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  ronnie r. monilla RCE,JGE,CSP July 5, 2011 at 4:12am

  hmmmn, what a nice data collector, can you tell us the price including shipment to middle east?
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  Skip Farrow June 24, 2011 at 1:40pm

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  Arnel M. Domag October 12, 2010 at 2:28pm

  @Kate: If the project area is generally of low foliage or generally under open sky then I suggest using your trimble in VRS mode if you're not familiar with it. You can use your gps receivers as independent rovers and get differential correction via VRS. VRS offers survey grade output to the tune of 0.10m to 0.30m. Of course, the accuracy is subject to physical and systematic sources of error such as multipath.
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  Kathleen (Kate) Burnham-Evans October 12, 2010 at 2:09pm

  @Arnel: Wish I could get that threw the heads of these Engineers up here. WAAS I know. So you do alot of construction layout? I am bidding on a large job here, mapping snowmachine trails in the Petersville AK. area. I do not know what the stipulations are for accuracy yet. These trails change year to year depending on the amount of snow, 2m to 5m accuracy might be acceptable. Other wise I will be forced to drag out the Trimble set up and the Total Station. This area can get 4 to 5 feet of snow and -40 degrees with only 4 hours of daylight. Dark time can get -50+. Equipment does not like cold. Cables snap, batteries die, screens go black. Maybe this Juniper would be good. Keep in chest harness to keep warm, next to avalanche beacon.
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  Arnel M. Domag October 12, 2010 at 1:58pm

  @Kate: SBAS is Satellite Based Augmentation System. WAAS/EGNOS is a form of SBAS. It is actually a differential correction service. Without SBAS, your GPS handheld can only provide you navigation grade accuracy (30 meters with Selective Availability or S/A off). A GIS grade GPS receiver can only provide GIS grade accuracy (2m to 5m). It is not a survey grade tool. Using a GIS grade GPS receiver in construction layout is NEVER acceptable.
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  Kathleen (Kate) Burnham-Evans October 12, 2010 at 1:42pm

  @Arnel: So you can load TDS into it and work it like a data collector. I have engineers running around with these GIS thingies thinking they are surveying, but the crap is about to hit the fan over private property owners rights and boundary lines. We have enough trouble with high dollar GPS equipment, lack of satelites this far north, density of the trees, very few permenate base stations. I can see where this Juniper would be handy in the right hands, it is cute looking. You must do alot of construction layout? What is SBAS feature? We don't get to see alot of fancy new equipment up here.
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  Arnel M. Domag October 12, 2010 at 12:32pm

  @Kate: the GPS onboard this handheld is only a GIS grade. The SBAS feature is only available in your area. When used in my place (Philippines) it self-downgrades to navigation grade.
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  Arnel M. Domag October 12, 2010 at 12:11pm

  @Kate: This is just another Windows Mobile handheld PC. You can install surveying sofware of your choice that supports Windows Mobile OS: SurvCE, Survey Pro, Fieldgenius, and others. The beauty of this product is that if offers wider screen. Wide screen provides ease of work in the field if you're employing the visual surveying methodology. If you're comfortable with the textual methodology, then Sokkia SDR33 is just enough for your job. It really depends on your preference. In my case, I prefer using this product as it provides me wider space of my visual work specially basic COGO/CAD functions.
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  Kathleen (Kate) Burnham-Evans October 12, 2010 at 1:10am

  What the heck is it....Never heard of it. Is it like TDS? Is it just a GIS tool...Handheld GIS? I don't think it would work for my jobs...Maybe this is what all the office engineers are talking about.........So they can eleminate us surveyors.....Nothing worse than an engineer staking line with a hand held GPS.....Just asking.....Take no offense......