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larry-scott
larry-scott
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Joined: May 28, 2014 10:48 pm
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Topics: 61 / Replies: 998
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RE: Interesting piece from Wyoming FYI

I believe the first longitude survey that traversed 360 degrees by telegraph was completed around 1906. Something like a 10-15 year project.

10 years ago
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RE: Interesting piece from Wyoming FYI

John Hamilton, post: 381528, member: 640 wrote: People don't realize that latitude determination is an "absolute" thing, whereas longitude is always w...

10 years ago
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RE: Interesting piece from Wyoming FYI

And the 1892 longitude of DC, I believe, is another additive reason that the 1896 survey was high science. Not the disappointment that was in the arti...

10 years ago
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RE: Interesting piece from Wyoming FYI

An article like this goes to show why geodetic survey is a profession. And that just anyone with a GPS receiver is not a surveyor. It insults the skil...

10 years ago
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RE: Contour Intervals - Can someone explain this to me

The client obviously wants 20 m contours.Maybe he thinking contours 20 m apart horizontally?

10 years ago
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RE: Baseline or triangle

If there are "many" GPS stations, then you have both triangles and base lines. All of those stations should be observed relative to each other and an ...

10 years ago
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RE: Survey with $75 of equipment. What would you choose?

WGD, post: 378575, member: 8001 wrote: You wanna turn angles on the cheap? Forget the compass, use the tape and measure the diagonals. As long as not...

10 years ago
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RE: Survey with $75 of equipment. What would you choose?

For $100, backyard practice, you might stick with graph paper and protractor, and DraftSIGHT. But, with a nice little instrument, construction grade t...

10 years ago
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RE: Planned GPS outages

5 years ago? I'll check my notes. Ah ha! That explains it!

10 years ago
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RE: One Small Step for Grasshopperkind...

However, I think it's reasonable to assume that Saturn would return as good a result as did Jupiter. And between the two, you have options. So, using ...

10 years ago
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RE: One Small Step for Grasshopperkind...

Larry Scott, post: 375271, member: 8766 wrote: I looked at Bob's observations, and some advice on observation and reduction.This isn't a whole lot of ...

10 years ago
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RE: Is there a cure for Conraditis?

The floating target is classic.1925 Royal engineers:

10 years ago
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RE: How to handle this situation?

I think it's 3.The do-not-cross-this-line, even if by restraining order. You (policeman onsite) have been asked to mark the location of 'this' line. T...

10 years ago
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RE: How good can really long occupation time observations get?

Back on the day when all receivers were L1, all measurements were relative. dX dY dZ mark to mark. At a 1000', using a pair of receivers, long obs (an...

10 years ago
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RE: Strategy for determining the basis of Bearings of a control network; Part II

((Your current az observation is easily good enough. But there will differences, probably small. And a constant is best case scenario. So, your probab...

10 years ago
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RE: Strategy for determining the basis of Bearings of a control network; Part II

Assuming the neighbor's survey is accurate within expected tolerance. And is cited as SPC bearings.Your survey of the common lines will probably have ...

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RE: Strategy for determining the basis of Bearings of a control network; Part II

JOHN NOLTON, post: 373439, member: 225 wrote: rfcI would like to make some comments on your work.1. When you do astronomic work it is best to have you...

10 years ago
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RE: One Small Step for Grasshopperkind...

Basis of bearings: by stellar observation.

10 years ago
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RE: Time Machine.....

I think the USC&GS has always been metric.I didn't find a single technical chart, table, or reference to feet, or Fahrenheit. Even the graphic sca...

10 years ago
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