@eddycreek This is exactly what I use, and have for years. Not too tough to find them at HD.

You know me, in a manner of speaking. I've been licensed for 23 years and I go in the field most days. This weekend I'm nursing a pretty good case of ...

If you are going to share contraband then you best be very discreet about who you share it with. In the meantime, I agree with others that a good Sur...

There is an Mohawk Indian Reservation in Quebec that adjoins a similar reserve in New York State. The tribe members consider it all one, and they move...

I agree that the measurement between base and rover is properly referred to as a vector.?ÿSo called because it is a 3d measurement. A baseline is a me...

There is a web service called Nearmap which provides orthophotos in the 4cm pixel range. There is a fee, but it isn't huge. Photography in my area upd...

Here in the Pacific NW we work in the rain and get our instruments wet on a regular basis. We also bring them inside to dry out overnight, out side of...

@robertusa No doubt a mass produced computer can be cheaper than a one-off for a given performance spec, but if one chooses components carefully the ...

With GPS it matters how many epochs you include in each "shot". A single reading may be the average of several minutes of observations, or it may be a...

Could be that you are not getting the corrections updated at the necessary intervals, and the integer solution decays until it pops. Check on your cel...

@bstrand Miles better. There are plenty of wood tripods, but not all woods are created equal. Other wood tripods I have used are crazy heavy and swel...

I haven't used Dutch Hills lately, but I did have a couple different DHs with the composite heads and round leg components back in the '90s. They woul...

"East Landowners' son shot West Landowners' dog." Now, that's entertainment. McGlothlin is a really good case to read. I was able to figure out just ...

Oh, the irony. With all the time we spent around here harping about how GIS stands for "Get it Surveyed", now we have complaint that the city won't ju...

Posted by: @jph My licenses hang on the wall. No clue where my useless diploma resides.?ÿ Hopefully the knowledge you acquired is with you at all t...

If you are using a Leica prism with non-Leica equipment you might like to review the prism offset you are using. It's not going to be what's printed o...

That should read:?ÿ Presuming that you are using NAD83(2011) then Geoid18 is the model to use.

A pair of 4' lath used in lieu of a bipod to steady the prism pole. Actually works quite well for short term occupations.?ÿ