I found a doc on the Trimble site that explains how to setup a PPP connection over bluetooth to use the WebGUI. Of course GPS Configurator can be used...

Bryce, post: 381878, member: 11791 wrote: I think after you load 4.71 you then have the web UI That is what it seems like from the Trimble web site,...

Thanks, Lee. I have the receiver today for testing, I used GPS Configurator to figure out what it has, which appears to be standard options (RTCM in/o...

If I recall correctly, someone told me years ago that Avon skin-so-soft worked as well

We use a two prism rod for inaccessible locations. Works great. The DC stores the data (angles and distance) as if it was observed to the tip of the r...

I recently got only my second ever infestation of chiggers. Behind the knees. First time was about 11 years ago. It has been about a month, and I stil...

pmoran, post: 381551, member: 8922 wrote: Almost all Topcon and Sokkia optical instruments sold have a standard (free) feature called TS Shield. The...

Access to the telegraph made all the difference in longitude determination before the advent of radio time signals. They would run lines for miles fro...

In my cynical way of thinking I could see a benefit to the manufacturers to NOT have it...instrument gets stolen, you buy a new one with insurance mon...

I would like to see the manufacturers put in a tracker device and cell modem in the total stations. An extra $100 or so on an instrument that can cost...

People don't realize that latitude determination is an "absolute" thing, whereas longitude is always with respect to some fixed meridian. And longitud...

Jim Frame, post: 323471, member: 10 wrote: Did they unscrew the gun from the tripod, or take it tripod and all? Would the outcome have been any diffe...

Deflections of the vertical at that point are 10.15" N-S and 11.93" in the Prime Vertical (DEFLEC12B), which means that the difference between astro l...

It is a good idea to always have an inexpensive radio scanner with you to troubleshoot. It could be that another base is nearby, or someone is using t...

exactly my point, not sure why people think they have to take the same number of shoots for a larger contour interval.

Of course the amount of work involved does depend on the contour interval. The planimetrics is the same effort (depends on scale), but you don't need ...

Are you trying to back in and figure out what radius was used to reduce a distance to the ellipsoid? Because of the magnitude of radius of the earth, ...

I see an advantage over a disk in that no one will be tempted to rip it out for a souvenir. The 1950's marks we found had decent descriptions, includi...

I hadn't thought about fishing stores. The way we used to do it was to pack the lead wool into hole, and then pound it with a hammer. As I recall (30+...