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larry-scott
larry-scott
@larry-scott
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Joined: May 28, 2014 10:48 pm
Last seen: April 9, 2026 5:20 pm
Topics: 61 / Replies: 998
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RE: Magnetic Compass Fluid

The question is what was the original? oil replaced, alcohol replaces alcohol.?ÿ oil seals with alcohol (vice versa) gonna cause problems.?ÿ I have...

6 years ago
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RE: G File, WNRO, RINEX Converter; Ashtech / Spectra / Magellan Professional

I see a comment and link to rinex converter 4.7.1 However, the link is to a doc, and even that doesn't load. I could really use rinex converter that ...

6 years ago
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RE: Glonass K Navigation Satellite

@robertusa Of course more is better. Not suggesting that bottom line isnƒ??t the driving factor. As I noted: commercially no longer viable. Newer is ...

6 years ago
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RE: Glonass K Navigation Satellite

@rover83 And GPS on BMs. NGS wants 4 hours regardless. Fine use of a Z-12. (Week rollover just isnƒ??t a problem. Fixing the day is part of downloadi...

6 years ago
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RE: Glonass K Navigation Satellite

@rover83 a couple of Z-12, OPUS, conventional observations (total station) and Starnet. You do better, maybe faster. Maybe not as good. But these da...

6 years ago
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RE: Glonass K Navigation Satellite

And my circa 1998 12 channel L1/L2 receivers, (and 1995 8 channel ScoutMaster) work as well as the day they were delivered. Granted, not up to todayƒ...

6 years ago
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RE: Almanach

Almanac and Ephemeris Data as used by GPS receivers (4 July 1998) The satellites broadcast two type of data, Almanac and Ephemeris. Almanac data is c...

6 years ago
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RE: Setting out a bridge

@bill93 yeah a 3000-4000 grid feet span design.?ÿ Iƒ??ve seen the over all alignment in SPC, but the bridge had a separate plan with a ƒ??work point...

6 years ago
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RE: HP 15C calculator

Iƒ??ve seen 20 yrs, but that had a lot of time in the drawer. 15C best calculator ever. I just bought one (premium price) that looks as fresh as daisy...

6 years ago
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RE: Setting out a bridge

Also watch out for designs that use 1 UTM coordinate AND proceed with no scale factor. With just a north arrow and no other information. It may only l...

6 years ago
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RE: Significant Figures

Significant digits is a part of the math that we need to understand to the best of our ability. Lat Long, versus measured distance, measured angle, c...

6 years ago
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RE: OPUS Error 1020

@big-alI do not have Hemi320, a friend does. The bin-> rinex did produce a valid obs file, no issues. However, the quirk was that the NAV file was...

6 years ago
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RE: Plain Ol' Triangles

@field-dog special projects, not typical production. Mostly because the gear works as well as the day it left the factory. Just feels right to shoot ...

6 years ago
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RE: Plain Ol' Triangles

@frozennorth Office. Entry level. I had very little interview experience at that time. So, I didnƒ??t think it was unusual. However, not two days la...

6 years ago
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RE: Confessions of a 50 yo Rookie

@peter-ehlert magnetic I can figure. I can never grid to geodetic going right way. But I saw an astronomic observatory built on grid north instead o...

6 years ago
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RE: Plain Ol' Triangles

Best LSIT question was in the parking lot afterwards. We were chatting about how we thought we did. And he asked (oddly) ƒ??how many feet in a rod?ƒ?...

6 years ago
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RE: Plain Ol' Triangles

I applied for a job with a county survey dept in 1985. There was a panel of 4 giving the interview. They asked me for formulae for obliques. Laws of ...

6 years ago
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RE: Plain Ol' Triangles

I have a copy of Survey Solutions for HP41. And SSS SAS ASA AAS SSA are alive and well. I have that in HP41-iPhone App as well. I also have COGO on ...

6 years ago
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RE: How to evaluate uncertainty in an azimuth

@john-nolton not the correct North. It was a costly mistake. And adjustment programs often (1989) routinely output only grid and the difference was ...

6 years ago
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