> The two Italian periscope design auto-levels I'm aware of are the 5173 (3rd order) and the 5190 (2nd order) made by Salmoiraghi. I'd be intereste...

> The Italians - Filotechnica ........ made some like that as well. I forget the full name - sorry about that.I have one of those. I bought it on...

The 3/4" pipe shown below was set in 1973, and is now hard against the trunk of that almond tree. When I recovered it last spring, the measurement be...

> All the error may rest on one shot. Adjusting the loop only smears a probable error throughout the entire loop.This is where equipment and proced...

Post formatting> I've seen pre mentioned before. Don't know what it stands for.Preformatted text.

> Now I have a Trimble whatever-they-call-it and it couldn't be simpler. Just run a line level and copy the TXT file onto a thumb drive, it's even...

Here's my backup survey vehicle:I use it mostly when working on the local university campus, which has a lot of areas not readily accessible via motor...

> Do you download the data file and process it, adjust, etc?I carry a field book just in case, but normally don't write anything in it when running...

Good thing they have a "seemless" rubber o-ring; one wouldn't want water to appear inside.

> and there have been no problems with the Chinese screen.There's a good chance that the "Chinese screen" is the very same one that Trimble uses, o...

> Reference on TGD files:>br>Thanks for posting that! It's potentially very useful to some of us, and the hidden nature of the -g option is som...

Lots of neat ideas here, but I still can't think of a circumstance in which I'd need such a thing.(On the other hand, I just bought a nearly-new K&...

> 2 thoughts. First is you'll be accepting the liability of the quality of work of the firm that developed the BFE. It is notable that the firm's s...

Here's one that I'm dealing with now: a subdivision was built on fill circa 1990. The engineering firm developed BFEs and got LOMR-Fs for the lots o...

> I'm using a 4700 base that isn't exactly state of the art in the ever changing world of gizmo surveying. I wonder if age of the receiver matters...

Some knucklehead turned in the last one on AC9230> HPGN D CA 03 CM is one that I've never visited.I was wrong about that -- HPGN D CA 03 CM was one...

> well, that isn't nice, it sent me a reply that it doesn't accept them.I just sent a DAT file in to OPUS (S, not RS) and got a solution back withi...