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Topics: 11 / Replies: 645
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RE: new survey vehicle

I would never survey out of that. Just because my GNSS is from Taiwan and IS the least expensive, does not mean I am a cheapskate.?ÿ

3 years ago
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RE: Faster than the speed of light.....

@mathteacher?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿ You have to understand GRAVITY or else you will forever remain a GNSS LIGHTweight.

3 years ago
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RE: Determine Azimuth between two ECEF Coordinates

@rover83?ÿ ?ÿIt is complicated, it helped my to remember that a plumb bob does not point to the center of the Earth.

3 years ago
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RE: What is it

Cool, never have seen one until now.?ÿ Are the face ticks painted of engraved??ÿ?ÿ

3 years ago
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RE: Stockpile Volume Calcs with UAV

Sub it out. Have real airplane pilot 'fly' the site with a UVA on a routine basis. I think you will find the cost affordable.

3 years ago
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RE: GNSS Baseline Boundary Surveying

@rover83?ÿ Agreed, I have secondary points that I have occupied repeated over a twenty-year period. They always produce the same values when the obser...

3 years ago
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RE: Subject to all easements, restrictions and reservations...

It is NOT those documents "of record" that concern me, they are easy to find. It's those documents NOT of record that bother me and I want the user of...

3 years ago
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RE: Interesting mistake

George Cole's book is technical instruction for surveyors mainly based on the lines that divide sovereign land from cadastral land. Just by reading th...

3 years ago
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RE: Determine Azimuth between two ECEF Coordinates

A simple inverse between the two coordinates would give you the a chord and a direction dimension. It would not be the distance between the two nor th...

3 years ago
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RE: Professional Quandary

Lost or Obliterated? It makes a difference. Your lazy surveyor may have some information you do not have.?ÿ Case Law is becoming evermore a part of ou...

3 years ago
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RE: GNSS Baseline Boundary Surveying

I allow myself to do that ALL OF THE TIME. I once considered myself more picky most posters, I guess I am not.?ÿ

3 years ago
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RE: Hz Went Poof

@gmpls?ÿ ?ÿ Thanks for that article reference.

3 years ago
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RE: Corrections

If I used NRTK to set control points, I would hold a "midpoint" between the two network pairs in order to better isolate each ones corresponding error...

3 years ago
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RE: Leica 1200 or 500 series network connection upgrade for 4g cell networks

An android data collector would make the 3G, 4G or 5G problem moot.?ÿ

3 years ago
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RE: Laser for Inverts

There are several Disto models. I am sure you can find one that fits your price/function needs. Correcting the measurement to a vertical distance, val...

3 years ago
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RE: Any tips or tricks on leveling the bubble on a rover rod?

@mark-silver Yep, tripods used to come with a stedi-rest. I keep one in the truck, because I am usually in the field when I notice the vial is out a l...

3 years ago
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RE: Why Every Map of China is Just Slightly Wrong

@holy-cow?ÿ ?ÿSounds like when I worked for a large engineering company. We would leave off a few things for the nit-pickers to bust us on, then they ...

3 years ago
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RE: Need help, how to show topo on sheets??

@norman-oklahoma?ÿ ?ÿYes, as long as you do an overall, then things seem to work out fine. The engineer is going to re-chop it up wrong anyway.

3 years ago
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RE: Setting a PK nail on a busy road.

@leegreen?ÿ ?ÿI have occupied Section Corners at 3am and not even the sheriff stopped to ask what I was doing.

3 years ago
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RE: Leica Smartphone

I Love Leicas. I Love Smartphones. I Love using Smartphones as Data Collectors. I DO NOT want a Leica Smartphone.?ÿ

3 years ago
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