I use one point localization quite often as well. It's a fast, accurate way to develop a custom projection with small, generally negligible distortion...

Conrad, post: 407120, member: 6642 wrote: I would describe transformations as transformations. I wouldn't say 'localisations are generally transformat...

Those opportunities are how you learn to fly. Good on you for your enthusiasm. It's what leads to transforming a job into a career and a hand into a p...

Conrad, post: 406982, member: 6642 wrote: Nate made a comment in another thread regarding localisations. It turned out, if I remember correctly, that ...

Longer occupation times will improve rtk precision. In the open, [USER=1201]@Bruce Small[/USER] gives precisions that are consistent with my experienc...

Thank you for sharing this

So sorry to hear of your loss and the loss to the profession.

Tom Adams, post: 406268, member: 7285 wrote: Call FrancisH.... Ouch

With that many monuments in consideration, I'd use a good best-fit coordinate transformation software, using a rigid scale (1.000).Might find that som...

[USER=291]@Nate The Surveyor[/USER] I'll bite. What's significant about 5250?

Holy Cow, post: 406034, member: 50 wrote: The square root of negative oneI can only imagine why that would be important.

What type of work do you do? Robots are fantastic for site work with few setups. I wouldn't recommend one for lots of traverse work.

Mark Silver, post: 405624, member: 1087 wrote: Regarding the I-beam:We have pretty high temperature differentials here and you can actually track meta...

Dave Karoly, post: 405546, member: 94 wrote: Geologist?That must've been heartbreaking for his family.In the oil boom it probably was an easier sell w...

Yeah. That 0.02 is extreme spread. Pretty much disappears (vertically) in the noise of RTK. I'd be a little curious about warping horizontally if one ...

Kris Morgan, post: 405488, member: 29 wrote: Get a side by side if you're looking for a recommendation. We love ours. Polaris 400 is quite small and...

There was a Stiles on the survey crew also.

Kent McMillan, post: 405463, member: 3 wrote: Actually, Stiles report misstates the evidence that his map presents and would lead a surveyor to conclu...

There were quite a few other corners and monuments required to complete the survey. Without a doubt a WAAS receiver and post processing would have suf...