The instrument I learned on, and the T-16 1981.Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk
I started surveying in the army (82C) in 1981. 100m steel tape, we performed sun shots to determine position, and everything was recorded in a field b...
That's seriously low down. We had a backsight set up stolen twice. One guy took his time as he was ripping us off, because our set up was on a highwa...
What a great and interesting post! I would love to see more.
"OK I got it. I go in this hole, and you wait by that hole over there. When it comes out over there, catch it!"
Now THAT post was my number one laugh of the day! LMBO!
And yet today (16Mar2011) there is another string about the same subject with many replies.... Go figure.
And, as much as I used to complain way back when I was a rodman and we did plane-table topo's, looking back now you couldn't beat that method for prod...
That after plat gives me a headache just trying to read it. And so much for making sense of how those contours work. Shame. I've done better sketches ...
I brought my computer about a year ago. It handles everything I throw at it, and I paid only $799.00 for it. Here's a pic, I like it because it's a "a...
Well, congrats! Things still pretty much bite here in Georgia. No one is hiring right now... Never thought I'd miss living in hotels, after spending s...
The 1200 series (I misnamed on the photo) has bluetooth and wireless, and Glonass.
I'm a Leica man...You are correct. My typo. The 500 series, the controller is red. my bad...
I'm a Leica man...When I first started to do GPS work in 1989 it was on the Trimble Navigation 4000SL, I think was the name... I know it was the 4000 ...
We did a project for the USACE in Baton Rouge, LA. and hired some local surveyors to help us out. Since they knew the area, they recon'ed the control...
Using the Leica SmartRover GPS unit, I occupy a control monument, record three shots, then break the lock and record three more checking the residuals...
Texas...I'm in the same boat here in Georgia. I've done Linkdon and keep in touch with the firms I've worked for in the past. Looked at the jobs in Wi...
I can never understand why people, especially surveyors destroy monuments. Back in 2004, th engineering firm I worked for had a person who was well ...
Here's another view I already have downloaded on my hard drive....
