I'm guessing that problems with your 1200 system may be solved with a firmware update that addresses most recent the GPS week rollover, if such a thin...

I agree with NMRN.... Surveying is a profession, not an industry.

I've tried recreating the pdf and reducing its file size. Its not a large file. When I try to download my own file I get this error message:  

Could it be that the file is too large?

Squatters - more or less an everyday thing in the Portland area. The police would be unlikely to respond unless there was actual physical violence. Mo...

".... To my astonishment I was informed on leaving college that I had studied navigation!—why, if I had taken one turn down the harbor I should have k...

Reiterating what I said in this thread 11 years ago. You need a compass with a sighting mirror and the ability to dial in the magnetic correction an...

Here is the latest revision:

I do a very similar thing, except that the control points sort to a layer that prints red, and the boundary marks to a layer that prints blue. Check p...

There are two kinds of surveyor in this world, my friend. Those who analyse and adjust, and those who are in denial.

If I were survey emperor I would probably require delta, radius, and arc length be shown on tangent curves. Together with the tangent bearings everyth...

Oregon statute calls for curves on subdivision plats to be labelled with radius, delta angle, curve length, chord bearing and chord length. While all ...

The question of how to properly double proportion a corner when the as-surveyed data was in state plane was a major question on the Washington State t...

If you are uncomfortable setting corners with RTK, as I am, I suggest the following strategy. Set 3 well spaced control points in good sky areas with ...

At the extreme limits of the intended zone coverage for the Portland area LDP- about 50 miles by 50 miles outside of central Portland somewhere in the...

For the record, I did a best fit arc through the points using Civil3d. That routine doesn't allow for fixing the radius, but it calcs out close. Tight...

I am assuming that the points you are importing are projected grid coordinates. It means that the software will use an elevation of 500m to compute th...

Monday morning for me. Just in general I get more office work done after 3:30 in the afternoon, every day of the week.