The Parani system is a serial cable replacement -- a pair of them *should* look like a serial cable to both the S6 and the TSC3, unless Trimble has fi...

The 0825stn.dat file appears to be a properly-formatted Star*Net vector file. I don't think the fact that it has a .dat extension instead of .gps is ...

Star*Net typically wants GNSS vectors in its own *.gps format. If your GeoMax software is creating a Star*Net *.dat file, it may be exporting only co...

I think he means that after you've shot your monument, use the monument as the backsight point and then tie into another control point (in many cases,...

You're a better man than I. I do a lot of topo, and it's a rare day that I don't botch an HI or an HR or a description or a check point number (often...

I use this feature a lot to convert grid coordinates to ground coordinates with the orientation (basis of bearings) of a filed map. I only wish it al...

For many decades Sacramento County, CA (which has thousands of filed subdivision maps) required only radius, chord bearing and chord distance to defin...

Right/left leaves no ambiguity as long as the chord bearing is given.

I've never tried a USB variant, but I've been using a Parani SD1000 (RS232 9-pin serial) adapter with a 5dBi antenna for about 15 years now. With my ...

They help, they just don't help very much. Count me among those who hate concavity descriptions, because it means I have to draw mental (and someti...

That is, if you report anything. I think I can count on one hand the number of times I've been asked to report error statistics. I suppose it all de...

I always use a single RW5 for a given job, downloading it daily upon return to the office. Where I run into the multiple point number thing is when I...

On second thought, Alias won't address the duplication problem I encounter most often: combining data from one project with numeric point names (e.g....

Although I had to upgrade from Star*Net v6 to v11 some years ago due to a hardware key failure, I never bothered to see what features had been added s...

If you maintained the same point numbering system (i.e. didn't use the same point number for more than one physical point), then you can just add the ...

The upper part of the inscription appears to have been broken off. Below the upper part might be a heart, and below that "1800" or similar. (I also...

More information is better, so when it makes sense to put a survey on the grid, I do it. But most of my urban/suburban jobs are done with a total sta...

California, which knows a thing or two about earthquakes and property lines, has a statute -- the Cullen Earthquake Act (Code of Civil Procedure § 751...

From §66424 of the Government Code: “Subdivision” means the division, by any subdivider, of any unit or units of improved or unimproved land, ...