> Indeed. But software could be written with the philosophy that the XYZ coordinates are the values to be stored, and any sort of projection you wa...

We did too until I started thinking about how the significant digits applied. Thanks to Loyal.

Negative Shawn, Surveyors Still Struggle To Understand SPCIt would seem so, Lee, to flatlanders like you and me (I'm in East Texas). However I've seen...

XYZ is a perspective just like LLH. You still have to be concerned with realizations and epochs. You don't have to worry about Geoids or ellipsoid tho...

Negative Shawn, Surveyors Still Struggle To Understand SPCIf the combined factor is 200ppm you'll squander your entire 1:5000 error budget on lazily i...

Negative Shawn, Surveyors Still Struggle To Understand SPC> > Do you have any backup for that claim, or are you just feeling jaded today?Yes, bu...

Negative Shawn, Surveyors Still Struggle To Understand SPCRegarding products like aerial photography digital quads, etc., software is available to rep...

Negative Shawn, Surveyors Still Struggle To Understand SPCNo argument there from me Paul. Except that the software generally doesn't help. It just mas...

Loyal is right. The constant requests for reconciliation of Grid distance and ground distance confirms this. The discussion is generally even couched ...

OK - it's time for me to be a curmudgeon.I'm with Dave the Curmudgeon.

Great Video, Mark.One of my favorite people. Regarding OPUS, it sure seems those abort messages are pretty meaningless. I get messages like that and s...

It is likely that if you shop around you will find a Surveyor who will certify to most any language you desire.Well if that doesn't just piss you off!

Do you have a link to the 4.0 features?

I'm withholding judgment. Carlson has always had good customer service and support. I will say the one thing I hold against them is the way bugs are f...

It Will Get WorseI'm with Mr. Flemming. It won't be RTK that dooms our profession, it'll be crappy work and low professional ethics.Dad tells me of a ...

> > IF.... (maybe big IF) the statement "True bearings,", is "TRUE"...then what is the problem?> > Well, true bearings would be really dum...

right on Kris. When we first started, our metadata was not entirely technically correct. Close enough to figure out what we did, but still not quite t...

> I like the possibility of using it as a RTN receiver, but I am not excited about using a JAVAD field controller. I would prefer to use a data co...

The Triumph-2 thus far has been impressive. I'm encountering one issue with OPUS and the Triumph-2 that I haven't nailed down yet. I've been in contac...