fattiretom, post: 346897, member: 6039 wrote: We have never pulled them off...only circle lids. Why pull them off when you can easily slip a tape meas...

skwyd, post: 346685, member: 6874 wrote: Ah, well, I went back and read the email I got from their help desk (back when the previous kml file stopped ...

skwyd, post: 346680, member: 6874 wrote: My understanding is that they were eliminating this tool since it required a security protocol that didn't wo...

Brad Ott, post: 346604, member: 197 wrote: Hmmmmm.... Use Google Earth. Download the overlay and you'll never go back to the slow fema website maps...

squowse, post: 346466, member: 7109 wrote: Not good for the (expensive) robotic drive motors and and bearings either. They are also not designed to ta...

I had no idea the meeting was this week. For some reason I get some of the emails, but not all. I will call George tomorrow and hitch a ride if I ...

Ken Salzmann, post: 346429, member: 398 wrote: As others have said, that is the way to go. I have a Geodimeter with a similar case. The instrument a...

I only use one gun and have one tribrach so I started thinking that's just the normal. I didn't realize it was loose since it happened so slightly o...

Ya. Same thing here. Most of our jobs are 50x100 lots so most times I'm moving the tripod 30-75 ' always seemed crazy to be packing the thing up t...

Maybe Ill give it a go. My focus came in a top loading case with backpack straps

Once again...guilty! :'(It's just so much faster and what I grew up on. What's the other option? Breaking down each setup and carrying in case? S...

Unfortunately my old gun met it's death on flagstone. :-(I loved the focus 30. I could go with the 35 which is the same gun except I wanted to als...

squowse, post: 346392, member: 7109 wrote: Not over the shoulder with the instrument horizontal?Guilty. :-/

Yep. Half the tribrach still on the gun, half still on the tripod. Was a sad day. But not the tribrach fault at all. It was showing signs of bein...

I had a good spectra tribrach for my robot. After 2.5 years the tribrach busted while carrying and my robot met it's doom on a flagstone patio. Proll...

Geomax is made by leica. I'm choosing between a geomax, trimble s7, and a focus 35. I had a focus 30 and loved it but maybe wanted to upgrade to som...

Brad Ott, post: 346145, member: 197 wrote: Thanks very much. I am looking forward to it.Or an android device works just fine as well

StLSurveyor, post: 345526, member: 7070 wrote: The active prism is over rated. It requires yet another battery and cost well over 1k to replace.Yes bu...

Btw I currently am running survey pro and the salesman is trying to get me to do the s5 instead of the 7 so I don't need to go to trimble access softw...

I'm making this same choice. I'm leaning trimble too bc the active pole. I currently have a focus 30. Which I absolutely love for topo and construc...