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jimcox
jimcox
@jimcox
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Joined: July 1, 2010 10:02 pm
Last seen: October 14, 2026 7:55 pm
Topics: 219 / Replies: 1901
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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...

5 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...

5 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...

5 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

5 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

5 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 ...

5 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...

5 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...

5 years ago
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RE: Monday's Office

And upside down ?ÿ

5 years ago
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RE: Monday's Office

@fairbanksls?ÿ Well, they are not going to need cleaned nearly so often. The balcony and beer will remain.

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

That's great news - you wont know yourself Me, I much prefer the Vision' to 'Tracklight' (even on a TSC-3). That plus 'Active Tracking' make the S6 s...

5 years ago
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RE: Climbing Chain Link Fences

Threw off the chains of the British Empire But kept the yoke of Imperial measurement Plus made a few local exceptions (ie gallons) No wonder the re...

5 years ago
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RE: The benchmark is just over there - on the other side...

Since you are playing in Google Earth... Try to find 41 Tikao Bay Road in street view. Note the search function puts it too far up the hill

5 years ago
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RE: I'm back!

From your avatar I would say you got stuck in the 'fuggarewe' grass. The only way to work out where you are is to jump up and down saying "where the ...

5 years ago
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RE: The benchmark is just over there - on the other side...

Yup. next bay over from that big building. Just out of shot to the right of the photo That building was built in WWII to handle the mines they used t...

5 years ago
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RE: The benchmark is just over there - on the other side...

?ÿ There are some good suggestions here 🙂 I used RTK. The biggest problem was where to put the base so I could get radio down into the steep and n...

5 years ago
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RE: The benchmark is just over there - on the other side...

about 25 mins each way - its a narrow and windy road ?ÿ

5 years ago
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RE: The benchmark is just over there - on the other side...

We do have a good geoid model - but no boat ?ÿ

5 years ago
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