I wish it wasn't so far away. I would attend in a heartbeat. Maybe next year, if you guys do it again. Looks like a great educational experience.

Randy Black with Topcon sent me the information below from what I assume is Topcon Magnet Tools. I hope this helps anyone needing this information. A ...

Thank you. I believe our dealer said that they were very close to the Hiper V units as well.

Nate, When I use Carlson, I create my drawing, and assign the coordinate file to associate with that drawing using the drawing wizard. It is pretty st...

I copy the files directly into the Carlson Support directory, and have never had a problem. It makes it fairly simple to keep things standard, if you ...

Kevin Hines, post: 368604, member: 8489 wrote: Thanks Jimmy!!! Any time!

Kevin, Here is a link to a set on ebay, not 7' though. range poles Good luck! Jimmy

phillip pruitt, post: 367992, member: 11593 wrote: Man do u know where I could get foresight with contours turned on I need it bad I do not, sorry! I...

I am old school when it comes to GPS. Alot of the new technology is great, but if you cannot see the sky, you cannot get reliable gps signals, in my o...

1. Public perception, a misunderstanding of what it takes to do our job correctly. 2. A lot of surveyors undervalue their services. I am past the poin...

Kent McMillan, post: 367039, member: 3 wrote: If patents had a life of 20 years, then, that would mean that by 1899 the 1879 patent would have expired...

Kent, You are correct, it does not have the patent inscribed, at least not upon initial inspection. Whether it is from the 1880's or the 1940's, I am ...

Thanks to Dave Ingram, I know know a little more about the compass I recently purchased. He happened to have an old T.F. Randolph catalog,and based u...

Very sorry to hear this. We were talking last week at the ASPS conference about how many older surveyors we were loosing. It really is sad.

It was a great time. I got to meet several fellow beerleggers. Base9, DDSM, Shawn, Carlos Hathcock, Corey F, and a few more. I really enjoyed hanging ...

I did the same thing Chris did, except I was using a TDS Ranger. My instrument is a Topcon GPT 8000A