And if you just get the mathematical mean of the 2 points from the 2 lines (short/long) either forward/backward from B/C, the difference would still f...
@norman-oklahoma I will 2nd on this bug if you call it such. A client sent us a C3D 2018 which he was saved as v2015 because that was our existing ver...
@jim-frame In the time that we were arguing over better method, the accuracy has increased to 0.003 m + 0.5 ppm for static accuracy.
Put it on your office shelf as a reminder of the improvements made in the surveying profession over the last 100 years.
@mathteacher I think the 0.007m + 1ppm is a manufacturer's best case scenario that is repeatable based on average usage. In my experience, GPS gives t...
@totalsurv I am very much alive and I don't believe in reincarnation. Not part of my religion anyway. Reviewed my past posts and you were the one tha...
I am not sure why everyone is upset about my opinion that LSA is obsolete. The purpose of LSA is to determine the most accurate position of a certain ...
@norman-oklahoma 1st order is now obsolete? really?
@norman-oklahoma you do understand that the accuracy of a gps receiver is way above 1st order? but then you use what you have. if you don't have acces...
@norman-oklahoma 1st order precision is 1/100,000 o you are allowed 1m for every 100,000m of measurements. every dual frequency gps receiver today has...
First question is, do you know what a survey grade GPS receiver is for? If not then I no amount of explanation will get through to you. If you underst...
I think Tom Cruise (or Ethan Hunt) also has that same GPS receiver. He was running inside of an office building and Benji was directing him by followi...
I remember our LSA (least square adjustments) professor in college who said LSA is a form of legal data doctoring. It's like all your loops & spur...
With the entry of affordable & easy to use GPS receivers & software, LS adjustments has & will become obsolete. The main reason why LS is ...
He can learn from you or he can watch it on youtube. Everything is available online.
When I was starting out on my own, a client gave me a verbal confirmation that a relatively large job was awarded to me. It was over the phone.?ÿ PO w...
When I was still using a pair of Z12 receivers in the early 2000, I remember that it also had the same 1990 date problems in its Rinex files. You don'...
@northernsurveyor Wild Magnovox, eventually I think Wild (or Leica) bought the commercial GPS unit of Magnavox.
@northernsurveyor It's a WM101 L1/L2 . It comes with a GPS antenna and battery pack and data is recorded onto the cassette tapes. Very heavy and solid...
@hpalmer ?ÿ I have one. It belonged to my father. Did not even know that he had it until I went through his things in storage. I believe I have 2 unit...
