I told all of the guys I trained for the SIT and RPLS, that I'd sign their form, when they could work a 3 point curve longhand and solve for all parts...

> I upgrade every year so I can keep current and donate to the company to keep improving the software. But really software has not changed in 10 ye...

> > In fact, I pray for rain and work. You can never have too much of either.> > Apparently. As indicated by your avatar..> > ;-)Th...

I have no idea on the settings. If it's there, I don't know about it. Also, you'd have thought by December 23rd or whenever it was, that build 2 or ...

It's definitely Floodin' Down in Texas right now, but, I still vividly remember 2011 and the cries for rail and cooler weather. As of right now, thes...

For traverses yes, we measure with a tape to the mark, and subtract 0.01'. We ran the numbers for instrument heights between 5.0 and 6.0 feet (our st...

All traverse points and corners get angles wrapped and three distances measured and averaged on the forward and reverse. I'm not walking back to the ...

Tagging an existing corer you found is ridiculous in my Texas opinion. However, if I had to, I'd probably take a sheet metal screw, screw gun, and ce...

I used to look at this stuffand when I did it, I'd look at the latitude at the beginning point. Then, in your case, I'd go 6 miles True West/East, re...

We set two instruments up 90° to the pole and check it that way.

Joe Glidden used to saythat forced centering traverses were great, if you never needed to use that hub ever again. His reasoning was that the tribrac...

I would not have them precast. Pour them in place with the hole belled out at the bottom. Also, you can recess the disc, but make it so that it is d...

We had a 2B when I started, but still used theodolite, auto-level, and chains (steel tape) regularly. I can even remember meandering creeks (big ones...

I did it that way a few times. Then I read on how to make Carlson do it. Then I said screw it, I'm on the grid and I keep it all on the grid. 🙂

Dude, map it all in state plane, draw it all in state plane, scale the linework up by the csf, annotate, voila.Or, you could use the routine in Carlso...

Yes my VX will track my vest, but only if it loses lock on the prism and it starts the search.It's a massive PITA! I have the active track thingy but...

Paden> take your pick. They're all good choices.> > But make sure they have a stampede strap on them.> > A lot of folks sell hats down ...