Patrick Garner
Active Member
In full disclosure (several of you already know), I'm writing a review of the LS & T2 for American Surveyor. Two issues ago I also reviewed the J-Tip (I was incredibly impressed, btw). I've promised the magazine something by mid summer, and JAVAD has graciously sent me a full unit (LS, T2 & UHF) to poke and prod over the next month or two.
Chances are excellent I'll end up buying my own. This system is too good to simply praise and not purchase. (Oops, I've revealed my prejudices already.)
As background I've been surveying since the late '70s (OMG) when I was still a pup, have been multistage registered (am now a PLS in Massachusetts), am a hydrologist and have been dabbling in GPS/GIS applications on and off for better than a decade. I've owned Trimbles and Leicas. I have 18-20 continuing ed courses in surveying up on RedVector and PDH Online, and actively conduct seminars (mostly on wetlands or hydrology).
Anyway, I'd love to include some user comments. I also get it: Everyone here, understandably, is an enthusiast. Regardless, let me know what you love and what you'd like to see that isn't quite there yet (is there anything?!) I can cull out comments from past threads here, all of which are largely raves. But if you think of anything I should include, please chime in. My emphasis is intended to be how the system functions from a surveyor's point of view. I will avoid drilling down too deeply into the technical marvels, as they seem endless and I fear quickly losing readers with too much detail--which is the opposite of what's intended.
If you respond and would agree to be possibly quoted in the article, just say "Quote me!"
Thanks, Pat
Chances are excellent I'll end up buying my own. This system is too good to simply praise and not purchase. (Oops, I've revealed my prejudices already.)
As background I've been surveying since the late '70s (OMG) when I was still a pup, have been multistage registered (am now a PLS in Massachusetts), am a hydrologist and have been dabbling in GPS/GIS applications on and off for better than a decade. I've owned Trimbles and Leicas. I have 18-20 continuing ed courses in surveying up on RedVector and PDH Online, and actively conduct seminars (mostly on wetlands or hydrology).
Anyway, I'd love to include some user comments. I also get it: Everyone here, understandably, is an enthusiast. Regardless, let me know what you love and what you'd like to see that isn't quite there yet (is there anything?!) I can cull out comments from past threads here, all of which are largely raves. But if you think of anything I should include, please chime in. My emphasis is intended to be how the system functions from a surveyor's point of view. I will avoid drilling down too deeply into the technical marvels, as they seem endless and I fear quickly losing readers with too much detail--which is the opposite of what's intended.
If you respond and would agree to be possibly quoted in the article, just say "Quote me!"
Thanks, Pat