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Arial or Helvetica for me. Crisp and clean. What ever you do, don't use a serif. Also, capitalized L080 is a small as I go on plats or records of s...
With rare exceptions I run control at the same time I collect any mapping data I may need. The exceptions are usually based on time frame for control...
We utilize them for real time monitoring. While you need to worry about the frost line, unless you can anchor them into bedrock, they really need hav...
Trimble is not the only one. Leica has the same issue with anything older than a GS18. They did update the CS20 to LTE but you could not upgrade and...
For the purpose of design mapping, I like to round to the most conservative number. For example, because flatter pipe slopes are more worrisome, inve...
@wa-id-surveyor I do the same thing. Instead of inserting or copying the drawings, I 'xref' the drawings into one search drawing. Keeps everythin...
@field-dog As Mr. OK pointed out, mileage may very on the need to put an instrument through it collimation routine. I have my Leica instruments se...
Reversing the scope has nothing to do with the length of scope, but everything to do with the encoder or vernier. Reversing the scope helps eliminate...
I appear to be a outlier on this thread. I'm currently licensed in 5 states, adding NV to the last month. Of those states, I regularly work in OR, CA...
Another tip, make sure to send the image to the back in the drawing order.
I was thinking more along the lines of pull-down menus and mice. After that, unless you were actually digitizing something the mouse was king.
@bstrand I'm guessing it is better than you think, unless you are using a 6 foot straight edge to figure out where the PC/PT actually is. Guessing...
@norman-oklahoma LisCAD calculates a 3D position for the PC/PT so if your shots are close to the actual points you still get a good DTM. When I wa...
LisCAD has a collection routine for mapping tangent curves. You shoot 2 points on the tangent in, a point on the curve and 2 points on the tangent ou...
@norman-oklahoma I have most of that information tied to cogo points via 'User-defined Classification Properties' in C3D. My clients can view it a...
Fax machines were definitely around. These with a 9 key digitizer as the bomb. As I recall, we had a much bigger digitizer pad. I think AutoCAD/DCA...