Many moon ago Applanix had a mobile IMU system that worked somewhat like you described.?ÿ A GPS fix was acquired and the the IMU was used to collect d...

Okay, A couple of observations here. First, as a former student of cartography, maps like this drive me crazy.?ÿ While it does have a legend for the c...

Thinking about closing shop in a bit and making a couple of pumpkin pies.?ÿ The wife, dog and myself are headed over to my Mom's for T dinner in the m...

For accurate angles the instrument needs to be pointed to the center of the prism.?ÿ If you are using a auto-locking or robotic total station the your...

My 5700s worked great in Oregon.

Norm, Not as much as a would like to or use too.?ÿ I try to get to the Chihuahua Express, think stage rally on pavement, and a couple of TSDs each yea...

Willi The Garmin & SpotX are about the same device with different sat carriers.?ÿ I think the garmin works better in the arctic.

The best thing about the Spot is the 911 button.?ÿ Once activated it sends you location to the nearest emergency responders.

Brad, I carry a first generation Spot.?ÿ I don't use at religiously as I should, it sits in the truck unless I'm in the bush.?ÿ Besides work, I strap ...

While I have dabbled with it for years, I made the switch from LDD to C3D a year or so ago.?ÿ It took a significant effort to configure it to meet my ...

Radar, I was subpoenaed for records earlier this year on a project I worked on.?ÿ First, before listening to everyone telling you what documents to se...

Fredric, I'm not sure if this is exactly what you are talking about but LDD had a point block in which the point number, description and elevation att...

I have one of the first TCRP 1201s sold on the west coast.?ÿ The all of the 1200 series run SmartWorks onboard. Mine originally came with the RX1210 w...

First of all, welcome to the form. I used the 1200 series with an ATX1230GG as a smart station for years until I replaced them with MS50s.?ÿ The main ...

There is a reason high precision leveling requires both balance in both individual turns and the full run.

Just remember that monitoring projects need to start way before the site work begins.?ÿ From my deformation monitoring experience you are going to wan...

Daniel, That ship sailed about 20 years ago.?ÿ I had my wife help me on a job and made the mistake of telling even a monkey could do it.?ÿ That was th...

Nate I agree with you that a GNSS solution is not feasible for matching into gravity flow systems.?ÿ But with proper use, GNSS is an excellent tool to...

Okay, the Tinysurveyor is kind of cool.?ÿ I was afraid of what I might find doing a web search for it but luckily the robot was the first thing that c...