The new 'Defender' looks to be just another unibody SUV.?ÿ Kind of disappointing. I have a 1970 Series IIa with the hand throttle or poor man's cruise...

@firestix The 'Beer Leg' changed with the use of the EDM.  Now it is when the tripod is set up so that the instrument person has to straddle a l...

As I recall, the only difference in the two antenna is the size of the ground plane.?ÿ Avoid areas of likely multi-path.

Dirk, I can not remember how Viva works it, but on my MS50 and Captivate if I'm simply using the 2 face shot routine, it means the shots.?ÿ I'm not su...

@trimbleman That is all we used when I started out.  Only really works with 4' lath though.

My first was a Trimble 4000ST back in 93.?ÿ Since then I have had the privilege of using/owning Trimble 4000SSEs, 4000SSIs, 4800s, 5700s and even a Pa...

My real world experience with the true Leica mini 360 is mixed.?ÿ My TPS1200 and MS50 instruments tend to pass right by them in power search.?ÿ Other ...

@va-ls-2867 Jason, While the older full size 360s vertical precision does vary depending on which face it sees, the amount in negligible for all but...

In a different life I worked for a small defense inelegance agency with it's own acronym or initialism if you prefer.?ÿ The joke around the vault was ...

@mag-eye I think the filter only works if the instrument is running Captivate. As for the power search window, that does work.

SmartWorks, Viva & Captivate all have the same problem and remedy.?ÿ The ignore reference only works if the current HR is the same as the referenc...

@bill93 I don't do a lot of construction layout, but when I do I use a detailed line item proposal.  Part of that proposal states that I receive...

As Bill pointed out, 'True North' refers to the rotational pole or 'Geodetic North' and is very close to 'Astronomic North'.?ÿ The differnce between T...

You can do it in C3D but for each drawing you need to specify the correct coordinate system in the prospector. For point files you can set up import ...

I had bad coverage in Austin after about 1500 local time back in late June early July. No problems with satellites now in Kelowna. If I start to thi...

The key words in you the judgment are 'undivided interest'. I'm sure it varies from state to state but in the states I licensed in things like divorc...

My wife has a friend whose now ex-husband butt dialed thier home phone answering machine while getting intiment with his missteress.

@just-a-surveyor I recently did a track geometry job in Austin.  I walked 38 miles of track in 100+ heat index.  After the second day i cou...

Not really much of a time killer but a little embarrassing.?ÿ I'm currently working o. A large?ÿ commuter rail mapping project where track time is at ...

Two words, Recording State.?ÿ