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This is a misconception that I held for a long time until someone challenged me on it and I ran a Star*Net preanalysis to check.?ÿ As long as you're i...
The sweet spot for me is upsampling 1hz from the base to 5hz on the rover, because that's what works.?ÿ 🙂
As I recall, I had to change the modulation selection in order to get 5hz to work, though I don't remember which spec it required.?ÿ I do know that I ...
My son (BS in physics, currently a PhD candidate in mechanical engineering) once explained to me how entanglement doesn't involve communication betwee...
My Javad 35w will broadcast at a true 5hz, but it runs a lot hotter when it does.?ÿ I didn't see enough difference between true 5hz and extrapolated 1...
The value in fast initialization lies in the fact that initializations don't always resolve the integer ambiguities correctly, especially once you dep...
The elevated sidewalk theory has some plausibility, but I've never seen any photos of Washington from way back then, so I can't say one way or the oth...
It doesn't affect the block I'm working in, so I didn't look for it.
?ÿ Digging down 10 feet (and an inch!) doesn't make sense to me, especially given the location, the era and the surveyor. (I've retraced quite a bit...
Yes, the Sacramento River is at the bottom of the image. I can maybe understand how the monument got buried that deep, but I'm having a hard time beli...
That comment may have been offered tongue-in-cheek, but there's probably some truth in it.?ÿ The average age of licensed land surveyors has been creep...
What kind of DC software are you running on the phone?
I should note that it's a rare job in which I can tie all boundary control from a single setup.?ÿ It happens, but not often.?ÿ Most jobs require ties ...
How does having multiple GNSS occupations = no redundancy??ÿ But who cares where the second control point is anyway, as long as you know the bearing b...
You use an app that runs on any Android device (IOS is in the works).?ÿ It connects to the receiver via Bluetooth and provides a picture-perfect emula...
This has happened to me more times than I can remember.?ÿ Negligence and incompetence -- and sometimes fraud -- get rewarded more often than we'd like...
I don't understand why this is an issue.?ÿ As long as the sideshot measurement errors are properly characterized, you can incorporate the data into yo...
I've been a tinkerer since I was a kid -- my dad taught me the rudiments of making stuff and fixing stuff -- and a frustrated machinist my whole adult...