In Survey Controller (not survey pro), the C & R correction is applied to displayed and computed data only. The raw values (HA, VA, Dist) are stor...

I agree, the robot is not a big help in the woods, it is better done with two people, one at the gun and one at the rod. It does help some, when you a...

Get a good backpack. We use our S6 in the woods a lot, the backpack I have is well padded and has three pockets for batteries, data collector, etc. To...

Thanks for posting the link to that journal. I remember when the 3820 came out. I was using a 3800 (edm only, used with a T2) and a 3810 (edm and manu...

I have checked my Trimble S6 in its hard case several times, although most trips are GPS only. The longest was to Egypt and back. No damage whatsoever...

So, how do the pros do this?>Set up over Bound!In the late 80's I worked for a company that had a contract with a US Army Corps of Engineers distri...

Pennsylvania has no such recording laws and no monumentation laws. They do have "recommended" standards, but they are not mandatory, and, from what I ...

It's a lot easier on land than at seaBack when I was doing a lot of azimuths, I would often use a planet, usually Jupiter if it was up. I have also us...

My second year in surveying (early 80's) I was an instrument man. I had gone out and bought the book Davis, Foote et al, and was trying to learn as mu...

Kansas is a bit of a shocker.I am from Kansas (Wichita). I think if you put a marble at the CO/KS line, it would slowly roll to the east side of the s...

Pretty neat list, Loyal. Here is a "nosebleed" photo:I was driving by there one day and had to get a photo.

A mark-to-mark distance is a chord distance, from the mark at one end to the mark at the other end. This is what GPS software provides when it gives a...

GPS derives its azimuth and scale from the coordinates of the tracking stations. Since these stations are known to sub cm accuracy, and are separated ...

"Scaling about a point different that the SPCS origin?"Easy to detect? Not so much. I was involved with two projects in the 80's where they did scale ...