I'm waiting for the new release with more channels.

Interesting little thread.?ÿ It looks like 150 seconds is getting you an additional 2 or 3 millimeters of accuracy - that juice isn't worth the squeez...

Good for you trying to learn this. Get whatever you can out of YouTube. Read the manual. The instrument has a distance error and an angular error so e...

I like to call those paint clouds...?ÿ There are two kinds of topo surveyors: those that use the map screen and those that don't.?ÿ?ÿ

This ambiguity in surveying has always both interested and frustrated me.?ÿ When ostensibly smart and reasonable people can come to different conclusi...

I've used a Hydrone that looks similar to the other unmanned rig above.?ÿ We did not have a setup that could follow preprogrammed lines and came to re...

I'm red green colorblind.?ÿ Anecdotally have run into many fellow surveyors who share this trait. Some of the challenges are pink paint on dirt, CAD ...

When I was shopping a few months ago, inventory for laptops was pretty disappointing.?ÿ I've used Dell laptops at previous employers and they were rel...

The Trimble R10 uses a magnetometer that has to be calibrated.?ÿ Like Lee said, it's kind of a pain.?ÿ I had grand plans/hopes to survey a bunch of bu...

I'd suggest you supplement with higher flights near your ceiling.?ÿ The greater distance between you and the tree tops, the easier time it's going to ...

I think OPUS is looking for the height at the top of the quick release/ bottom of antenna (0.05 m up from BQR)

I like C3D for making a pretty map and plats.?ÿ I haven't used Carlson, but I do use MicroStation and find Civil 3D a lot less clumsy for most but not...

I think the real game changer will be when they can get a cheap reliable LiDAR sensor mounted on a cheap reliable drone.?ÿ ?ÿDown the road, maybe a su...

Great article!?ÿ?ÿ I don't see how the licensure in the U.S. serves the profession or the public.?ÿ Some of the states I work in have ridiculous defin...

Should be a pretty easy job, a slam dunk

Inches are for architects and ...

WGS84 makes some more sense given your location - I was doing the American thing where we assume everyone is American, but to answer your question abo...

Sorry to reply with a non-answer, but why would a surveyor want/use WGS84??ÿ ITRF or a version of NAD83 seem more useful, but maybe you're working for...

If I were in your position I would measure the grid distance between your two abutments in project design files (that I assume are state plane).?ÿ If ...