As my Grandmother taught me "If you can't saying anything good, don't say anything at all"

@pls?ÿ But if your foundation plan specifies offsets from the boundaries, who is going to know where those boundaries are?

We use spray paint to mark the corners And provide at least four pegs offset from the construction for the string lines. Often the builders will ere...

Drone height accuracy also depends on the surface you are measuring. Hard surfaces like roads can be to about 2-3cm, but grass areas are about twice ...

@norman-oklahoma?ÿ Down here debit card transactions carry no extra fees, but the rapacious credit card companies take around 4% of the transaction. ...

For UHF, rule of thumb is 1km per watt

IP webcams are also a known high security risk and vector for hackers. I would suggest taking advice on how best to configure them to minimise the ri...

"dish channel" around here

I'm a fan of the Dilbert cartoon strip. There is an occasional character 'Mordac' - who's job title is 'Preventer of Information Systems'. Sounds li...

Because when I do the observations, I dont necessarily know whether I will be using a point for calibration or not. Also I prefer to spin the pole 18...

Just had a wee play with this. Yes - the jobxml file caries both the coordinate system and calibration Yes - when I create a new job by importing th...

@bstrand?ÿ I added a couple of paragraphs to my original answer - there ARE issues with "copy calibration and control" Trimble documentation also ta...

Not sure about JXL as we dont use them. But if you are going to copy gps points between two Access jobs, you do need to recreate any site calibratio...

@aliquot?ÿ Maybe it is the different countries, but your experience is definately NOT what happens here!

The best advice I can give to anyone considering surveying as a career is "DONT" For most considering it, they will be much better off studying engin...

@jitterboogie?ÿ they started out straight and that's what earthquakes do to you. yes? (or at least in my experience)

Best van setup I ever saw had a stand-up desk at the back complete with work lights, laptop & power supply. With the tailgate up you a reasonable...