I agree with John. While the same receiver boards are in both the TRIUMPH-LS and TRIUMPH-1M, the control of the features in these boards will likely n...

Frank, et al, I'll surely pass along your comments regarding the website. Although I am pretty confident that this site is monitored by some of the fo...

I'm with Bow-Tie. Carlson 2013 with IntelliCAD has been good. A couple of quirks (small things like not being able to see edits on screen to edit text...

Intent and acquiescence apply to monuments set in error, in my opinion. If the stake was set 5' from the intended position, the question becomes 'does...

MathTeacher, post: 326374, member: 7674 wrote: Shawn, that is a very powerful argument against integrated software. For a glimpse at how significant t...

GIS is where it's headed, but GIS software is not ready for surveying. GIS software is barely ready for the "G" in GIS. The geodesy of GIS software is...

A lot of times this sort of thing is the result of trying to match an engineer's design to a subsequent on the ground survey. It's a poor effort in ma...

A couple of days ago we surveyed a couple of rural lots in a subdivision we surveyed about 10 years ago. I developed an LDP at the time. None of the b...

Davis118 your Dad told you right. No need for redefining the foot. Same foot with GPS as it is with total station.

Parallel area calculations are supported in J-Field (Javad's data collection software for the Triumph-LS), but currently polygons with curves are not ...

Thanks Mark,I've seen that bug many times, but never figured out the pattern or solution. It had me basically avoiding using GNSS Solutions. Very help...

Low Distortion Projections Part 1 and 2 from American Surveyor Magazine.

Shelby nailed it. I forgot to include the original NAD83(86) which still used classical triangulation in the adjustment (along with new VLBI, GPS, etc...

We started with HARN. HARN was good, especially for us L1 users, with limited access to CORS (nearest station to us back then was 60 miles away). The ...

Kris Morgan, post: 324161, member: 29 wrote: Garnett Beard, who is now deceased, once told my dad that he drew all plats on legal sheets, regardless o...

Steve Gilbert, post: 324119, member: 111 wrote: Even if it spell out Iron Rod Set or Iron Pin Set, it still does not meet the standards without statin...

Idiot Wind, post: 324116, member: 6187 wrote: The fence corner is probably what he held. Knowing it won't last forever, he set a rod at the base. Ki...

surveyor85, post: 324093, member: 9748 wrote: so whats the corner? the fence or the IRS??IDKLOLjust being ironic. I don't know which he used. From a c...

I'm going to give Mark Silver some love.This is a GPS salesman that actually accurately warned of solar storm interference. I've heard of untold numbe...