@james-r-(jr)-smith No way I'd be buying a GNSS receiver through eBay, it is something that requires dealer support (and knowing the product is genui...

@richard-imrie Yep very happy with xpad on Panasonic tablet running geomax zoom90. It makes exactly the same noises the Leica TS15 I was using previo...

@jitterboogie What CQ are you getting in that location?

@kotuku4 Think your NZ based too? Add Geomax from Buildmax (Global Survey owned)

@dmyhill Easy, materials are 2k plus labour if you don't build it yourself for single side residential section, staking survey is 1-1.5k, recorded le...

@thebionicman Yes our adverse possession legislation is much, much harder to prove than comments in this thread indicate is the case in US.  Mis...

Here in NZ the Govt department that sets the survey rules acknowledges that sometimes you don't need your boundary marked precisely and a stake (think...

@plumb-bill Have to agree about the Trimble/Leica assessment above but need to be comparing gear of a similar age (i.e. not R12 vs system 1200 etc.) ...

@shawn-billings I think we would have got better results if we had dealer support. My boss bought the pair of LS second hand and we had to figure eve...

@shawn-billings Glad to see you point out RMS vs 95% CI. I always tell staff to double the RMS values to get closer to true repeatiblity numbers (for...

@matt8200 So that's just under three hours observing at 12 seconds a shot? Long enough to give the necessary satellite geometry change for sure. My n...

@tom-bushelman Having used a pair of Javad LS's in NZ after watching video's of fixes under tree canopy we were disappointed with hardware/measuremen...

@luke7574 Here in NZ we use transverse Mercator projections; a national one which I think is similar to your state ones and local circuit which sound...

@jimcox central island is pretty cool but we don't have those Alps!

Thanks for all the suggestions, particularly the keep your head/core warm, good to be reminded.?ÿ Non smoking here too, don't know any surveyors aroun...

@r-s-mayer And in last couple of years seco have updated the clamp from the 'spot' design to one that cups the pole, sounds like to keep up with the ...

@samlucy3874 I'll start a separate post with some photos to keep this thread on track

My preferred "bipod" is a spade 1m long and a ski pole cut to the same length and then wrapped around the top with bike inner tube to grip. Hold at 90...