Run a Least squares pre-analysis and plot a scale map as a template. Is the number of candles a prime number? Is the cake round or square? And don't f...

John Hamilton, post: 430343, member: 640 wrote: Richard and Kent explained FL and FR pretty well. I always called it direct and reverse (D & R), s...

Surveying is a science. And there are many different methods to any one task. Each with its own characteristics and source of blunder and error. Your ...

Dave Lindell, post: 430195, member: 55 wrote: We can now make mistakes faster than ever and to sixteen decimal places! The company I worked for, wit...

paden cash, post: 430159, member: 20 wrote: Finally made it home without seeing Michael Douglas with a duffle-bag full of weapons. Good reference. Wh...

mattharnett, post: 428732, member: 6458 wrote: I've been using OPUS more and more lately. It's a great free lunch. And if you only one, older receiv...

Bill93, post: 428632, member: 87 wrote: One has ultra-rapid orbits. Did you re-run it later to get a rapid or precise orbit solution? What's is the ...

Loyal, post: 428526, member: 228 wrote: Oh, Okay!Right on, I agree 100%Thanks for the clarification Larry.Loyal And you only one receiver.Back in the...

Loyal, post: 428470, member: 228 wrote: What the hell is that supposed to mean?Loyal Data processing for free. Where else can you get a service like ...

Sergeant Schultz, post: 427007, member: 315 wrote: What do you do when the LOMA on the house next door removes it from the SFHA, but is totally bogus ...

Opus is a free lunch. If you know what you have, and how to interpret and use the output, it's amazing that it's a free resource. Only if you know wha...

I always have an HB 0.7 handy. I love wood too, I like sharpening them with a pocket knife. Got to have a Rapidigraph imbibed eraser. Eraser shields g...

Not my screw up, but ...When I was working for aerial mapping in the early 80s we had the usual T2/HP3800 for traverse for photo control. Not all of t...

Working at a large aerial mapping company, I was surprised at how few licensed surveyors were on staff. I was 1 only 2 or 3.

paden cash, post: 428373, member: 20 wrote: Around that time we were "toying" with radial topos with theodolites and top mounted EDMs. Data was recor...

Remember, back when a blue line print with dimensions, centerline stations and offset - through curves - is all there was? And a T2 with a top mounted...

MightyMoe, post: 428346, member: 700 wrote: Maybe it takes actually doing it, when you shoot up a steep enough hill, then shoot down the same line (li...

The figure in question is a bad way to start to comprehend network adjustment. No redundancy, absolute minim input. And severe angles.You'd be better ...

Then there is the total station with its horizontal distance output. Uphill horizontal distances don't match downhill horizontal distance. So this guy...

I always have two bubbles on a stacking pole.