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What's your budget??ÿ If your intent is to do this solo, I think you can probably get a used robot and data collector with some life left in them for ...
Yikes!?ÿ When I bought mine years ago it was a little over $500.
I use a Bosch 36v rotohammer.?ÿ For onsey-twosey monuments it's great.?ÿ If you have dozens to set a corded machine would probably be better.
Assuming that both the 1903 and 1921 surveys were done in accordance with instructions and/or the standard of practice at the time, I see no reason to...
For a long time I was skeptical about the value of antenna orientation for RTK because I figured the errors inherent in the method swamped those arisi...
I was told by our county's recently-retired Principal Civil Engineer that this is the main reason that Caltrans no longer funds 4-way stops on county ...
For 17 years I lived in a house that had a driveway with no observable slope -- it was pretty much dead flat from the garage to the curb.?ÿ Any signif...
Another term for that driveway is "funnel."
Somebody should have a chat with the inspector on that job... ...or maybe they did, and it involved a transfer of funds.
It's even worse on a one-person crew.?ÿ I have no opportunity to sit back and watch the other guy work, because there isn't one. (On the other hand, ...
I've been using 2" robots for about 10 years now (first Leica, now GeoMax).?ÿ To me it's right at the sweet spot for general use.?ÿ I had a 3" Topcon ...
Every time I look at my pile of 4000-series gear I think, "I should get rid of this stuff, it's just taking up space."?ÿ Right about then another camp...
We both worked for the Spink Corporation at the time.?ÿ Spink had a PT&T contract and we did fiber route surveys all over Northern California, usu...
Keith Vincent.
I suggest posting asking prices for these in order to maximize your base of potential buyers.?ÿ The figures can be aspirational, but should be realist...
In the late '70s I was on a crew that surveyed a fiberoptic cable route from Kentfield in Marin County over the (almost) top of Mt. Tam and down to St...
You mean kind of like Austin?
What does DATM4000 do?