Land Surveyor Community Forum

Hello All,

Finding Jobs in File System on CC80 smart tablet

Hi all, Im trying to locate a job that was deleted from a project.  Does anyone know where jobs and their measurements are stored on the local machine? iCON / Leica / cc80 / smart tablet

Feed Back Total Station South N7 Series

Hello Dears, I just want to ask regarding the South N7 chines brand, who has used or has any information about its performance. 

Quiz for Surveyors New to the Field

Rob Migliore‎ shared this with us.... let's see how well you do...

I sometimes give an easy quiz to potential field and CAD people during their interview, just to get an understanding of their experience.
I wonder how many of you can answer these ques

TOPCON GTS-3B

what is the HD/CD

Mode, and how do you turn it off?

UAV mapping in 8 different industries

With its advantages of fast, efficient, flexible and low cost, UAV tilt photography technology is slowly subverting the traditional surveying and mapping operation mode. It has become the “new darling” of the surveying and mapping industry. Applyin

Loose fitting plastic caps

The last two orders of caps I purchased for 5/8" rebar slide easily on and off the rebar. One order was from Stakemill and the other from Berntsen. Since both call for a model 5000 with either Permamark or PM I suspect both caps are permamark caps. W

Instrument Seems to Lag location

We are having a problem with a robotic total station.

It appears that the point stored is not actually where the prism is at but at a location whose position varies from the true location.  Sometimes the shot taken on the curb appears 0.5 feet into th

Standard Symbols for site facilities

Hi guys,

could you pleas guide me how to show the site demolished walls and inlet outlet according to the standard symbole in a topographic map.

Thank you. 

How many feet in a Square Acre of Land?

A question that I often receive from new land surveyors is  How many feet is a square acre?

I am not quite sure why this stumps so many, but this is basically what I tell them with they ask.

A square enclosing one acre is approximately 69.57 yards, or

Setting Radio Protocol on Newdi M3

Hi Surveyors,

I have used 4 units of GNSS Newdi  for 6 months which are set base and rover only on Newdi Equipment.

I plan to utilize Newdi can be operated interacting with another gnss (hi-target, south and chc) over same radio protocol.

Through wifi

Traverse intersection points

Hi guys,

I am a bit confusing with the naming of the bechmarks when there be tow or more BMs those are share between tow travers, would we have to name them the same? or we have the option of give name the deffrent name for each travers? 

thanks