Subject: Re: Starplus Software.
From: "Shelby H. Griggs"
Date: Sun, 06 Oct 1996 17:53:34 -0700
mark johnson wrote:
>
> Star*Net---Survey Control Programme.
>
> Written by Starplus Software , Inc.
>
> Does anyone use it? I have a demonstration version, which is
> limited to 10 survey stations. I have to say that I am very
> impressed by its performance, but not so much by its cost.
>
> I believe that last time I priced it, it cost some 800 UK pounds.
>
> What cost is in the USA. ??
>
> We are always led to believe that prices are less there..!!
>
> Regards
> --
> Mark Johnson
There is an in-depth review of the software in the October, 1996 issue
of "Professional Surveyor" magazine. US price is $1595 for the top of
the line version known as Star*Net GPS. This version will adjust GPS as
well as conventional measurements. There is currently a special ongoing
for $1399. I posted a reply last week to your post, but it does not show
up today. It seems some posts stay here forever, and others are gone in
one or two days. Does anyone know why?
The above mentioned review basiclly says the same thing I posted
earlier. It is good software and well worth the price.
--
Shelby H. Griggs, PLS
OrbiTech, LLC
GPS Surveying, Consulting and Training
P.O. Box 5305
Bend, OR 97708-5305
Voice / FAX: (541) 383-2715
Mobile: (541) 912-8530
E-mail: orbitech@transport.com
Subject: Navstar GPS Constellation Status (96-10-07)
From: Richard Langley
Date: 7 Oct 1996 09:14:24 -0700
Navstar GPS Constellation Status
(96-10-07)
Blk NORAD Orbit Launch
II PRN Internat. Catalog Plane Date
Seq SVN Code ID Number Pos'n (UT) Clock Available/Decommissioned
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Block I
01 04 1978-020A 10684 78-02-22 78-03-29 85-07-17
02 07 1978-047A 10893 78-05-13 78-07-14 81-07-16
03 06 1978-093A 11054 78-10-06 78-11-13 92-05-18
04 08 1978-112A 11141 78-12-10 79-01-08 89-10-14
05 05 1980-011A 11690 80-02-09 80-02-27 83-11-28
06 09 1980-032A 11783 80-04-26 80-05-16 91-03-06
07 81-12-18 Launch failure
08 11 1983-072A 14189 83-07-14 83-08-10 93-05-04
09 13 1984-059A 15039 84-06-13 84-07-19 94-06-20
10 12 1984-097A 15271 84-09-08 84-10-03 95-11-18
11 03 1985-093A 16129 85-10-09 85-10-30 94-04-13
Block II
II-1 14 14 1989-013A 19802 E-1 89-02-14 Cs 89-04-15 05:02 UT
II-2 13 02 1989-044A 20061 B-3 89-06-10 Cs 89-08-10 20:46 UT
II-3 16 16 1989-064A 20185 E-5 89-08-18 Cs 89-10-14 20:21 UT
II-4 19 19 1989-085A 20302 A-4 89-10-21 Rb 89-11-23 03:13 UT
II-5 17 17 1989-097A 20361 D-3 89-12-11 Cs 90-01-06 03:30 UT
II-6 18 18 1990-008A 20452 F-3 90-01-24 Cs 90-02-14 22:26 UT
II-7 20 20 1990-025A 20533 90-03-26 90-04-18 96-05-10
II-8 21 21 1990-068A 20724 E-2 90-08-02 Cs 90-08-22 15:00 UT
II-9 15 15 1990-088A 20830 D-2 90-10-01 Cs 90-10-15 00:39 UT
Block IIA
II-10 23 23 1990-103A 20959 E-4 90-11-26 Cs 90-12-10 23:45 UT
II-11 24 24 1991-047A 21552 D-1 91-07-04 Rb 91-08-30 04:44 UT
II-12 25 25 1992-009A 21890 A-2 92-02-23 Cs 92-03-24 11:00 UT
II-13 28 28 1992-019A 21930 C-5 92-04-10 Cs 92-04-25 20:32 UT
II-14 26 26 1992-039A 22014 F-2 92-07-07 Cs 92-07-23 19:43 UT
II-15 27 27 1992-058A 22108 A-3 92-09-09 Cs 92-09-30 20:08 UT
II-16 32 01 1992-079A 22231 F-1 92-11-22 Cs 92-12-11 14:49 UT
II-17 29 29 1992-089A 22275 F-4 92-12-18 Cs 93-01-05 16:39 UT
II-18 22 22 1993-007A 22446 B-1 93-02-03 Cs 93-04-04 05:20 UT
II-19 31 31 1993-017A 22581 C-3 93-03-30 Rb 93-04-13 20:53 UT
II-20 37 07 1993-032A 22657 C-4 93-05-13 Cs 93-06-12 16:15 UT
II-21 39 09 1993-042A 22700 A-1 93-06-26 Cs 93-07-20 12:54 UT
II-22 35 05 1993-054A 22779 B-4 93-08-30 Cs 93-09-28 19:29 UT
II-23 34 04 1993-068A 22877 D-4 93-10-26 Cs 93-11-22 18:20 UT
II-24 36 06 1994-016A 23027 C-1 94-03-10 Cs 94-03-28 14:20 UT
II-25 33 03 1996-019A 23833 C-2 96-03-28 Cs 96-04-09 21:17 UT
II-26 40 10 1996-041A 23953 E-3 96-07-16 Rb 96-08-15 15:05 UT
II-27 30 30 1996-056A 24320 B-2 96-09-12 Cs 96-10-01 15:28 UT
Notes
-----
1. NORAD Catalog Number is also known as U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM)
object number and NASA catalog number.
2. No orbital plane position = satellite no longer operational.
3. Clock: Rb = Rubidium; Cs = Cesium.
4. Selective Availability (S/A) had been enabled on Block II satellites during
part of 1990; S/A off between about 10 August 1990 and 1 July 1991 due to
Gulf crisis; standard level re-implemented on 15 November 1991;
occasionally off for test and other purposes. Currently, PRN15 and PRN28
appear to have little or no S/A imposed.
5. Anti-spoofing (A-S) was activated on 94-01-31 at 00:00 UT on all Block II
satellites (ref. NANU 050-94042); occasionally off for test and other
purposes. A-S was turned off on all satellites at 20:00 UT on 95-04-19 and
back on on 95-05-10; off again between 95-06-19 and 95-07-10; and between
95-10-10 and 95-10-31. A-S has been off on PRN28 since 95-02-21.
6. PRN number of SVN32 was changed from 32 to 01 on 93-01-28.
7. The active clock on PRN01 was switched from a Rb to a Cs between 96-08-16
and 96-08-22 (ref. USNO and NANUs 134-96229 and 141-96234).
8. PRN05 and PRN06 are equipped with corner-cube reflectors for satellite
laser ranging (SLR). SLR tracking of the satellites will permit onboard
clock errors and satellite ephemeris errors in GPS tracking to be
differentiated.
9. The decommissioning date for PRN06/SVN03 is the date of termination of
operations of this satellite (ref. USNO) and is about 3 weeks later than
other published dates for "deactivation".
10. PRN16 will be moved from the E-3 slot to the E-5 slot to make room for
PRN10. An orbit maneouvre was carried out on 96-08-19 (ref. NANUs
120-96204, 137-96232).
11. PRN20 hs been unusable since 15:18 UT on 96-05-10 and will not return to
service (ref. NANU 118-96204). Cause of failure: loss of 3-axis
stabilisation. PRN20 was moved out of the B-2 slot to make room for PRN30
(ref. NANU 162-96256).
12. PRN28 has been moved from the C-2 slot to the C-5 slot, about 40 degrees
away. This move, which was initiated on 96-03-06 by lowering the orbit of
PRN28 by about 6 km, made way for PRN03. PRN03 is a backup for PRN28 which
has some undisclosed equipment problem. PRN28 will remain on the air, with
some subsystems shut down to conserve power (ref. NANUs 045-96066, NANU
068-96100, and GPS World Newsletter). The move was completed on 96-08-23
(ref. NANUs 127-96236 and 144-96236).
13. PRN30 (SVN30) was launched on 96-09-12 at 08:49 UT. It achieved initial
usable status on 96-10-01 at 15:28 UT (ref. NANUs 162-96256 and 171-96275).
14. Announced date of next scheduled launch: 97-01-13 (first Block IIR
satellite).
15. Compiled by Richard B. Langley, Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering,
University of New Brunswick.
===============================================================================
Richard B. Langley Internet: LANG@UNB.CA or SE@UNB.CA
Geodetic Research Laboratory BITnet: LANG@UNB or SE@UNB
Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Phone: (506) 453-5142
University of New Brunswick FAX: (506) 453-4943
Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3 Telex: 014-46202
Fredericton? Where's that? See: http://degaulle.hil.unb.ca/NB/fredericton.html
===============================================================================
Subject: Re: Trimble 4000 SSI GPS unit
From: rawlings@mozart.inet.co.th (Stephen Rawling)
Date: 6 Oct 1996 11:37:20 GMT
Steve Robertson (stever@mindlink.bc.ca) wrote:
| Reposting article removed by rogue canceller.
| In <51vqkb$gqb@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net> (21 Sep 1996
| 04:23:39 GMT), arun gera (arun gera)
| wrote:
| >I have heard that Trimble SSI is the top of the line in GPS surveying
| >equipment. Is this correct? Is there any real competitor to this unit?
| >
| There are many competitors. A few (perhaps most) of these receivers
| are probably better than the SSi, especially in that they track code
| on L2, and recover phase measurements on L2 with less noise. Great
| for high performance under difficult conditions. However, the SSi
| _is_ a very good receiver, these are all in the same general group.
| Most of my experience has been with the Trimble SSE (an older version
| of the SSi, not as good tracking under difficult conditions), but I
| have direct experience with most of the following.
| Ashtec Z12 (www.ashtec.com)
| - Sokkia's high end L1/L2 receiver is just an Ashtec in a
| different coloured box.
| - Geodimeter's high end L1/L2 receiver licenses Ashtec's tracking
| hardware in their front end, and is similar in performance.
| Leica SR399 1.800.645.9190
| - not the SR299, which is an L2 squaring receiver and not great.
| NovAtel Millenium (www.novatel.com)
| - this has just been released for the WAAS program, and I would not
| expect it to be available in a surveying unit for 6 months or so.
| Allen Osborne Turbo SII
| (somebody posted the address in response to your post already)
| - this receiver uses the same cross-correlation (developed by JPL
| and originally implemented by Osborne) as the Trimble
| - Topcon (www.topcon.com) sells this receiver under their name.
| There are other dual frequency receivers, but I only have used these
| data from these ones, the main surveying receivers. I think that you
| were speaking to a Trimble sales rep who meant that the SSi was the
| top of Trimble's line! ;-).
| ==========================================================================
| Steve Robertson stever@mindlink.bc.ca
| Tangent Survey Systems
| 302 - 1728 Second Avenue East tel 604.255.8754
| Vancouver, B.C. CANADA V5N 1E2 fax 604.255.0599
| ==========================================================================
ah yes
Subject: Re: Education for L.S.I.T.
From: papabear@roadrunner.com (Jerry Anderson)
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 05:51:22 GMT
CNZT72A@prodigy.com (Jack White) wrote:
Jack-
I took my first exam 22 years ago- At the time, I went through the
following:
Evidence & Procedure (Brown)
Boundaries & Adjacent Properties (Skelton)
Higher Surveying (Breed; Hosmer & Bone)
Davis & Foote
1947 Manual (Use '73 manual now)
I read every word, worked every example & answered every question at
the end of the chapters.
They don't tell you what your score was in Alaska, but years later a
former member of the board said I got a VERY high score. (Still
wouldn't tell me what!)
Recently saw a book entitled "1000 land surveyors exam questions" or
something similar. 8-1/2x11, 2" thick. I don't have it but it looked
pretty good.
Since then I've taken and passed exams in AZ, CO, FL, NM, UT & NV, and
am currently filling`out the application for Missouri.
When studying for subsequent exams, I go to the law library & read all
the statutes & regulations relating to surveying in the subject state.
Mostly it's the SOS (Same Old Stuff), but I jot down anything that's
odd, new, or different. The day before the exam, I review my notes.
It's worked so far!!!
>From: Jack White
>Subject: Education
> HELP!!!. I am an up and coming Land Surveyor currently employed as a
>Party Chief with 8 years field experience. I am hoping to take my
>Proffessional Land Surveyors Exam before the "grandfather clause" expires
>and all applicants will be required to have a four year college degree,
>which brings to the subject:EDUCATION.
> I am currently taking the Survey Technician Certification Exams as a
>preporatory background for the Surveyor's Exam. Working mostly with
>small firms doing mortgage surveys my knowledge in varied aspects of
>surveying are limited. Having a family negates the possibility of
>quitting work and going to a major university for a four year program in
>surveying.
> Where or how can someone become educated in the different aspects of
>Land Surveying? I attend as many seminars as possible and find most of
>them informative and full of information from the well-seasoned
>Proffessional Surveyors, but how many times can you take M.T.S. or
>Florida Surveying Law?
> If there is anyone out there who knows of Study Workshops, Exam Prep
>Classes,
>Correspondence Classes or anything related to the continuing education of
>a Surveyor-In-Training, please drop me a letter or an e-mail.
> Thanks,
>
>Jack White
> 10369 108th Ave. North
> Largo, Fl.
> 33773
> E-mail- jacwhite@prodigy.com
Subject: List of Govt Surveying Tech Reports Now Available
From: Michael Ravnitzky
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 08:09:54 -0600
GREAT SOURCE OF SURVEYING ENGINEERING RESEARCH DATA AVAILABLE: HERE'S
HOW:
I have been studying access to Defense Department technical/research
reports, and the release and declassification of those technical
reports. It turns out that there are millions of technical reports on
every subject imaginable catalogued at the Defense Technical
Information Center - DTIC: many of their reports are not classified,
but are nevertheless still not accessible to civilian researchers,
journalists and others, except through the Freedom of Information Act
- FOIA.
DTIC WEB SITE IS SANITIZED & WORTHLESS: DON'T BOTHER WITH IT
DTIC does have a web site, but the indexes on that web site are
extremely misleading. One, they only search back 10 years., and some
of the journalistic research may require additional coverage. Second,
and more important, the web site only includes public documents that
are already available through NTIS-National Technical Information
Services. In that regard, it's pretty worthless. So forget the web
site and mail in your request directly.
TECHNICAL DATA ON ALMOST ANY SUBJECT: NOT JUST DEFENSE TOPICS
Bear in mind that the Defense Department has conducted research on
literally any subject including the environment, oceanography,
biology, medicine, chemistry and physics, history, animals, psychology
and sociology, behavior, anthropology, archeology, engineering,
safety, etc. etc. You name it, they've got it.
HOW TO GET IT
However, any person can get a complete list of these otherwise
unavailable tech reports by using the Freedom of Information Act.
Simply send a letter of request to Kelly D. Akers, Freedom of
Information Act Manager, Defense Technical Information Center, Attn:
DTIC-RSM, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 0944, Fort Belvoir, VA
22060-6128 USA. You should not need to call, but just in case,
her phone number is 703-767-9194.
WHAT TO ASK FOR
In the letter, explain that you would like a complete
computer-generated technical report bibliography (for all computer
database years) for reports associated with the subjects and keywords
XXXXXXX or YYYYYYY or ZZZZZZZ. Select your keywords or subjects
carefully, no more than one dozen per request. Use the word OR
between keywords, and include parentheses *s* with keywords to
indicate plurals also. DTIC will process your request very literally,
so pick your keywords with care. You might pick keywords like
*surveying*, *GPS*, *theodolite*, etc.
You can also request all reports by a particular author, or all
reports by a particular contractor or company.
Indicate whether you are a for-profit company, or a noncommercial
requester. Fees are not likely to be more than a couple of dollars,
but indicate in the letter that you will be willing to pay fees up to
$20 without additional permission. This last sentence is important;
DTIC will not process your request without a statement agreeing to pay
fees.
It takes about 3-4 weeks to get a response. Once you get the list of
reports, you can select the ones of greatest interest or value and ask
for those specific reports with another letter, if you want.
Michael Ravnitzky
MikeRav@ix.netcom.com
Subject: MicroSurvey CAD 2.0...
From: Bill Walton
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 14:41:38 -0700
MicroSurvey CAD 2.0 for the surveying and civil engineering professional
is now shipping. This message is being posted on pertinent newsgroups to
supply the latest information on available surveying software. Please
disregard it if you do not wish to read the following marketing message.
MicroSurvey CAD (MSCAD) includes a full featured 2/3D CAD plus the
surveying program, all in one. What cost almost $4,000 (COGO program,
plus AutoCAD) a few weeks ago, now costs just $1,195. If you need to be
fully AutoCAD compatible, but are tired of paying thousands of dollars
for the CAD portion of your surveying software, read on.
In the past, MicroSurvey COGO software (MicroSurvey software is Canada's
leading suppplier of surveying software, with more than 40% of ALL
registered Canadian land surveyors listed as customers) relied on
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All data created in MSCAD can be saved directly to or from industry
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MSCAD includes the latest Windows features such as Windows Multiple
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A quick MicroSurvey CAD 2.0 summary:
- Full surveyors COGO, including calculations and plan production
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- Named street and road layout, with up to 5 offsets per side
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- Map/Plan check with closure
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- Print/Plot to any Windows supported devices (what isn't)
If you would like more information on MSCAD, or FelixCAD, contact the
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mailto:bill.walton@fcad.com
Subject: New CAD software...
From: Bill Walton
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 14:32:30 -0700
This electronic press release is being posted on pertinent newsgroups to
make people aware of a new CAD system from FCAD. Please disregard the
announcement if you are or not interested in reading the following
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For Immediate Release
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September 31, 1996 Westbank, BC --- FCAD Canada Inc. today announced
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FelixCAD features exceptional AutoCAD® compatibility, with seamless
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FelixCAD incorporates an Open Architecture Design. User-defined "hot
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Graphic Developer’s Engine, GDE, and FelixCAD are trademarks of Felix
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Subject: Antique Scientific Instrument Forum
From: "R.C. Blankenhorn"
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 16:55:49 +0000
The Antique Scientific Instrument Forum was set up by The Gemmary to
satisfy the needs of collectors and historians of scientific instruments
to keep in touch and exchange information.
It can be accessed from our web site:
http://www.gemmary.com/rcb/
or directly:
http://www.gemmary.com/rcb/insts/forum/forum.shtml
Users can post announcements, comments, questions and answers, as well
as For Sale/Swap and Wanted-to Buy ads. The Forum is free and open to
all. Help us make The Forum a success by using it.If you have comments
or questions about The Forum, post them or e-mail us directly.
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Subject: TCG: GPS World, Vol.7, No.10, 1996
From: craymer@NRCan.gc.ca (Mike Craymer)
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 21:33:38 -0400
Contents
GPS World, Vol.7, No.10, 1996
------------------------------------------------------------
Washington View: Revamping The GPS Executive Board.
D.A. Divis
12-16
Subterranean Explorers: Mapping Russell Cave With GPS And
Magnetic Induction Radio.
G.A. O'Dell, R. Householder, F.S. Reid
20-33
Mayday! Evaluating GPS-Enabled Emergency Dispatch.
A.J. O'Brien, M. Balogh
34-42
ITS Architecture: The Blueprint For U.S. Surface
Transportation.
R.L. French
44-49
Smart Vehicles: Driving ITS Development - Technology And
Market Forces.
E.J. Krakiwsky
50-55
Innovation: Measuring GPS Receiver Performance - A New
Approach.
S. Gourevitch
56-62
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Subject: Re: GIS InterActive - free global discussion forum
From: dave.hildebrand@edm.isac.ca (David V. Hildebrand)
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 18:35:35 GMT
GG_S507@crystal.king.ac.uk (Darren Yap) wrote:
>GIS InterActive has been set up as a free discussion forum
>for those interested in Geographical Information Systems
>and related areas to interact, discuss and develop ideas.
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Subject: Re: Soft-Art P.C. Survey
From: papabear@roadrunner.com (Jerry Anderson)
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 04:31:45 GMT
wrote:
>Greetings,
>Does anyone use Soft-Art's P.C. Survey software?
>I am looking for an inexpensive software package that will perform COGO and
>traverse closure and adjustment. I also need to have basic drafting
>capabilities built into the software. My work consists of topographic
>surveys and location surveys.
>Is this an accurate, reliable program? Has anyone had a good ( or bad )
>experience with P.C. Survey? Are there any suggestions about another
>software package?
>Any comments would be appreciated.
Don't know about P.C. Survey, but from the needs & type of work you
do, I would STRONGLY suggest you investigate SOFTDESK "survey
complete" and\or "Survey Lite" (I think that's what they're called)
It's essentially ACAD R12 that has been "crippled" by eliminating the
ACAD command line, and incorporating almost all of the SOFTDESK lisp
routines.
I reviewed it for the NM Highway Dept - If you're starting new it will
be a pretty good package - if you're an experienced ACAD user, the
lack of a command line will drive you NUTS!!!
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