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lukenz
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Topics: 32 / Replies: 481
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RE: Lifting manhole lids safely

Typical one used here is similar to/p> I know the local council has a hydraulic one that pushes against the rim for stubborn lids

2 years ago
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RE: Work Backlog & Client Expectations

First in first out is ok only if all your clients are of the same quality. I prefer to rank the quality of the clients (pay on time, happy to pay for ...

2 years ago
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RE: Help Explaining RMS to LAYMEN

I always draw a bell curve and mark on 1sd, 2sd and 3sd (68/95/99) which makes it visually obvious. And for the real simpletons just tell them to ...

2 years ago
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RE: Leica 1200 end of life

I'm still using a 1200 base/rover RTK set from 2007 regularly, it's the number two set in the office. GPS/GLO. While the cables/joiners are worn a...

2 years ago
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RE: Do you rehab monuments?

Especially when I'm a couple thousand feet in the woods This is relevant also, rehabing a monument in the back of beyond where small changes when y...

2 years ago
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RE: Do you rehab monuments?

I see this far more often though which, in my opinion, makes the original location much less clear. Must be an area of loose soil or sand to ge...

2 years ago
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RE: Best units for tree canopy

(2 x 90 second RTK observations on each point) . Curious how you arrived at that observation length? Using Leica/Geomax gear my testing results...

2 years ago
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RE: Bronco Sport

Being from a different part of the world we generally have smaller vehicles here with the standard surveying vehicle being a double cab ute like the F...

2 years ago
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RE: Professional Land Surveyor Supervisor (remote with seasonal deployments to Antarctica)

Tragic.?ÿ You guys don't have long-term fixed-rate mortgages, either, correct??ÿ So your monthly payment (and overall principal+interest) could change...

2 years ago
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RE: Scanning invoices, etc.

If she has a smartphone then no need for a scanner!!?ÿ I use Microsoft Office Lens but CamScanner is another and Adobe Scan another. ?ÿ Take a photo...

2 years ago
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RE: Radio repeater batteries

Lifepo4, half the weight of SLAs

2 years ago
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RE: Trimble Access and Trimble Business Center

The NZ Fieldbook report is friggen awesome It's the way boundary surveying is done here down here in NZ, seems much more standardised than other th...

2 years ago
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RE: Trimble Access and Trimble Business Center

For instance, I like the format of the NZ Fieldbook Report, but it has a some info that I consider unnecessary (I don't care about the azimuth and ell...

2 years ago
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RE: Long Range Bluetooth Connection

@jim-frame?ÿ You think someone would bother to take just the handle? Would think only surveyors would know it comes off, your average thief would jus...

2 years ago
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RE: Long Range Bluetooth Connection

@pls1988?ÿ Also use a CS15/TS15 combo which is also good out to ~300m line of sight. ?ÿ Don't have the disconnection issues you describe with eithe...

2 years ago
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RE: Long Range Bluetooth Connection

@pls1988?ÿ That's odd as the CS20 with a TS16 is solid out to ~300m without a building etc. in the way.?ÿ ?ÿ Any further and you want to be using t...

2 years ago
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RE: Long Range Bluetooth Connection

@jmh2884?ÿ Wondering why you stopped using the Samsung tab active 3? Was it the battery life? ?ÿ Had assumed it would have better Bluetooth range t...

2 years ago
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RE: Long Range Bluetooth Connection

@ramses?ÿ Surprised the tab active 3 has the same problems with it being Bluetooth v5. ?ÿ Do you find the spen good for taking field notes on table...

2 years ago
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RE: Long Range Bluetooth Connection

@jmh2884I'm running a Panasonic fz-b2 which has pretty low processor/ram spec (but excellent battery life!) given the focus seemed durability/stabilit...

2 years ago
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RE: Distance from GPS Base to Radio Repeater

You can remove the questions of latency and radio range from this discussion if you use the cellular network for accessing a solution. ?ÿThis is assum...

2 years ago
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