Thomas Smith, post: 328988, member: 980 wrote: Trying to reproduce a railroad curve. Stumped. Have done a few over the years but dont recall of seeing...

LRDay, post: 328462, member: 571 wrote: Working in the Utah mountains today. It's not really GPS territory (aspen and pine trees). I'm using a total ...

I'd have to say NO (although there are scenarios where they might). The effects of Earth Curvature, terrestrial refraction, and deflection of the vert...

Andy, Inasmuch as I deal with PLSS "curved lines" quite often, I wrote a DOS-BASIC program many years ago that "solves" the "latitudinal arc" problem ...

How about... Texas SPC 4203 in meters6 miles West 3,264,200.570 359,824.849Initial Point 3,263,892.512 369,476.3406 miles East 3,263,593.320 379,128...

I'm not sure that I understand your question... 2 meter Rod w/ 10cm quick connect = 2.100 meters GRP to ARP If you want to know the L1 phase Center to...

Cliff Mugnier, post: 326339, member: 505 wrote: Check out X and Y labels. What's "Z?" Geocentric Cartesian XYZ (aka ECEF)...looks okay to me (and a...

davidgstoll, post: 325750, member: 6999 wrote: Loyal,I agree, mostly. HOWEVER, sometimes you have to play to the customer. If your DOT wants a road st...

"Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics" Benjamin DisraeliMark Twain Sorry Bill, I know that your question was serious, I just couldn't help myself (either t...

Statistics can't alter the basic laws of the universe. Like Murphy's Law!

Hmmm...A RINEX file is a highly formatted ASCII text file (nothing more, nothing less).The line:94 2 18 14 21 40.0000000 0 7 1 17 26 7 8 9 11"t...

I have the same "problem" with my OLD Novatel Receivers.I simply open the RINEX file in NOTEPAD:94 2 18 14 21 40.0000000 0 7 1 17 26 7 8 9 1112...

USGS Publications (historic)> I live in Silver Spring, MD 6.3 miles from the NGS office.D²Would that be ~5957.7 Smoots?B-)

Relative ExactnessActually I was commenting on the phrase, NOT Jim's post per se.Me bad...

Relative Exactness>Relative ExactnessIs that like JUMBO Shrimp?o.O

Trimble...Yeah...so what?Autodesk must be responsible for all of the crappy plats too eh?Maybe it's Microsoft Word that is to blame for the crappy des...

Trimble...whaz zat?

I call BS> I think that's more of a comment on the technology than the supervisor.That like saying that misreading the venier on a transit is Gurle...

USGS Publications (historic)Ya got me John...The last time that I contacted USGS in Denver, THE GUY had retired, and there were only two guys who coul...