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jimcox
@jimcox
Joined: July 1, 2010 8:02 pm
Last seen: November 18, 2024 12:14 am
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RE: Railroad "Val Maps", what map projection are they drawn to?

Web Mercator is dodgy piece of work, designed as a software shortcut - it thinks the world is spherical, not an ellipse. The official EPSG site (note...

10 months ago
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RE: A new toy to play with

The mini ones work pretty well for me. Not very rugged though Still seeking one I can strap to the back of my forearm like StarTrek

10 months ago
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RE: A new toy to play with

@MightyMoe With Android you can use a bluetooth keyboard

10 months ago
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RE: A new toy to play with

Don't know about that - fortunately I'm well away from all the licensing and details- you would need to talk to your dealer.

10 months ago
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RE: A new toy to play with

It is MUCH faster - the newer processor is a big upgrade

10 months ago
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RE: A new toy to play with

It is a little larger - 6.3" 2160x1080 as compared to 6" 1920x1080

10 months ago
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RE: A new toy to play with

Yes, it is Android - the form factor is more a phone than tablet

10 months ago
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RE: Total Station moves out of level rather quickly in Las Vegas heat

Are you pulling your instrument straight out of the case and getting surveying. In the past I have found it can be worthwhile to let the instrument an...

10 months ago
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RE: Carlson & Civil 3D

@hack You probably will want to be able to take linework and surfaces (DXF) as well as points (CSV) into Civil3D

10 months ago
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RE: What a Friday. Another first with Trimble Access

Mike, As well as snapping to the ends of DXF lines, you can snap the intersections Its really handy if your building has gridlines, but the office ha...

10 months ago
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RE: Please keep Holy Cow in your thoughts / prayers

Ouch! Poor Mr Bovine, I bet that really hurt:( Wishing for a rapid recovery. Any update on his condition?

10 months ago
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RE: Invalid Leap Second TBC

@rover83 The Dilbert cartoons used to have an occaisional character 'Mordac - the Preventer of Information Systems' I'm sure I've worked with him in...

10 months ago
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RE: Help an LSIT understand

@surveylife As they say, it does depend. But as a general rule I would say two points are insufficient. You have no check. Three good monuments mini...

11 months ago
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RE: Help generating contours from lidar data

LAS basically is point cloud data. So I would not be surprised if you did need a special module to handle it. Is the elevation data available in anoth...

11 months ago
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RE: Another Trimble Access Question

Referenced point files do not draw linework - that's why having a dxf also is helpful.

11 months ago
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RE: Trimble r12i vs r780

Good spotting. Wasn't aware of that. Doesn't seem to make much difference in the field.

11 months ago
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RE: Another Trimble Access Question

If you have a feature code library Access is going to try really hard to process the codes and generate linework. And you are correct in thinking ther...

11 months ago
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RE: Trimble r12i vs r780

At heart the 780 is a rugged R12 They perform pretty much identically The 780 has a tougher casing, and more weather proofing but is noticeably heavie...

11 months ago
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RE: What is the up front investment.

> I’d want a plotter in my office I find an A3 colour inkjet suffices for my needs Using colour I can display the same information in A3 as I can o...

11 months ago
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