I also got one from Jeff.I have just about zero nostalgia for older surveying equipment....with the exception of the DKM1.I used one almost daily for ...

...and don't drive like my brother.

Here in Tucson, we used my DKM1 (from Jeff Opperman - thanks, Jeff) and projected the sun onto a white board - the way we used to do solars back in Ye...

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I think a good title for this video might be:Helicopter? I don't need no stinking helicopter!!

Apropos of absolutely nothing in this post, I thought I would post Arizona's answer to the dogwood. Lots of these right now and very lovely.

Kitt Peak National Observatory

Beautiful! Thanks.

Funny! Thanks...

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I assume you mean the "Locus"-type L1 units.That's a good price. We have seven of them and have found them to be rock-solid for control work.

Sorry to hear that, actually. Always look forward to weird science that opens odd and exciting doors!!

Thanks for that. We have been able to find them, but we had to hire Sherlock Holmes....

PS...and in defense of the engineers, I see equally bad rubbish on plats from surveyors.It certainly goes back to CAD monkeys, but with all of the woo...