I like the 5600 seriesTrimble has a utility called "Trimble Ascii File Generator". It uses XML stylesheets to parse the raw data into just about any f...

I like the 5600 seriesI use a 5603 run with Trimble Survey Controller software on a TSC2. It would be a great low cost solution. StarNet's data conver...

If you are shooting for a 10 year life you want a giant hard drive (at least 500Gb) and loads of RAM (8 Gb or more). To take advantage of all that RAM...

> shirt (long sleeves and collar for sun protection)People laugh at me for always wearing long sleeves in summer. I tell them I won't laugh at the...

> No joke, there is no number listed for the Paris Police Department other than 9-11. Pretty much the same for the Washington County, Oregon Sherif...

We don't do any of that oil 'n gas stuff here in Oregon, but I'd suggest looking at Louisiana DOT standards for a starting point. DOT surveying would ...

Doing one right now. It just is what it is. Title Company provides a report with a legal description and list of exemptions and that is what you surve...

We make a point of stamping the checks as they come out of the envelopes they come in. We figure that would make it harder for anyone who stole them t...

It's a two way street. If they don't pre-approve they are pretty much obliged to accept whatever you choose.

Take off those rose colored glasses.

> does any state actively monitor the continuing ed. as described above?At the Oregon Conference they give out name tags with bar codes on them. At...

In order to have a prayer of detecting at the 0.01' level you are going to have to use levelling to determine elevations - and preferably a digital le...

> What kind of descrepancies would you expect to see?I'd expect the "tightness" of the located point to be nearly equivalent to the "tightness" of ...

> Jeff Hostetler is NOT my signing Surveyor.The turn of this phrase may be telling. Shouldn't it read "Jeff Hostetler is not the PSM in responsible...

Print yer handouts.> The handout materials I produce typically are much more than a copy of the PowerPoint presentation. They're designed to be us...

> ...but we were still getting some in the day before, and even afterwards, which makes it difficult for people use them....Actually, that is an ar...