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Joined: March 1, 2011 2:05 pm
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Topics: 6 / Replies: 86
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RE: Drying Field Notes

Sure you can dry 'em off on the dash if you want to wait. We usually use one of these with a pulley and wire system:

12 years ago
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RE: TSC2 w/Access won't connect to old 5700

Set the bluetooth for base/rover to none.

12 years ago
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RE: TBC 2.96 and 5700 & 5800 Recievers

What are you hoping to accomplish by connecting to them in TBC?If you're pulling data files off the receiver, import them to the data collector and pu...

12 years ago
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RE: I Can Measure Better Than You Can!

That's not my drawing, but I have probably committed similar surveying crimes and cringe at the thought of my incompetence being brought forth as an e...

12 years ago
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RE: Job opening in Colorado

"Wretched is the draughtsman who shall apply for labour in distant locales." - John Ruskin

12 years ago
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RE: Mortgage Surveys & Profitability

Sorry DerekIt was just a matter of time before this topic got to a disputed John Ruskin quote.

12 years ago
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RE: Setting Control Inside Tunnels

For a different but similar application, we use control "spads" shot into the roof by a Hilti gun and hang strings with plumb bobs for traversing.

12 years ago
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RE: EPA Creates Indian State Within Wyoming

Do We Have Other Indian States ?Recognized Indian tribes are domestic dependent nations with a degree of sovereignty. They are not states.

12 years ago
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RE: Trimble TSC3 vs. Rugged Tablet PC and Trimble Vision

I can't speak for the tablet.The TSC3 is ok. The camera picture quality is disappointing, and the screens fail and need replace if they're used enoug...

12 years ago
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RE: R8 downloading

Norman's got your answer. Connect to the receiver with your data collector. Go to instrument, then receiver files, check the files, import to dc, th...

13 years ago
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RE: NON-State plane Metric projects..... what a fricken PITA

There's only one meter.Trying to explain the two different definitions of a foot to a layperson has made me wish the metric proselytizers before me wo...

13 years ago
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RE: How to view .dc file info in TBC 2.91

The dc file editor is a separate executable that can still be used for editing prior to import into TBC.Trimble hasn't come up with a way to take it a...

13 years ago
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RE: Civil 3d help

Something like C3D pulldown at top left-->drawing settings-->Units. Can't remember if there is also something in ambient settings.How are you g...

14 years ago
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RE: Trimble Business Center Question

I go to project settings, view and set the points spreadsheet table view to show CSF. Then I do a new points table view and copy into a spreadsheet.

14 years ago
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RE: Off to Shungnak ...

Those pictures are excellent. Makes me want to stay in the survey game. Looks like you get some fun projects.

14 years ago
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RE: Route Surveying for pipeline work

I don't understand why your GPS control is spaced so far apart. Over long distances GPS control is faster, easier, and more accurate, especially with...

14 years ago
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RE: Tsc2 touch screen disabled.

The space button works for selecting/deselecting checkmarks, the only exception being checking receiver files when trying to import those into the dat...

14 years ago
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RE: Thoughts on the future

I'm also a young surveyor. I don't think the proliferation of GIS or engineers doing topo surveys is a threat to my job. Who's going to provide the ...

14 years ago
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RE: Slope Staking

I stake the catch with something simple like C 4.0 @ 8.0/ 2:1 / Ditch . Then we'll poke a hub behind it five feet or so with the writing RP 5 and a c...

14 years ago
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