Pathfinder Office Side by Side Configuration Error When customers are installing the latest version of Trimble Pathfinder Office some of them are seeing the following error when they try to open up Pathfinder Office. Here is the fix to the following error message. First, ensure that the you have FULL admin rights. If not in any [...]
Geoid - What is it? Why do we use it with Trimble TerraSync and GPS Pathfinder Office software? What is the Geoid? The geoid is a model of global mean sea level that is used to measure precise surface elevations (definition according to NOAA). While we often think of the earth as a sphere, [...]
Seiler Mapping GPS Tune-Up Its that time of year again and spring is right around the corner. Make sure your Trimble unit is ready to go for spring data collection season. Tune-Up includes: We will update the operating system version and GPS firmware to address screen responsiveness, battery reporting, ActiveSync connection, and WAAS tracking capabilities. [...]
Map Projections - The Good, The Bad and The Distorted I recently found 2 interesting videos on the basics of Map Projections. Hopefully this sheds some light on why we use "Map Projections" with Trimble GPS Pathfinder Office and Trimble Positions Desktop Add-in for ArcGIS. Why all the world maps are wrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIID5FDi2JQ&feature=youtu.be Map Projections [...]
High Accuracy for Mapping & GIS – What GIS Professionals Need to Know to Succeed Join Trimble for a "High Accuracy for Mapping & GIS" Power Hour Webinar. When: December 7th 2016 Times: 8am MDT or 4pm MDT Register: Click on the link above or the image below *If you are not able to attend the webinar [...]
How to Connect Your Trimble R2 GNSS Receiver to Android and iOS Videos Below are two videos on how to connect your Trimble R2 GNSS Receiver to Android or iOS devices. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBnjcq_hVo0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB7k4E-hynY If the videos do not play please see our Seiler Solutions YouTube website. These videos will show you the step by [...]
NGS Control Points - Resources to finding them Recently I have found 2 resources for finding "NGS Control Points" to use to check your GPS devices against. Use these NGS Control points while using a Real-Time Correction source or after Differential Correction "Post Processing" back in the office. 1. BenchMap (Android Only). I am still [...]
“USCG” Base Stations on the NGS CORS server that are currently inactive Some Base Stations from "USCG" - (US Coast Guard) are missing data hosted by NGS CORS. This means that GPS data is not available for Differential Correction. NGS CORS is aware of this: "The outage that affects about 18 USCG/CORS sites is a communication [...]
Calibration of Sensors on the Geo 7X - why is this important? All 3 axis will be calibrated during the calibration process. The 2 main reasons to Calibrate the Sensors on the Geo 7x are: 1.If you need to use the Navigation functions with your GPS software The compass application may not [...]
Iowa DOT GNSS Base Stations - Updated in the Trimble Base Station Correction List This includes the Base Station Lists in both Trimble GPS Pathfinder Office and Trimble Positions Desktop Add-in for ArcGIS. A selected number of base stations "24" from the Iowa DOT base station Real-Time network were approved by NGS/CORS for post processing. No [...]