HELLO THERE!!! I'm Roberta ...I'm a surveyor working at Mes Aynak Archaeological Project in Afghanistan.i started this new job last week..and found myself not being able to download survey data..prevoius surveyor who bought two Nikon DTM 322 didn't leave any software to download the data (or deleted it before going away ...how nice!!). I am really not familiar with this machines ..I always been using Leica as it's the most popular in Europe for archaeological work. I managed to get the drivers for the Prolific usb serial port. Reading prevoius forums I understand there is a software called Transit to download the data, is this correct?Does anybody out there knows where can i get it?(as it seems to be very hard to find in the net). Or does anybody knows if i can alternatively use another software?? I hope somebody can help as this is becoming very frustrating.....

I just started with a steel erection company that had no previous in house surveyor. They gave me their Nikon NPL-352 and peanut prism to conduct anchor bolt surveys to verify correct location. 

While conducting my survey, toward the end of the day and at the furthest distance of my survey, about 200', I was running into errors of about 1 inch. I took the Nikon in for a much needed calibration and the shop said nothing was too far out, I think they said 8'' I can't remember what way though. I also purchased a proper back sight prism with tripod, tribach, and adapter. 

The next day when I was in the field I back sighted to my prism, surveyed for approximation 3 hours, temperature rose about 15*f, back sighted on my prism and it was off more then 5/8 of an inch, everything was level and nothing moved. So I re-shot my back sight and went on my way. 

My questions are:

Is there something potentially wrong with my Nikon?

What could I do to further check potential problems?

Or is this a normal thing for Nikon/all total stations?

How can I minimize this error?

Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thanks, 

Patrick 

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 establish the distance, then turn the instrument to the centerline of the tree to establish the actual position of the point. Is this possible with the built-in Nikon software?

Dear fellow surveyors,

i recently bought Pathfinder Pro 12-channels  XRS receiver, with integrated GPS/Beacon Anthena and TSCe1 data logger, with all the cables and backpack, but don't have any batteries. I haven't tried it yet and i could really use some tips on how to operate the model and some feedback about its' functionality. I am particularly interested if you could use it in RTK mode with internet provided data?

All opinions and feedback is much appreciated.

Best regards 

Hey guys,

I'm trying to get my trimble style sheet to put my atribute before my code in the output.

code= settlement plate condition -->only 8 different conditions      K01

attribute= settlement plate number -->about 250 plates                1206

if i use the standard xls I found i reads 

pt,  code    attr    x           y          z     

1  ,  K01 , 1206 ,  1000,   1000,   ,1000  

but i need it to be 

1,  1206K01 ,1000 , 1000 , 1000. 

removing the comma between 1206 and K01 isn't a problem. thats just using textpad or something similar

having to relocate complete kolloms is to much editing and i would rather have my trimble do that.

thanks in advance.

Lourens Pepping 

Hi,

I am using SCS900 on a TSC3 with Advance measurement module activated. There was a function in total station setup where I can measure control network. Did anybody know how to define the station when I am closing a traverse loop? Currently I can't use back the same point number in observation when I reached back at the traverse start point. As a result, after download into TBC it told me there was 2 different point each end at my close traverse line.

Regards,

Kusairi

I tried the SX10 this week.   Has anyone else.

I've recently started using a trimble s8 total station and I'm having problems completing calibration steps. I can't understand the instruction in the manual for adjusting the trunnion and I'm not able to calibrate the auto locking because the instrument is not allowing me to manually center the cross-hire on the target even if I disable auto lock before starting the calibration routine. I need some advice can anyone help me?

This little baby just got me out of a pinch.  I figured I would share this Pentax R-400 Operators Manual with you guys in case you need it..

Hello

Has anybody experiences of working with Linertec Total Station?

Is it PENTAX or what?

Thanks.

I recently received a Pentax PCS-2s total station from another surveyor as a gift but i am having a few challenges. I have read the manual for three times now but i have still been unable to solve my little situation. To make coordinate observations one will have to input in the station coordinates and make a back sight observation but my challenge is, when inputting in the station coordinates i am allowed only five slots to key in my digits but my eastings are six digits. IMG-20150328-00197.jpg

Hi,

Who knows the total station Pentax PCS-1s  and technical characteristics.

hi. i hope there are people out there using embedded cad and can answer questions i can't find in there wonderful videos. 

we are converting over from the great antique land desktop 3. been using it for 20 years now but need to upgrade our survey software. i don't want to use civil 3d.

we have field genius and love it so we went with embedded cad. my biggest question is points. i just want to change the node from a dot to an X. they show you how in the intellicad version but not for embedded cad, popups don't look the same

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Respected sir,

          Please help me to transform the latlon coordinates to UTM manually how can i solve it manually

THANK YOY

Hi,

I am currently using starnet V6 and I am having a problem. Tried searching through the manuals and online help but no such luck. 

Currently I have a two traverse loops; One loop is the original loop which was done many years back, the second loop was recently done and contains part of the original loop and was done using assumed bearing and coordinates. I would like to know how to do a transformation of the loops and also find out the residuals of the original loop to know how much they have moved. 

Good day again to all,

Are lcd can be repaired? I have a second thought of buying used instrument. I plan to buy a used topcon instrument model cs-20r but lcd is not clear. Can it be repaired? 

Thank you all. 

We recently upgraded several of our GR-3's from Digital I to Digital II.  Since then we have had intermittent Bluetooth connectivity issues.  It's hard to nail down the issue but I will describe it the best I can.  

It seems the problems all started after I updated the devices to Digital II.  At random times when the user tries to connect to the GR-3 it will not be able to find the GR-3's Bluetooth signature.  I have tried resetting the devices and turning them on and then back on.  At random times once you turn the device on then off it will show up as a device on the data collector.  You can then connect and it seems to stay connected as a Rover.  But, it seems that when my foreman shuts the Device down then tries to connect the next day it will not be able to find the Bluetooth signature.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Hello do anyone have topsurv 7 or 8 pc version download file they would like to share it is no longer available to download from Topcon care

Best regards

I was working the field the other day and somehow I managed to glitch out my Pocket 3D to where it will not boot in Full Screen mode.  I have tried using Tablet mode and that doesn't help.  I think its a Windows 10 thing.  Pocket 3D has limited menus for display so I have gone through all the menus and found nothing.

I reinstalled the latest version and that didn't work. 

Any help is appreciated.

Hi Topcon users, I'm looking for a solution for my (Radio Link) problem with the Topcon Hiper SR receiver.

I'm trying to get a fixed solution after connecting the Hiper with bluetooth to the FC-5000 (Magnet Field 5.1)  and getting the mouth point and Server connection.

after connecting to the server  the system don't get a Radio link.

We are using an internet connection (Sim card in the FC-5000) to connect to a reference antenna connected in a RTK network. 

We have two old receiver (Topcon Hiper XT) and they are working fine.

who can tell me what the problem is.

Thanks in advance for your attention.

Best regard,

Monty Kock

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With the attached excel files you can calculate Distance and Bearing from coordinates easily, just you have to input the Easting and Northing values only. I have created this excel spreadsheet to calculate BEARING and DISTANCE when we have easting northing coordinates of points.

With second version (v1APR)  you can calculate bearings from a list of coordinates) Originally the above file is regarding Traverse Calculation excel sheet download/Traversing/Closed Traverse/Bowditch Rule

Please give me Excel format for  Horizontal Curve 

Hi

Survenator has already uploaded a spreadsheet for calculating bearings from coordinates, but it doesn't calculate the horizontal distance.  So I have added the distance calc to a spreadsheet that you can find here

Please let me know if you find it useful.

 Download Metrix - Bearing.xlsx

Regards

Patrick

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Hi Guys 

I got my photo control and processing all figured out for Normal projects with good geometry but im having a hard time figuring out how to place and space control points for narrow road strip.

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We have recently acquired an eBee plus and interested in others experience and tips in optimizing the workflow in Agisoft, in particular using a geoid model where the local geoid model is not well defined (outside South Africa) We always use accurate ground control points to verify results. The geoid model is fairly well defined in South Africa with an accuracy or standard deviation of 7cm. Has anyone used a geoid specific to Africa and verified against true orthometric heights, and if so where?

Good afternoon,

I am just about to launch a new small business called Ground Control Surveys.

I live in Sydney, Australia.

The business will offer both UAV Mapping and Processing. 

Having read a whole lot of forums over the last few years, I have seen that there are a large number of people who want to take advantage of UAV's for mapping, but who don't have the time to experiment with all the processing software/s. 

For those local to my area, I can fly the drone (Licensed CASA pilot) and process the images.

But for those who may be interstate or overseas; I am more than happy to process the imagery that you may have taken.

I can also discuss the flight planning, ground control placement, camera settings etc with you, to ensure the imagery is of sufficient quality. 

I have refined the process over the last 2 years and have found that Photoscan allows for the most customisation, which, done correctly, leads to the most accurate results; however, if you require the imagery processed in similar software, that can usually be arranged. 

If anyone would like to know more, I can share with you my past projects and the accuracy analysis.

I can also assist with the analysis after the processing is complete eg. categorising the point cloud, creating a bare-Earth model, generating contours and exporting them as a DXF, creating a 10 x 10m grid and sampling heights at these locations etc.

Don't hesitate to ask any questions, I'm happy to share some quick tips on this or any related topics (QGIS, GlobalMapper etc).

Kind regards,

James Wallace

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Greetings to all Surveyors around the world,

I have been have this problem with my Leica TPS 407 Total Station when I try to take measurements, It displays 'Weak Signal Error 1292'. I have even change New Battery and tried different Prism but still It does not take measurement.

Please Help me out with the best solution, It is the only TPS Device I gad. thanks as you help.

has anyone successfully loaded a current almanac onto a Leica GX1230 receiver. I have tried to force it to initilise via Config - satttelited - Shift F4 but no luck.

Anyone is familiar with Leica Geiod Reader?

Hi guys
Can any help me for adding PDL GFU15 Modem list in GX1230 Receiver ??
Thanks For ALL

A fellow member asked if I could help him find a manual for the Sokkia CX and after quite a bit of searching i finally dug one up. Here it is attached for download below. Hope it helps!

how can i set out a local coordinate using  Sokkia GRX 2 can you help me please =(

I have error code 118 on Sokkia 3030R can anyone assist 

Hi,
today for the first time I noticed that my GRX1, or perhaps the Spectrum Survey Field (I don't know if it is the software or the GPS) records the measurements with a completely wrong date.
When there was the rollover week I installed the recommended firmware on the GRX1 (version 4.7-10). After that I had never noticed if the acquisition date was correct or not.
Today, having made a continuous acquisitions, and needing to synchronize the measurements with the data of another instrument (magnetrometer), I noticed that the dates recorded by the Spectrum Survey Field are completely wrong. (I have Spectrum Survey Field version 8.2.3 installed on a SHC2500 controller).
Can comeone give me some advice to solve the problem?
Many thanks and kind regards,

Massimo

I recently purchased a SET6F on ebay, an actually got it up and running.

Does anyone know where I can find a copy of the operator's manual?  Hard copy preferred, or a link to a pdf , or anything.

I have the manual that came with it, but all the pages are stuck together. (Surveying in the rain?) More of a paperweight than a document.

Opening it just rips the pages.

Hello friend,

Can someone who has an experience with Carlson surveCE answer me, I want to know if it's possible to perform a PPK survey using this field software, using Trimble or Topcon receivers, I dont need only to record raw data as I see in videos on YouTube, but need surveying points while recording data and typing   feature codes like Trimble Survey Controller or Topcon TopSurv software. Thanks.

I have a weird scale (1:14726.5) that just took over and can't get back to the usual Ex: 1"=50'. Carlson Support hasn't been able to help. We've tried different setting changes.Scale.pdf

Has anyone had this problem?

I am working with Carlson SurvCE  Version 5.07 on the Carlson Tablet Data Collector. I work in the Transportation field, and use the roading feature daily. When in the Stake Road function, I am having issues using the reference object setting when staking by a section file, ie staking the Finish grade for an EP and also Staking the Back of Curb, Back of Curb being my reference object selected. The issue I keep having is that when selecting the reference object, it locks up the data collector. I have a work around as in going into the section file and obtaining the back of curb elevation and punching that elevation in once I have stored the shot. It is a bit time consuming from a construction stand point and I am not the only on in my company that is having this issue. I was just wondering if anyone else has had this issue, and if so what was the fix. We keep checking for updates, but have not seen any.

Thanks