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"... didn’t learn that about removing instrument while you stomp the legs in ..." I used to do that and still would, but the last 5 total stations I'v...
Check your backsight after having been set up for ±20 minutes. You will, most probably, find that it has drifted off. Reset the backsight at that time...
Check your backsight after having been set up for ±20 minutes. You will, most probably, find that it has drifted off. Reset the backsight at that time...
It depends on just exactly where you are in Oklahoma, on what the elevation is at that point, and which projection you are working in.
At all times you should imagine that there is a little leprechaun on your shoulder asking how you are f'ing up this time. And at all times you should ...
When levelling as rodman, position yourself behind the rod and face the instrument. That way you get the rod squared up to the line of sight. If you s...
To set a total station on level ground at a good height - close the legs together and make their length so that the tripod head is about chin high. Th...
Take care of your equipment and it will take care of you and yours. Bring the instrument in its box to the tripod. You should be taking no steps betwe...
Write it down when you change rod height doing topo, even if using a data collector. I don't do that. But I do limit the number of rod heights I use ...
I do not understand why the volume of new threads went down with the new format. It seems easy enough to me.
I did it in 2011. A majority of the questions were about restoration of PLSS corners.
Good, uniform curb lines are a monument of sorts that should be considered along with the random bits of iron. I'm one who prefers to hold full stree...
"This is a statement that was very common on many old surveys in my area." I believe that it happened more often than it was so stated.
One of the highlights of the early phase of my career was finding the remains of a GLO original wood ¼section post in the forest of northwest Washingt...
When you have those kind of coordinates they just have to be treated the same as any other local 5000/5000 system. The only difference is that the ori...
FRIEND A QUESTION–I HAVE A TOPCON PS STATION AND A SOKKIA RC-PR4-I WANT TO KNOW IF THEY ARE COMPATIBLE
I'd have a hard time paying for MS Office when LibreOffice is available. Free. They'd like you to send them a contribution but you don't have to. Ca...
Legal description software writing software for CAD has been around for awhile, in various forms. Having one in QGIS concerns me because most of the Q...
".... monuments carry more weight because it’s less likely a landowner set a stone where they didn’t intend for it to be than a scrivener making a mis...
