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?

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.

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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I  have a Leica tcr407 total station and would like some insight as well as an older firmware version.  I made a boo-boo and used wrong class when uploading and my machine is giving weak signal error 6.  eica said maybe upload a different version of firmware.  If anyone has this knowlege or the resource please advise.  Thanks

Is anyone still have the 5.05 firmware version of GS10/15?

My CS15 is on 5.05, but my GS15 is on 5.02, and cn'a get connected each other, because of different firmware version.
Unfortunately i have no budget to buy the ccp's.

Hi every body

I have 2 GPS 530 Leica.But one of them do not give enough satellite  for fixing.And i set up firmware 5.1 and i changed Antenna but again did not give more than 4 satellite.Please tell me how can i do.

THANKS.

Can somebody tell me how to create road profile in autocad  with using only existing levels

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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

LOOKING FOR A CONVERTER TO CONVERT XML DATA INTO EXCEL

Download CircleBestFitting.zip

Hi Forum,

This calculates center and radius of circle from measured coordinates around the circles.

Feel free to download it for your review and let me know if you had any suggestions.

detail description in my blog

Thanks,

salam from Indonesia,

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

THANK YOY

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"MicroSurvey has grown very rapidly in the last 2 years and the acquisition by Hexagon gives us the means to grow even faster and keep pace with the ever-growing customer demand. Our team is extremely excited about this acquisition as it provides us the vehicle for further investment in innovation and greater access to the market", stated Darcy Detlor, president of MicroSurvey Software. Mr. Detlor will continue as president of MicroSurvey.

Headquartered in Kelowna, British Columbia, MicroSurvey currently employs 30 people. With a successful expansion of its footprint in recent years, today the company provides innovative software solutions to customers around the world.

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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

Welcome to the Pentax Group Forum, created by John Anderson.  Please use this "Start a New Discussion" feature to make comments, ask questions, and provide solutions for other Pentax users in the UK and elsewhere around the globe.

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Hi,

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

Hello to all new Pentax members and any one else who is interested. My Pentax R235N has been tampered with by "others" and the settings are all mixed up.

What I need to know is what is the default settings for the UK.

I would call myself a "novice to capable" surveyor with no peers or associates to get help from, this is why I'm posting this request on LSU.

I have attached the Pentax options for Coordinate axis definition.

I look forward to any pointers and suggestions to resolve this problem.

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

Hello

Has anybody experiences of working with Linertec Total Station?

Is it PENTAX or what?

Thanks.

I am attempting to update an R8 receiver for the upcoming GPS week rollover.  Currently it has v2.31 and according to Trimble v2.32 needs to be installed to handle the rollover.  After downloading the WinFlash utility and while it is configuring the software update I get the following error:

Device Failure [824] The software for the Trimble R8/R6 on Com1 cannot be upgraded due to the firmware and hardware mismatch.

Any ideas on what to do next?  

This screen from GPS Configurator Trimble 5800, show neither "Log data" nor " Base", and memory left 0kb,  I don't know why, What have I to do?, Please help 

good evening all,

im looking for manuals, info, brochures... anything for our Trimble TTS 500. I recently acquired one of these with TSC1. I have searched and searched everywhere and nothing. Any help would be great! 

I tried the SX10 this week.   Has anyone else.

Hi,

Can anybody tell me is Trimble 5503 Total Station working with auto lock using Remote Target 602 (Trimble)?

Instrument has no radio on board, only servo. 

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?

When I set up my BRx7 system for base & rover, my base remains on autonomous. Is this normal?

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.

Hello, I use NIKON DTM 322 with on-board programs and data collector. I also use Land Desktop 2009 for my computation. When doing the download and upload, I use MSCAD-2009 using cable through COM1. The download is OK and I can download all my field work from total station to PC without any problem but when I try to do the upload, it keep giving me error "Check Data Line 1". I use the same format P,N,E,Z,D for both upload and download and don't know what is going on. Would someone please help me with this or have any idea about it? Your help/comment will be greatly appreciated.

Alex

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?

hi id like to know where to find the data transfer software for DTM-122A. it was donated to me but i cant download jobs from it. it doesnt have  data transfer software either     http://www.aliexpress.com

Hi all,

Looking for a manual for the subject auto-level.  In particular I need the specs for a proposal. My company doesn't have the manual.  If someone could scan the pertinent page I would be forever grateful. Thanks

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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.

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. 

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.

Hey Guys, I recently acquired a Topcon QS, and in using it, i have noticed there is not an EDM setting, for reflective tape, like in the Sokkia's or Leica's. 

Am I to make the assumption that i should use the "Prism" setting, and set the constant to 0?

please advise.

Thanks

I am looking to replace my DL 101 with a DL 501. The dealer, who does not stock these and seems to know little about them, is telling me that the 501 will not read the old rods and that I need to buy new and very expensive ones.

Would Topcon do this to us? Actually, I believe that they would. Has anyone had any experience with these? Has anyone successfully used a Trimble level to read Topcon rods?

Thanks

Hi all,

I have TDS Rrecon without bluetooth and i connect to my GSR2700 ISX trought cable. SurvCE log this reciever, then i select internal GSM and make NTRIP connection. Controler recieve list of base stations but and succesfuly connect to reciver at te end. When i try to survey it stays in auto mode do not recieve fix position. CAn enybode tell my why i have this problem?

Thanks

Bojan Petkovic

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 got engaged!    So....I decided that I need to sell some of my father's left over surveying equipment in order to pay for wedding and family gathering. Let me know if you have any questions or would like some more photos. 

This is an Axis 3 Backpack unit - Call 347-263-1455 to speak with Justin about Shipping

Easy to use, you can be collecting data in 30 mins, Automatically connects to WAAS, Coast Guard BEACON, or OMNI STAR * Accuracy averages 11/2' to 2' * collect POINTS, AREAS, and CONT. Lines *works with hydro, never stand and wait on a shot again, one prompt click to a side shot..enter a bearing and a distance, your off to the next shot. Export to ASCII, DXF, shape files/GIS files, etc. NEW UNIT MSRP: $7,295 

 GIS/Mapping DGPS unit with software..SOKKIA AXIS 3 with IMap: NEW GIS/Mapping GPS back-pak SOKKIA AXIS 3, sub-meter DGPS, CONDITION: NEW Great in canopy, New style antenna. (Optional) data collector, but can be operated from your Laptop, IPaq, tablets, notebooks, etc. and comes with IMap software. GIS/Mapping DGPS unit with software..NEW $3,995 IMap is very user friendly collection progrom, and can be configured to be as attribute sensitive as you require. Will also collect raw data L1 ONLY

The Sokkia Axis 3 is the current GIS-level GPS product from Sokkia and obtains corrections from Coast Guard beacons, WAAS and OmniStar. There is no subscription fee for beacons or WAAS, but there is for OmniStar. The subscription can be by month or year or any other time period (even �weekend� use). Accuracy varies on correction method used, but is typically sub-meter to 3 meters. For example, 0.5 meter accuracy (1.5 feet) is common with beacon corrections when located within 60 miles of a Coast Guard beacon. The Axis 3 is designed for GIS and environmental applications, which are effectively addressed by SurvCE through use of attributing on feature codes and through ESRI import and export features.

GIS/Mapping GPS back-pak SOKKIA AXIS 3, sub-meter DGPS, CONDITION: NEW

Great in canopy, New style antenna. (Optional) data collector, but can

be operated from your Laptop, IPaq, tablets, notebooks, etc. and comes

with IMap software. GIS/Mapping DGPS unit with software..NEW it sells for $3,995

 

Download setupofsokkiaaxis3dgps_assembly.pdf

Hi 

can anyone advise where I can get a technical manual for a Sokkia SDR 31 controller.Trying to avoid downloading pdf's from unsecured sites ,unless someone knows of a reliable one.Thanks 

John