No you are quite right to be concerned - this is mixed up right from the start Until you can get purpose, benefit and budget this project is doomed ...

Check your units 6000 survey feet = 6000.012 international feet

For me, the killer was the postage cost on a calendar. The price basically doubled, then you have to double it again for nzd$.

And frisbees (only after their retirement of course)

According to Trimble... Trimble R10 FirmwareThe latest Trimble Survey GNSS firmware version can now be installed or downloaded from Trimble Inst...

@peter-lothian If it is voluntary, what's the benefit?Usually it is given as being increased certainty in title and thus a reduction in dealing costs....

Yes, cellular corrections are or can lag very slightly. It is usually minimal and has minimal effect. A local radio base will generally be a little...

Here in New Zealand a nail in seal would only be classed as temporary. We also masonry anchors drilled into concrete - usually in kerbs. But our e...

@BStrand The performance of the R980 and R12i are pretty much identical. Both are tilt enabled. Depending on your country the radio is a bit more ...

@jim-frame I can confirm that @ozzy84 's link is good for both QGis and Trimble Access.

FXL files are actually XML - should be possible to write an XSL style sheet to convert them automatically. But if you only have one or two to do it...

Speaking of surveying kerbs Did you know you can use horizontal and vertical offset control codes in Access to generate the whole structure from one...

Or use cogo to define your two new points and stake them directly

Firstly I would ask the drainage contractor what they want.. The following works well for me and provides some measure of redundancy to avoid revisi...

Why the total station? A tape measure is probably a more appropriate tool

@zenithchaser The R10 is a great instrument, but like the R12 the model 2 version is significantly better under adverse conditions. But they both...

Do you cross your sevens French Style? Somewhere along the way I picked up the habit, but I don't hook my ones they way they do

@kjac I know it is in the 2024 version which is the latest. I suspect, but would have to check for sure, it is in 2017, which is the last version yo...

You can do it in Trimble Access

@mightymoe Better negotiation than litigation