I really want to encourage you to stretch for a unit with an SDS chuck. But if you really want to keep the investment to a minimum and only need it to...

Youtube showing another method of checking the rod bubble for level, and then adjusting it.

Carlson has a large user base. You won't be going wrong with that. Microsurvey is a B.C. based company, which may be important for you. It would serve...

The argument against rotating the rod and reshooting, namely that there are systematic biases in the receiver, seems to me to be an additional argumen...

Check and re-zero after about 20 minutes. After that subsequent BS checks will likely stay stable. The setup needs about that long for tensions in the...

Loading up a laptop to do point clouds and drone photogrammetry, etc., etc., will quickly run up the cost into the $4000 plus range. That's a lot of d...

Presuming that the GNSS ties and the TS observations have some common points I don't see a problem here. If that is not the case more field work is ne...

I agree with Jitterboogie on RAM requirements for doing anything serious with point clouds. Same goes for photogrammetry. But for CAD, which is what y...

Here is an example of a .raw file, which was exported from a TSC3 running Survey Pro. I've simply appended ".txt" to the file name, which can be remov...

Good afternoon, where do I download the files?

@ricklife?ÿ The file you posted is a coordinate file, that is not raw data. You have said that you are using Survey Pro on a TSC3. You absolutely can...

@brad-ott?ÿ Either that or .zip it?ÿ

The DOW ended this week at around 31,300 - up a couple hundred points on the week. That number is about 15% off the recent high. The S&P 500 is ab...

I like the Dell Precision line of models. Here is a basic setup that will fill the bill.?ÿ The important elements here are I7 processor,?ÿ NVIDIA Gr...

It seems like "the office" in this story has a shortage of ability to deal with raw data. But it also blows me away that a person could be 20 years in...

An issue here is that with the bayonet style mounting that base has no particular relevance to the height of the target.?ÿ

I recently took possession of a GRZ4 prism that had to have been purchased c.2006 at the latest, and has the standard amount of beat marks and service...

I understand that is your state's requirement and I agree that it would be difficult to so mark a plastic cap. Or would it? Heat up the die with a lig...