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• Using a Laser Rangefinder - Trimble Terraflex Online Help
• TerraFlex Remote Data Capture Workflow FAQ which captures most commonly asked questions
• Capture Features Remotely Using Trimble TerraFlex and  LTI TruPulse Laser Rangefinders 
• Tip of the Week #13 - Adjusting for Magnetic Declination when Capturing Offsets in TerraFlex

• Using a Laser Rangefinder - Trimble Terraflex Online Help
• TerraFlex Remote Data Capture Workflow FAQ which captures most commonly asked questions
• Capture Features Remotely Using Trimble TerraFlex and  LTI TruPulse Laser Rangefinders 
• Tip of the Week #13 - Adjusting for Magnetic Declination when Capturing Offsets in TerraFlex

• Using a Laser Rangefinder - Trimble Terraflex Online Help
• TerraFlex Remote Data Capture Workflow FAQ which captures most commonly asked questions
• Capture Features Remotely Using Trimble TerraFlex and  LTI TruPulse Laser Rangefinders 
• Tip of the Week #13 - Adjusting for Magnetic Declination when Capturing Offsets in TerraFlex

• Using a Laser Rangefinder - Trimble Terraflex Online Help
• TerraFlex Remote Data Capture Workflow FAQ which captures most commonly asked questions
• Capture Features Remotely Using Trimble TerraFlex and  LTI TruPulse Laser Rangefinders 
• Tip of the Week #13 - Adjusting for Magnetic Declination when Capturing Offsets in TerraFlex

Hi Everyone,

Thank you for the discussion and feedback on offsets. 
For those who are/were using offsets in TerraSync and manually entering the Distance and/or Bearing values - can you describe what method you were using to measure those values? And also what your expectations are for the positional accuracy of those features? i.e. if your GNSS accuracy was 10cm/4in and you manually measure and enter the offset value, how accurate would you expect the offset feature position to be

Thanks,

Hamish

Hi Everyone,

Thank you for the discussion and feedback on offsets. 
For those who are/were using offsets in TerraSync and manually entering the Distance and/or Bearing values - can you describe what method you were using to measure those values? And also what your expectations are for the positional accuracy of those features? i.e. if your GNSS accuracy was 10cm/4in and you manually measure and enter the offset value, how accurate would you expect the offset feature position to be

Thanks,

Hamish

Hi Everyone,

Thank you for the discussion and feedback on offsets. 
For those who are/were using offsets in TerraSync and manually entering the Distance and/or Bearing values - can you describe what method you were using to measure those values? And also what your expectations are for the positional accuracy of those features? i.e. if your GNSS accuracy was 10cm/4in and you manually measure and enter the offset value, how accurate would you expect the offset feature position to be

Thanks,

Hamish

Hi Everyone,

Thank you for the discussion and feedback on offsets. 
For those who are/were using offsets in TerraSync and manually entering the Distance and/or Bearing values - can you describe what method you were using to measure those values? And also what your expectations are for the positional accuracy of those features? i.e. if your GNSS accuracy was 10cm/4in and you manually measure and enter the offset value, how accurate would you expect the offset feature position to be

Thanks,

Hamish

Hi Everyone,

Thank you for the discussion and feedback on offsets. 
For those who are/were using offsets in TerraSync and manually entering the Distance and/or Bearing values - can you describe what method you were using to measure those values? And also what your expectations are for the positional accuracy of those features? i.e. if your GNSS accuracy was 10cm/4in and you manually measure and enter the offset value, how accurate would you expect the offset feature position to be

Thanks,

Hamish

Hi Everyone,

Thank you for the discussion and feedback on offsets. 
For those who are/were using offsets in TerraSync and manually entering the Distance and/or Bearing values - can you describe what method you were using to measure those values? And also what your expectations are for the positional accuracy of those features? i.e. if your GNSS accuracy was 10cm/4in and you manually measure and enter the offset value, how accurate would you expect the offset feature position to be

Thanks,

Hamish

Still waiting to hear an answer from all of you. Any update?

Hi Everyone,

Thank you for the discussion and feedback on offsets. 
For those who are/were using offsets in TerraSync and manually entering the Distance and/or Bearing values - can you describe what method you were using to measure those values? And also what your expectations are for the positional accuracy of those features? i.e. if your GNSS accuracy was 10cm/4in and you manually measure and enter the offset value, how accurate would you expect the offset feature position to be

Thanks,

Hamish

Hi Casey,

Apologies for the delay in my response.

Thanks for your input above, while we have not yet made a decision to support manual entry of point offset values it is helpful to understand your workflow and accuracy expectations. 

As an alternative I am interested in whether you would consider digitizing a point on the map?

Thanks,

Still waiting to hear an answer from all of you. Any update?

Hi Everyone,

Thank you for the discussion and feedback on offsets. 
For those who are/were using offsets in TerraSync and manually entering the Distance and/or Bearing values - can you describe what method you were using to measure those values? And also what your expectations are for the positional accuracy of those features? i.e. if your GNSS accuracy was 10cm/4in and you manually measure and enter the offset value, how accurate would you expect the offset feature position to be

Thanks,

Hamish

Still no response, I will try and send here since it has been 16 days since I have last heard and sent a follow up

No I need to offset, I have already ran into multiple problems without having this feature. I have had to haul the old unit and go back out to site to do this. So for the new units not to have this feature is an embarrassment. I have wasted time and money because this feature is not on your "new and improved units". This needs to fixed ASAP. There are multiple people on here that are having the same problem. I was promised the same and new features and now have to bring the old and new unit into the field with me because your new units cannot do the same thing as the old one. 

Hi Casey,

Apologies for the delay in my response.

Thanks for your input above, while we have not yet made a decision to support manual entry of point offset values it is helpful to understand your workflow and accuracy expectations. 

As an alternative I am interested in whether you would consider digitizing a point on the map?

Thanks,

Still waiting to hear an answer from all of you. Any update?

Hi Everyone,

Thank you for the discussion and feedback on offsets. 
For those who are/were using offsets in TerraSync and manually entering the Distance and/or Bearing values - can you describe what method you were using to measure those values? And also what your expectations are for the positional accuracy of those features? i.e. if your GNSS accuracy was 10cm/4in and you manually measure and enter the offset value, how accurate would you expect the offset feature position to be

Thanks,

Hamish

Just to lend some weight here, what Casey is asking for is a feature that my group is looking for as well. We are currently digitizing the points as a workaround because we don't have our old units anymore, but this solution isn't very helpful when we are actually interested in obtaining sub-meter accuracy. This is a glaring flaw with this "new and improved" software.

Sarah

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Sarah Hirsch

Original Message:
Sent: 04-05-2023 05:41
From: Casey Quade
Subject: Offsetting points / Throwing points.

Still no response, I will try and send here since it has been 16 days since I have last heard and sent a follow up

No I need to offset, I have already ran into multiple problems without having this feature. I have had to haul the old unit and go back out to site to do this. So for the new units not to have this feature is an embarrassment. I have wasted time and money because this feature is not on your "new and improved units". This needs to fixed ASAP. There are multiple people on here that are having the same problem. I was promised the same and new features and now have to bring the old and new unit into the field with me because your new units cannot do the same thing as the old one. 

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Casey Quade

Original Message:
Sent: 03-19-2023 20:35
From: Hamish MacMillan
Subject: Offsetting points / Throwing points.

Hi Casey,

Apologies for the delay in my response.

Thanks for your input above, while we have not yet made a decision to support manual entry of point offset values it is helpful to understand your workflow and accuracy expectations. 

As an alternative I am interested in whether you would consider digitizing a point on the map?

Thanks,

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Hamish MacMillan
TerraFlex Product Manager

Original Message:
Sent: 03-14-2023 06:51
From: Casey Quade
Subject: Offsetting points / Throwing points.

Still waiting to hear an answer from all of you. Any update?

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Casey Quade

Original Message:
Sent: 01-29-2023 14:16
From: Hamish MacMillan
Subject: Offsetting points / Throwing points.

Hi Everyone,

Thank you for the discussion and feedback on offsets. 
For those who are/were using offsets in TerraSync and manually entering the Distance and/or Bearing values - can you describe what method you were using to measure those values? And also what your expectations are for the positional accuracy of those features? i.e. if your GNSS accuracy was 10cm/4in and you manually measure and enter the offset value, how accurate would you expect the offset feature position to be

Thanks,

Hamish

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Hamish MacMillan

Original Message:
Sent: 01-04-2023 13:02
From: Casey Quade
Subject: Offsetting points / Throwing points.

Hello, I was wondering if anyone has found a work around or if Trimble will be coming out with the feature of being able to throw/ offset points like they did with the older units. The New DA2 and Terraflex software does not allow this currently and it has become a problem for field work for us.

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Casey Quade
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