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lukenz
@lukenz
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Joined: July 5, 2018 1:51 am
Last seen: June 4, 2026 4:45 am
Topics: 36 / Replies: 524
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RE: Cadastral Surveying in your neck of the woods

The main difference I can see between North American survey system and NZ/AU is that while we monument the boundary corners, nearly always with wooden...

4 years ago
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RE: Hello from Australia

@hawko?ÿ You may need to explain what TAFE is as not sure anyone outside of AU will know what it is.

4 years ago
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RE: Base station unit very hot in the sun

@john-putnam?ÿ Luckily with all the newer gear the 1w radio's (in NZ there are 3 public frequencies for RTK GNSS which can use 1w 25khz UHF, can get ...

4 years ago
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RE: Buying my first robotic total station - Trimble S5 or Spectra Focus 35 or...?

And Geomax is Lecia level hardware at half the cost if you don't mind XPAD or you can use SurvPC and can make do without Lecias dedicated field contro...

4 years ago
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RE: Base station unit very hot in the sun

Not the receivers themselves but have had problems with UHF radios in dark coloured pelican cases with base batteries on 30?øC days where box gets way...

4 years ago
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RE: World's Smallest Drill Hole

@chris-mills?ÿ Curious why you hammer in a screw rather than use a masonry screw (not many that short I've seen through) or a tap in masonry anchors ...

4 years ago
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RE: Android phone as data collector?

@john-putnam?ÿ Think the active stylus (like Samsung's s pen) is the answer to several problems with capacitive tablet screens that need to be used i...

4 years ago
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RE: Correlation between PDOP and precision

@minbarwinkle?ÿ Nope, we use ellipsoidal distances for boundary here (GNSS easy enough and apply sea level correction to get within mm's for TS) so n...

4 years ago
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RE: Trimble VRSNow Ridiculous policy

And then there will be the next phase of GNSS networks to support autonomous vehicles...

4 years ago
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RE: Correlation between PDOP and precision

@norman-oklahoma?ÿ That's what I'd figured was your quality of practice given the other useful comments on here.

4 years ago
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RE: Correlation between PDOP and precision

@norman-oklahoma?ÿ Will preface this with a disclaimer that I expect you do technology independent checks and are working within necessary error budg...

4 years ago
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RE: Leica GS18i Rover with Camera

@martin_au What is the real world impact of tilt on point precision vs pole (known runout <3mm and 8' bubble adjusted correctly) and bipod for a ...

4 years ago
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RE: Android phone as data collector?

@jimcox?ÿ Presume you were comparing to a standard smartphone? Excellent real world feedback. Wonder if those glass screen protectors world make any ...

4 years ago
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RE: Prism Pole Best Locking Mechanism

@jerrys?ÿ The other drawback is the fine threads that locks the pole in place is sensitive to dust/grit and gum up pretty easy, at least the Leica GL...

4 years ago
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RE: Prism Pole Best Locking Mechanism

@john-putnam?ÿ That idea about the antenna type is excellent as can do that with Leica software, one of those obvious things I didn't think about. ?...

4 years ago
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RE: Prism Pole Best Locking Mechanism

@john-putnam?ÿ Pretty sure the GAD31 is not long enough to clip to a bayonet pole and have the GNSS at the height the pole graduations read? Sure we ...

4 years ago
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RE: Prism Pole Best Locking Mechanism

@norman-oklahoma?ÿ That is not a Leica made pole adaptor, well aware of those Seco ones but it will not make one of the Lecia poles read the correct ...

4 years ago
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RE: Prism Pole Best Locking Mechanism

@shelby-h-griggs-pls?ÿ The only problem is they don't make one pole with adapter's for bayonet/5/8th thread so need pole for robot and another for GN...

4 years ago
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RE: Prism Pole Best Locking Mechanism

@oldpacer?ÿ Sounds like you are referring to the Lecia GLS13? If so the pin is great, easier than the Seco pin for sure,?ÿ but over time/rough use th...

4 years ago
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RE: Digital device for "fieldnotes"

@350rocketmike?ÿ I store photos much smaller than that, nothing more than 1mb an image. ?ÿ Use Brice Lambsons Image Resizer,which is now part of Mi...

4 years ago
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