Last of my thoughts on this topic... If you plan on doing work here (or anywhere): Register your business(es) in the proper jurisdiction(s), acquire ...
I've actually done that, works way better than I ever expected. That's a very unique situation, and that's a good way to salvage the day and save t...
@bstrand I shudder at some of the stories I hear about the ways in which others are using their gnss. There are times when using your gnss is a bit ...
I'm moving! Yeah, everyone here is moving too... Our lips are moving, but it's because our teeth are chattering. If you do come back, just add a ...
I think we know RTK is used the great majority of the time to calibrate to existing control. Some will average RTK observations and some won't if they...
MI-Other-Left, are you calibrating to control county wide? No, but I don't see why you couldn't if you had reliable data (levels/traverse) for an a...
I??m curious though if I set 4 points with RTS, then run levels between them and adjust the elevations, then what would the vertical residuals look l...
@rover83 I'm a dummy. I was remembering one of the various iterations our state kicked around in the early stages of evaluation. The southern half o...
switching to a single-parallel LCC I read that the single parallel LCC are the average of the two parallels, so it doesn't change anything.
I don't understand why it matters that the principals are licensed. Welcome to MI. Where none of the laws about AES make any sense, and most of the...
@james-fleming All you have to do is apply, and you will (should) get it. If there is a spot in the form submission where you can type, just add a...
we'd still live in caves Some portion of the world's population still lives in caves. And they routinely demonstrate how ineffective the world's m...
@mathteacher Hey?! I (subtley) kinda, sorta conceded your point (interpretation). In fact, take a look at my last post on the "ground distance" thr...
@norm What is a "ground" measurement? I'm not sure how to define a ground measurement, per se, but I think a good example would be the relationship ...
Are you saying that (5000, 5000, 100). (5050, 5100, 110), (5200, 5250, 130) and (5150, 5150, 125) are all on the same plane? Ahhh... I see what you...
@mightymoe Triggered? You want to see triggered, go read the thread about "lath vs stake"?! Here is what bothers me: Lazy, sloppy, imprecise vocabu...
When working in Coordinate systems it's important to set the unit to grid to be sure you're working with the XYZ numbers. One of the annoying things a...
Topcon seems to retain both grid and ground points when doing a localization. Every field software retains both sets of coordinates (geodetic and g...