Wow, you guys are good. That is exactly what it is. I like the tribrach for GPS work because I can rotate it and make sure the optical plummet is in a...

Apparently the elected county surveyor, DaveRead the comment below the article linked by Glenn. Must have a reel good edcation sistem down their. Good...

If god had meant for us to use the metric system he would have given us 10 fingers and 10 toes......The metric systemSeriously, I do everything metric...

Thanks, Andy. For as little as I use it, it is probably worth it to have it looked at. I did have a guy come out in 2007 or so and do a cleaning/maint...

Thanks, Lance. That is very interesting. I note that in their download program (which I tried the demo), it has a default of TRIMBLE 5700 for receiver...

It looks like a knockoff of an R8, but appears to be GPS only (which is fine for static). My only concern is contradicting my "buy American or Europea...

That is true-I very frequently mix GPS and conventional observations in an adjustment. I can tell right away if there is any problem with the S6, or a...

I am not clear on why they call it an "OPUS" receiver. From the web page it looks like it would work fine for any static survey. I would be interested...

The S6 can of course be checked on a baseline, I do it on a regular basis. It will work without station setup if you go into survey basic (or somethin...

I have a Wild T-2, Wild T-3, and a Kern DKM-2. What I would really like is a Kern DKM-3A, this was a "broken telescope" type of instrument where you l...

The instrument will lock on to any prism. When I bought my S10 in the late 90's, it came with a "light" that attached atop the prism (the quicklock) t...

Check these prices out...They misspelled San Antonio in big letters on their pricing page. That gives a good image.

For all intents and purposes GRS80 and the WGS84 ellipsoid are equivalent, that is to say they are interchangeable. That is NOT to say that NAD83 (whi...

After he asked if I had a notary in my office and I said no, he emailed back and said fine. So it isn't really a problem. I was just wanting to know h...

Yes, it's common practicewell, I signed it, and sent it to them. No notary. I am a small company, myself and one employee, so of course I do not have ...

Glad that you found the problem with the designations. I have to ask, though. What do you mean when you say Paul created a VRS?