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Kent,Perhaps you missed my invitation regarding RTK vectors ready for adjusting in StarNet, but for the low, low cost of an email to shawnbillings(at)...
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Loyal-Brad-Shawn - P.I.N.G.S.I can't guarantee things won't get hysterical, Gavin.
I know the mystery man your are asking about. He actually looks that blurry in real life. He's kind of sensitive about it.
Shawn & LoyalI'm with Gavin on that. How's the weather in Wyoming this time of year?
Shawn - RTK Surveying - Small ExampleI'll gladly buy the first round.
Shawn - RTK Surveying - Small ExampleIt's amazing to me that the hard and fast "rules" we apply to GNSS (I struggle not to say GPS anymore) change so ...
Shawn - RTK Surveying - Small ExampleThank you for that, Gavin. I agree entirely.I had an email conversation with a gentleman (that I do not believe p...
send me an emailshawnbillings(at)cablelynx.com
5-600 feet with a parani at the instrument. Pretty nice not keeping up with the Bluetooth on the pole. I do find at times that I have to reboot the Su...
Texas recently dropped the precision standard from the MTS. I think it was a good move for two reasons: its practically unenforceable and the standard...
> Except that the standard errors of angles and distances measured with a total station in fact can be well estimated from repeat measurements. The...
>Okay, so your opinion is that the repeatability of RTK positions is not a measure of their uncertainties? Haven't heard that one before.It's no di...
> Why not just post it here? There are others interested in this problem who also have the means to use the information.I'm not aware of a convenie...
> The tests I've suggested are fairly fundamental stuff. I would agree, except for "realistic sources of multipath", which is fairly subjective and...
You should get RTK and then you can test it all you want in a myriad of scenarios.
Yes. Generally I use 3 minute observations for control points. I decided to only use 60 seconds for these observations as 3 minutes seemed like it wou...
In mountainous terrain (which I do not work in) using individual factors at segmented endpoints can cause problems. The distances aren't related to on...