not my real name, post: 398328, member: 8199 wrote: I use a GOOD thermometer and altimeter, which is a barometer that has a scale used to get the ad...

Just my 2-bits...but NEVER enter a "forecast" set of Temperature and Barometric Pressures into a Total Station (or EDMI) if you want accurate readings...

Well 'I' would want to "correct" ALL of the SLOPE DISTANCES for/by/to the CORRECT "ppm values" BEFORE I did anything with the data set.If you don't, t...

Dane Mince, post: 397670, member: 296 wrote: i WANT TO BE ABLE TO ENTER THE DECLINATION AS IT IS SHOWN ON A MAP. iT SEEMS THAT MANY APPS WILL CALC A C...

Check out the "Initial Point" of the Salt Lake Base & Meridian, at the Northwest corner of Main Street & South Temple Street.Loyal

Well "technically" you should multiply by 3.280833333333...NAVD88 is in US Survey Feet, not International Feet. But the difference is only about 0.01 ...

I can't help with the application question, I'm still in the Dark Ages when it comes to that high tech stuff.I am however curious about what you mean ...

That's awesome Dave, I hope to be around when you hit "60 years ago today.":clink:Loyal

Well maybe we can finally get that pesky 4-Corners Monument (Arizona/Colorado/New Mexico/Utah) moved over where it BELONGS!:cool:NOT!Loyal

Okay... What's next?Shall we argue about which side of the road to drive on?How about Fly Rod v. Casting Rod, or 30/06 v. .270, or Ginger v. Mary Ann?...

No.If you walk South a mile, then East a Mile, and shoot a bear. Then walk a mile North back to camp...then what color is the bear?Loyal

For NAVD88 "elevation," I would go with the level!No matter how you screw around with the GPS, or how "tight" you get the Ellipsoid Height, you are st...

Just a quick-n-dirty calc (John will probably be back with the answers to the nanometer)North-South = ~12,429.8 milesEast-West = ~12,450.7 milesedit:a...

A Harris, post: 395107, member: 81 wrote: Flying west you will lose a day.Flying east and you should arrive around the same day and time you left. Wo...

rfc, post: 395101, member: 8882 wrote: That's an easy one. West.Excellent...I didn't think of that variable!Loyal

Depends on the plane.If you can open a hyperspace window, then DOWN would be the shortest route, otherwise, I would go North or South.Loyal

Larry Best, post: 395080, member: 763 wrote: Loyal, I think you assume that all surveyors use GPS. Maybe in Wyoming, they do. Plane Surveying assumes ...