@on_point I guess i am trying to figure out if its a new project and you are establishing control why would you need to calibrate. Calibration or loca...

@thebionicman so true. ?ÿGood ole books you can hold in your hands is is amazing.

@john-hamilton Oh my. Loved the Wild T-1 and T-2 T-3 T-0. All way before my time but I was licky to have ran those. T-16. T-1a and T-2 in private sect...

@field-dog This was years ago. I know RF can impact but the GPS bands are pretty protected now days.

This is a very good question as it surely use to be an issue. Might have should have asked Santa Clause for a gnss receiver and antenna and mounted it...

@hpalmer That site that is jinxed lol. I had a customer once that always had issues at around the same direction and distances from a certain place. H...

@bstrand now you know why many do not like site calibrations at all. They have a purpose but as many have stated we have moved beyond that today in ma...

@bstrand look up definition of railroad curve vs highway curve definition. ?ÿ Regular was a very poor choice of word. ?ÿThe degree of a curve is diffe...

@bstrand on a linear project i think holding 1 vertical and 2 horizontal and checking is about as good as anything. So basically translate rotate and ...

@bstrand I should have said he should not be telling a crew to do that. Sorry for typo. Should never try and calibrate in a straight line. And hold hz...

@bstrand yep it happens and i have seen heard and been told i was not correct when advising against such practices. Things like it doesnƒ??t matter it...

I should have been a flat earth person then also never believed in gravity either and all of this would be simple. ?ÿBut I still have other issues t...

@norm It still happens. I have seen it the last few years of coming back to the private sector side. I have even seen it done so often that only a rea...

@michigan-left very good point. I would add that when I did site calibrations and was holding vertical around the site I would as an extra check throw...

When it will happen I donƒ??t know but the signs are all around and technology is already in place. ?ÿSooner or later surveyors will have to gain the ...

@on_point if you ran levels you would eliminate error on the control side vertically. Because levels if done correctly are more accurate and precise t...

@on_point ok 4 points now that good. Now no matter which brand of equipment or software. When you do perform a localization or site calibration and a ...

The whole use of state plane scaled to ground is what makes my blood boil. ?ÿAs others have stated it is not and just because the numbers look similar...

One other key thing in site calibration as touched on is besides some of the settings that control scale etc is knowing what you are calibrating too. ...

@rover83 well i am a usft guy but i just like the sound of it. ?ÿNo other reason other than it came to be in flow from previous units chains rods etc....