Solar Eclipse - with airplaneSweet

Localization can be used to determine a best fit projection to coordinates in an unknown coordinate system tied to an underlying geodetic coordinate s...

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Well look close. I was true to surveying and made sure that the instrument cross hairs were in the sun. 🙂

I tried to take a few like that. Just couldn't get any cooperation from my cell phone camera. It did pretty good looking through the lens of the instr...

sun spots

Glenn, you know what Einstein said...I don't think this was an act of stupidity. Lazy... fraudulent... negligent... unethical... but not stupid. Do yo...

> Do most post processing software (none of which I have) enable you to apply scale factors leg by leg?Most that I am aware of. Yes.> If so, are...

This is a good reason to book your shots. Don't try to field enter scale factors. If you book it you can play with the data in s variety of ways.

This ain't Texas!> Er, not exactly. I scouted the area. At least 10 setups up a curvy, hilly road. Then there's the problem of the monuments...I li...

Since this is your first rodeo, I'd highly recommend booking this traverse and logging the measured distances. Apply the scale factors later. If you m...

that looks pretty nifty, especially being programmable. I wonder if they sought out much input from surveyors. the slope/vertical angle reduction does...

That's solid advice right there

Simple...Great explanation. This is exactly what a compass rule adjustment does. I grew to not like balancing angles before compass rule adjustment be...