If your rod is out of plumb (which is the only reason why you'd want to do this to begin with) No, I find all poles have some degree of banana/run-...

@stephen-ward They also snag up in the storage bag worse than washer style too.

@oldpacer Personally for GNSS unless I'm doing static the spade plus a brace stick/stake same length as the spade (what I thing you guys call lath?)...

@steinhoff Unless you get a bad initialisation, then breaking them up would be more reliable assuming resetting RTK 'fix' (or the equivalent from so...

Leica has nothing to do with Trimble. That is a mis-statement. You didn't read that correctly. Apologies for the long text in brackets but if you r...

@keithscadservices The screaming deal on a Lecia 1200 looks like buying a Geomax zoom 95 (the same thing) and then use XPAD which is super easy for ...

Can I ask why you are comparing Leica to Topcon robots? I've mostly used Leica and a little Trimble plus comments I've read on here indicate those...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

Lifepo4, half the weight of SLAs

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...

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...