Greetings from a cold place (-50 degrees Celsius this morning)
Hello folks,
My name is Tony, and I am from Thompson, Manitoba, Canada (about 400 km from the Hudson Bay which is home to polar bears ????) I am fairly new to surveying and am looking forward to learning from you all! I have only been in the survey game for about two years. I work for a heavy civil contractor and my boss/ mentor is a geomatics engineering technologist – that is how I got into surveying.
My educational background is in civil engineering and construction management. Prior to my current employment, the closest I came to surveying was in first or second year civil, where we messed around with some old school theodolites! The equipment surely seems to have come a long way.
Before I started surveying, I was into material testing (concrete, asphalt, and soils), so I am on the newbie end of the spectrum when it comes to surveying. However, over the course of the past couple years, I have become fairly proficient in Trimble GPS technology for satellite positioning and machine control (CAT dozers). I use an SPS 855 receiver, SPS 986 rover, TSC3 controller for most of our survey needs. We recently purchased a SPS 930 universal total station and a TSC7 controller, and I am trying to learn everything I can about the total station – so far, so good. As for software, I use Trimble Business Centre and Micro Survey CAD, and my goal is to master both these amazing programs.
Blessed day to you all, and looking forward to interacting! :p
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