Jim Campi
Active Member
Gentlemen,
I was reviewing coordinate systems earlier today and ran into a post on Surveyor Connect that I am hoping some of you can clarify.
The original post was made by a PLS concerned about converting between grid, ground and the scale factors.
Adam, Nate and Shawn and possibly Jim F all replied - some multiple times.
The conversation drifted well into the weeds with some of the long time members of that forum (that are apparently respected by the group) having strong opinions about the LS. Their "strong opinions" were seemingly based on a lack of understanding of the processes J-Field utilizes to convert point data between the various coordinate systems.
What I gathered from the discussion was a serious concern by some that applying scale favors, converting/transforming and utilizing DPOS can result in errors.
My understanding is that J-Field can move pony data into and out of an unlimited number of coordinate systems.
I must say that I am biased snd felt like I was supporting my home team when reading the posts however; I would like to dispel any doubt and have this addressed directly.
Anyone care to comment?
I was reviewing coordinate systems earlier today and ran into a post on Surveyor Connect that I am hoping some of you can clarify.
The original post was made by a PLS concerned about converting between grid, ground and the scale factors.
Adam, Nate and Shawn and possibly Jim F all replied - some multiple times.
The conversation drifted well into the weeds with some of the long time members of that forum (that are apparently respected by the group) having strong opinions about the LS. Their "strong opinions" were seemingly based on a lack of understanding of the processes J-Field utilizes to convert point data between the various coordinate systems.
What I gathered from the discussion was a serious concern by some that applying scale favors, converting/transforming and utilizing DPOS can result in errors.
My understanding is that J-Field can move pony data into and out of an unlimited number of coordinate systems.
I must say that I am biased snd felt like I was supporting my home team when reading the posts however; I would like to dispel any doubt and have this addressed directly.
Anyone care to comment?