Saw this happen a few times but the worst was when the economic downturn of 08 was kicking in.?ÿ The company I was working for was coming to a crawl a...

We use the iCon software on Toughpads with the 60 series total stations at the construction company I work for.?ÿ I grew up on Geodimeter/Trimble so i...

@RADAR  That's awesome!  Digging up monuments at the corners of the property really never got me any grief from a landowner, but trying to e...

Not sure if the USACE has a large presence in your area or not but we have the St. Louis district office here along with some others like KC, Rock Isl...

I truly admire a lot of your guys' ambition!?ÿ I remember coming out of survey college 20 years ago all full of piss and vinegar and ready to take on ...

You would have to set it up as passive and not active I believe.?ÿ It will autolock but you wouldn't have radio channels like the MT1000.?ÿ Make sure ...

@nate-the-surveyor This is everything.  I watch MEPF subs do things to their equipment that makes me want to vomit.  They'll do exactly wha...

Don't do this unless you are shooting at a vertical wall and fairly close.?ÿ I've watched in horror as a plumber chased his TS laser dot all over the ...

@hooks I grew up in the survey world with Trimble everything.  Now living in the Construction world, switching to Leica was a bit of a pain but ...

I use to screw a point on to it and put it on the bottom of a 1' pole for tight layout.

For you, I would look into a construction software like Leica ICON vs. a survey software that has way too much sh!t on it for what you need.?ÿ We outf...

@bill93 Excellent!!  I will definitely dive into this one! Thanks

@bill93 Although I've never been a part of a treasure hunt, I find it super fascinating!  I'm sucked in to all of those treasure hunting shows l...

@dave-karoly That could be a good thread in itself!  To sit and have a beer with Fred Nolan would have been amazing.

I don't have a picture of it but there's a metal sleeve you can buy that slips on.?ÿ It has a pretty snug tolerance so you have to make sure you pole ...

I'm laser scanning several YMCA's in the area.?ÿ Inside and out.?ÿ Summer camps are in full swing.?ÿ They are giving me a 3 hour window on field trip ...

Mapped a lot of utilities at my previous employer.?ÿ The mapping standards were Level A = potholed and/or exposed for direct measurement.?ÿ Level B = ...

This is how we do it in the St. Louis area.  Although we set crosses in the street at either the center of the ROW or at the curbs at the prolong...

Did the survey company go out of business??ÿ Nonetheless, the developer should have hired another company to complete it.?ÿ Unless they went out of bu...

I work for a large construction firm and my Virtual Design and Construction group uses the AEC collection.?ÿ I mostly use Civil3d, Navisworks Manage, ...