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jimcox
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Joined: July 1, 2010 8:02 pm
Last seen: November 19, 2024 9:46 pm
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RE: My beautiful new partner - Trimble s5 robot

Not at all - just look at all the classic car nuts out there ?ÿ

3 years ago
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RE: My beautiful new partner - Trimble s5 robot

Not a problem for me, But I would want the 'Vision' option from the S7 But he's got 'Active Tracking', which is simply brilliant ?ÿ

3 years ago
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RE: My beautiful new partner - Trimble s5 robot

That's a great hard-working money-earning setup you have there

3 years ago
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RE: What do you do on your lunch break?

I don't normally take a break for lunch. I'll eat on the go between jobs, or grab a snack while changing base batteries or similar. I make a lunch i...

3 years ago
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RE: You can see my house...

@flga-2-2 That term implies a level of malevolence that a real Wally doesn't have...

3 years ago
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RE: You can see my house...

@flga-2-2 No, they are in no way related We will keep Australian marsupials out of it please - its family show?ÿ 🙂 As an aside, here in NZ a Wally...

3 years ago
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RE: You can see my house...

@flga-2-2 Oddly enough, In the western world its known as "Where's Wally?"

3 years ago
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RE: You can see my house...

@holy-cow That's just the lichen growing on the roof ?ÿ

3 years ago
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RE: Laser beam of Trimble S5 versus Leica (reflectorless)

Trimble's reflectorless measurement does not depend on the visible laser pointer - different functions But yes, the beam is wider for Trimble (by qui...

3 years ago
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RE: Laser beam of Trimble S5 versus Leica (reflectorless)

The spec sheet shows the laser point as Class2 - which means output power below 1 milliwatt I believe the brightness is not adjustable. Try cleaning...

3 years ago
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RE: Getting a new Trimble robot - s5 or s7 with vision?

Both S5 and S7 come in 1" 2" 3" or 5" versions Both have DRPlus edm The difference is that the S5 does not have a scan function, and appears to only...

3 years ago
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RE: The Geodesy Crisis

My surveying degree included papers both calculus and geodesy. I never really had a handle on calculus until my final year. Then I discover it actual...

3 years ago
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RE: Greetings from a cold place (-50 degrees Celsius this morning)

'Hey' back at your from Down Under. Welcome to the madhouse - jump on in... ?ÿ

3 years ago
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RE: Owning Small Town Retail Property in Flood Zone

Build on stilts maybe ?ÿ Or adopt the Venetian lifestyle ?ÿ Either way I'd suggest swimming lessons ?ÿ Just my nzd$0.02

3 years ago
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RE: Getting a new Trimble robot - s5 or s7 with vision?

I would really like to have an active tracking peanut prism. I sometimes use the MT-1000 with no pole, just a point. But it is still not as accurate ...

3 years ago
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RE: Monday's Office

Was commonly used - but as you say - it IS dim. I know of at least one survey from as late as the 1970's that used it for orientation There are a nu...

3 years ago
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RE: Monday's Office

Well... Gravity is three dimensional. So "up" is still "up" (even if it is completely reversed from at the Antipodes) And a compass still points t...

3 years ago
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RE: Monday's Office

And upside down ?ÿ

3 years ago
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