Re: Newbee needs help

Thank you, Richard.  That was my intention.  That hopefully he would get out
a pencil and teach himself the basics and thereby understand his calculator
limitations and improve his understanding of surveying..............  CM

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"Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 08:05:18 -0500, in sci.engr.surveying you wrote:
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> >So I add the instruments occupied x coord to 86 and I get an x coord for
the
> >new front site point of 4086.
> >Is there an easier way than this ?
> >
> Already mentioned are two main directions:
>
> 1) the green sheet and pencil method ... which should suit the
> calculator you have, the method you use, and give a record of your
> steps which you would then key into a COGO program or reconcile
> manually.
>
> 2) the programmable calculator upgrade to an HP48GX (or whatever) with
> software available to give you field results and a PC connection for
> printouts and COGO.
>
> It kind of depends on how much time you have and how much you value
> your time, it seems to me.  The results should be close, but #1 would
> be more of a teaching experience.  Just out of curiosity, how about
> posting again when you tried #1 for a longer time or decided to change
> methods?
>
>
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> Richard ...