All of our codes have a code descriptions followed by a series of attributes. For example, code 200 is a manhole. The code was created in LGO so tha...

No winter on the west coast. I spent the weekend working in the high Cascades with only the occasional snow bank to be found. It is going to be long...

> John,> > I have not tried this myself but it is possible. I will try to contact some of my tech support friends to get details. One thin...

I'm not sure that that will do it. I know it does not work for points. You can however extract contours and tin lines from from the DTM as standard ...

> Does anyone have a narative (for instance, one used on an ROS) that they are especially proud of, and would like to share here?> > Also, do...

> For many years have had the field crew (and myself) forget to change prism from the topo rod (360 prism) to the circle prism when checking backsi...

Okay,Where did you get the Playmobil surveyor? I've been looking for years.

> Interesting. When I was at Army Map Service all the buildings were named after Topographic Engineer Officers, primarily from the Revolutionary W...

Over the years I have used them all. When I started out with GPS in the early 90's I don't think the fixed height tri-pods were even around. Those w...

> Take the Rover along the route, observing all control in good environments '30 by 30'. That's simply a 30 second RTK, rotate the pole and take an...

Bob et all,When dealing with internal batteries I prefer to stay with Leica. As for the external route I have done it all. I have a couple of the ol...

Blackberries. As anyone in the PNW will testify, the only good thing about these scourge to surveying is the short time of year when you can eat your...

Chris,Back in the stone age when I started my business I charge extra for GPS gear. At that time GPS was very specialized equipment and my primary fo...

B-) My wife tells me my hair is turning grey. This incident happened before Vac Trucks were very common. Besides, why would they hire one of these w...

> I tried to get one open about a month ago that was in the coastal area so rusted shut. I hammered until the top broke, at the last minute it brok...

> Out of curiosity, what are the issues of the 1203? Radio problems? > I am looking at purchasing a used 1203. What are the typical problem are...