Obsolete? Not necessarily. It has value just because it does not need batteries to work. After the Apocalypse you could use it and the stars to work ...

Hey Granpa, The instrument should be free to spin 360 degrees. There are clamps to stop various bits from turning - maybe one of these is not quite ...

For a field surveyor, it is much easier to measure the gutter and offset its width. Then offset the eave and you get the walls. I would not trust Str...

Most cad systems store their data as XYZ, not Lat/Long. What you are experiencing is a side effect of this. When the projection gets changed, the coor...

@cturlington Yes, you are correct Latitude and Longitude of a given point tends not to change - other than physical movement - it takes a change of sp...

Use the one with the most powerful radio as the base - you will get the best range. Also for a rover to use a particular constellation, that constella...

@davidgstoll Bingo! That's it, thank you. My numbers are now to within 0.5 I would like to see the pdf - any chance you could email to jim dot cox at...

Thanks again for the input Gents. Having played around with the data, I'm pretty certain what I have been given is a construction site with a custom s...

Thanks - looks like it is not Nevada East I have a control point out on I15 - APEX_T1, 36°20'21.57101", -114°55'53.25968", 2411.430 Nevada East would ...

I'm no gambler either - lost way too much cash back in school for that One trick I know is to halve your spendable cash. Stick one half aside and DON...

D) - Do it all in terms of Azimuths

Use the Cogo functions in the TSC7 You want to 'Compute a point' by 'Bearing and Dist' Select your point Key in the bearing and distance Formatting th...