Discussion Entry: TCR1200 leica, how to prevent it from locking the vertical angle after take a distance measurements?

On the TCR1200 when I measure a tree I normally measure the distance next to the tree then I position the horizontal angle in front of the tree before recording the right position.How can I do the sam…

Added by Maciej Michalak at 4:02am on March 27, 2016

Photo Entry: Mango tree 500 Years old,found during survey

While doing a survey for a court commission, found this.I have reported to preserve this as a common allotment when partition decree is given,My assistant at the tree.

Added by Lalith Senanayake at 9:14am on March 5, 2015

Discussion Entry: NPL332 - shooting points with an offset

I'm using a Nikon NPL-332 total station to perform topographic surveys, and I would like to learn how to shoot points with an offset. For example, I would like to hold the prism beside a tree to estab…

Added by Nathan Toews, PE at 1:16pm on February 16, 2016

Discussion Entry: Rearrangement of stone wall by archeologist ,what a design!

This wall is around the world oldest tree preserved for worship ,as this sepling was brought to Sri Lanka from India 2000 years ago.

Added by Lalith Senanayake at 10:59am on December 7, 2015

Photo Entry: ProMark800 RTK rover

My back yard is a challenging RTK environment. People sometimes ask me if it will do RTK work when there are a few trees. Here in the afternoon shade of a big pecan tree it provides a fixed RTK soluti…

Added by [email protected] at 3:46am on August 10, 2012

Photo Entry: RTK challenge

The ProMark800 set on the north side of a big pecan tree would only offer a fixed RTK solution about half the time. It was less boring after I moved to a point east of the big tree but closer to the c…

Added by [email protected] at 3:46am on August 10, 2012

Photo Entry: Rare coconut tree

Added by Lalith Senanayake at 12:01pm on May 11, 2016

Discussion Entry: Use Shadow of a Tree to Calculate Height

Here is a really cool trick to calculate the height of a tree using its shadow, taught by Jeff Jenson of UNLV

Added by Jaybird at 9:05pm on April 14, 2011

Photo Entry: Old factory

the tree growing on a 4th floor balcony

Added by Vladimir Stanojevic at 4:55pm on March 18, 2010

Video Entry: Land Surveying in Vernon County, Wisconsin

Land Surveying in Vernon County, Wisconsin. I recovered a bearing tree and section corner set by a surveyor in 1880. His section corner location was based of...

Added by Scott D. Warner, PLS at 8:56pm on May 4, 2012