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Topics: 140 / Replies: 2104
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RE: recent USA auroral activity vs GNSS tracking

Thread Hijack - I noticed your avatar, is that you playing the Dobro?

15 years ago
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RE: TDS Survey Pro Vertical Angle Offset

For towers I found that I couldn't get reliable data using vertical angle offset due to the combination of horizontal errors and steep vertical angles...

15 years ago
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RE: TDS Survey Pro Vertical Angle Offset

I used this routine a lot for cell tower heights on a Huskey running TDS. Unless they've made major changes, it takes a normal shot on the prism and t...

15 years ago
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RE: Help- Data recovery

We considered going the same route. We were running four 10,000rpm scsi drives in a software raid managed by Windows NT server and backed-up nightly t...

15 years ago
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RE: Topsurv 8

No, with version 8 and up they don't allow spaces or other special characters in codes. Go to Topcon University, log in and navigate to Data Entry: Co...

15 years ago
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RE: Help- Data recovery

You're correct. Mechanical failure=Recovery companyFile system error=DIYMy last "mechanical failure" was in 2000. It was a 4-drive raid array where th...

15 years ago
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RE: Help- Data recovery

It's been a decade since I've dealt with any data recovery companies, but the last quote I received stated that their fee remained the same even if th...

15 years ago
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RE: Transferring data from Trimble 4000sse receiver to Trimble B

With newer computers and newer software, I've found it increasingly difficult to download from older equipment utilizing serial ports. One trick that ...

15 years ago
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RE: Things seen whilst surveying

Speaking of low flying birds, a few years back I was working in a subdivision where the street ran up the crest of a small ridge and the trees had bee...

15 years ago
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RE: TopSurv8.2 Released Today

For data collection or simple stake-out I like it well enough. I think they could vastly improve the ergonomics of data entry, flexibility of cogo ro...

15 years ago
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RE: TopSurv8.2 Released Today

I've downloaded them, but haven't had time to install and evaluate yet. Looking at the release notes TopSurv8.2 Release Notes it looks like several mi...

15 years ago
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