I think majority of the GPS units that the companies that I have worked for are from his Ashtech product line.

or post them on ebay, some old surveyor waxing nostalgic about his younger days as a surveyor might bid on it.

@mike-marks My take is that you rarely need to go back to your field books if your survey was accurate. A field book will record your data whether it'...

How would the court verify if the fieldbooks & the data therein really were written at the time you said it was written? The lawyer for the other ...

Low cost lidar systems usually have a point accuracy of 2-3 cm. If this is sufficient for your needs then I would buy it. But for most part, this woul...

$7500 for a base station that's 21' deep? Anyone else thinks it excessive?

I have interviewed my fair share of office & field applicants. Our office applicant form contains only bio, education & immediate past employe...

Yes. I think the 'no cross' scenario is offered so the software or check method can use the total interior angle of a closed polygon = (n - 2)180?ø. ...

I hate using these for plans. 95% complete and you discover you have a typo error in your spelling. ???? ?ÿ

1st time I have heard of a cable easement. It's required by code? Seems like a waste of time and bureaucratic resources. So does it mean that you have...

I doubt it very much that the person buying a 1st order Leica level would actually be using it for actual survey work. You could get a digital level w...

you may value it highly but what about other collectors? let's play google search: for Z, we have highest priced item is $6000 level ?ÿ for you...

Here's a tip for old survey equipment value. Not worth much unless its name starts with a Z, W, L or K.

I have not encountered a situation where I was called to check or add to a submitted xsection alignment work. I have always set up stationings using t...

Utilities are elec/tel poles,MH,water/elec/gas meters and inlet pipes to name a few right? You mean you don't plot them in your plans? If not, questio...

2 points are ok IF you ave an idea of WHERE you are located relative to the 2 points. With 2 points you are equally located left or right of the 2 poi...

There are no emblems on the instrument? I know that there are several Chinese manufacturers that copy the design of well known brands but they always ...

I had to buy the latest Topcon Magnet after the last GPS rollover date. My Topcon Tools v7.x, GNSS Solutions, Sokkia Spectrum all stopped working with...

@jim-frame speaking of old surveying gear, you think 80s/90s gear will start getting antique prices yet? I have a whole garage of old survey gear tha...

@bstrand he's called a survey aid/rodman