Bearings ALWAYS produce perfect angular closureJust a heads up. Bearings ALWAYS produce perfect angular closure, so your 360° closure is meaningless.T...

Looks like she worked for SAM, Incthe laws have changed. 4 year degree is now required, and has been for several years now.

The Mean Of A Small Set Of Angles Is Not The True Anglewe never know the true angle or distance.

That's insane. So cool.

> > In considering the pros and cons of SPC, I come up with this:> > Pros> > SPC is somewhat cryptic - it's not preset on any smartp...

State Plane Coordinates are ObsoleteMr. Burkholder,I respect your position on this and your passion for the topic. I've checked your website out befor...

HEY SHAWN!You've got mail.

If so, I want a Kent McMillan and LR Day Action Figure:)Making a stop motion movie from 3d printing! Wow. Sounds very labor and time intensive.I'll de...

If so, I want a Kent McMillan and LR Day Action FigureI'll need an RTK rover for my Kent McMillan action figure though.sorry. didn't mean to hijack. I...

that is really really cool, Norm. I don't suppose you can make any surveying "action figures" to go with it?;-)

by the way. thanks a lot. I didn't even know one existed 5 minutes ago. now I want one. 🙂

the periscope adapter for the top scope suggests it'd be pointed to the sky. The other scope has me thinking it would point to North perhaps once the ...

Got to be some sort of astronomic instrument, I'd think. Looks like it's recreating declination and hour angle like a solar transit/compass.

talk me into H, Loyal.We've been carrying elevations on every survey for about the past 6 years, but it's for our own records. Why should I include H ...

Here's my drawing...Don't give up David. You'll get it. It'll be worth it once it clicks. Remember that two 90° turns from the central meridian will n...

As you can see from the point n,e, it is not really East from the perpendicular to the central meridian (if it were truly east, it would be substantia...

It's been a while since I studied this, and my understanding is crude, but I believe part of the math with a Lambert conic is that the radial distance...

> Ever say f-it clearcut?> > I did and I meant it.> > Randysounds like you made the right call. sometimes we hit our head against the w...

> Going to make a framed display one day of all my HP calculator's, so mine are not for sale.> I hope I get to see that!