drawing that I cre...

Loyal, post: 368455, member: 228 wrote: Here's an image of what Geoid12a looks like in Utah. Basically a contour map (relative to the NAD83 Ellipsoid)...

About 1975 my dad quit farming cotton and went to work on a drilling rig. After drilling and coming up dry, he offered the Tool Pusher $500 for the dr...