Be sure to subscribe to a good maintenance plan. The new machines need a lot more maintenance that the typical user can't take care of. Parts are real...

Randy,I can't help with your question. Sorry to hijack the thread, I just wanted to congratulate you on your son following in your footsteps! I know y...

Sincerest Condolences. I lost my Mom on February 12, 2009. Three weeks later I lost my Office Manager to cancer. She had been with me 10 years and was...

The Promark 3's are sold but I have no offers on the other stuff. Thanks Wendell and Angel! I'll be sending some beer money!

I also have two or three topcon total stations that I'd part with. One GPT 1002, a GTS 313 and a GTS 301.

Photos of the various pondsYou have an amazing view! I wouldn't mind that work environment!

If the measurement from string to ground at point C is close to or more than 0.5' you would take a shot there. That would take care of that segment. I...

Your imaginary stringline would be stretched along the grade (along the ground) from point to point, not horizontally.

There is no specific distance between your shots. The simplest way i know to describe how to tell is this: For a 1' interval topo, if you were to stre...

Sounds like a recreational exercise. So pretend you need very tight accuracy. Shoot for 1' interval or 1/2' if the area is really flat. National mappi...

What is the purpose of the topo? First decide what your error budget is. Is it going to be a 1' interval? Long, flat curves I would take shots every 3...

I just realized that I never posted about the rest of the job. My assistant was confronted by one of the students that gave us a hard time in the begi...

I've had to have "security" quite a few times to keep the peace. The deputies always complained that I went to work too early. To satisfy them we woul...

This particular site is not one that you can leave the robot unattended. The second man also sketches and holds shrubs out of the way. I wouldn't feel...

I am currently working on a topo of an approx. 46 acre school property. Its very irregular in shape with lots of parking, curb and gutter, concrete, b...

Could it be "Witness Post Set"? Around here it could be a post, pipe, pin or the evil POINT. Maybe its nocal custom but when I see "S" at the end I al...

YesI was doing a very large amount of boundary work for a small engineering company about 8-10 years ago. Most of it was boundary surveys of property ...