We use AllTopo from Igage (www.igage.com). Not free, but the program is great in many aspects. They have all the topo maps and even historical map...

> snakes. However, the sudden appearance of one can still get my heart going a little faster.> > I was sweeping with the metal detector for ...

> Civil3d has an import function for both the image and the surface that come in on state plane coords if you have that system correctly set up in ...

> I am not so far affected by this issue, but please somebody forward this thread to Trimble (regional sales rep) and request clarification as to w...

I say shoot in the centerline of the street. Give the city it's ROW and then rubbersheet it to fit in between to imagery of the site you have with C...

Lot better than the $2995 or was it $2495 per seat. Will be calling our rep today.

You got to have the world file to get the geo-reference coordinates and other information. If you have those you can use FDO or mapiinsert to get th...

CARLSONI have to agree... Carlson is the bomb. They stand behind their product and don't hesistate to investigate problems and work hard to keep you...

> got an email from the contractor to move the two underground tanks to the "east side of the lot", so I spend about 45 minutes drafting the revs.&...

Thanks Guys.Sorry for your loss too. It is difficult. My grandfather just past away this morning and just last weekend, buried a uncle. Take pl...

> The biggest blunder you could make is having the data collector job setup with the wrong coordinate system and then using that data collector to ...

I had the same system setup and I had to export the data into csv file on the data collector and pull the data off of the collector. Size could be a...

I am confused here. Please explain your situation better. You should be able to start the base in any known coordinate system. I've started with...

Both the 76 Manual and the new 2009 Manual are blue bound books. Was that what he was referring to?

And whose says we don't have fun out in the field??? LOL.