The top piece in this trio of GPS equipment finds and locks onto the satellites (9 or 10). The black piece tranfers the information from the satellites to the third piece, and it translates everything to understandable language for Curtis. With this technology he can pinpoint his location to within one-fourth of an inch of perfect.
January 20, 2013
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January 20, 2013 5:05 a.m.
Surveying job is "anything but boring" -Jeff Curtis
DESERT AIRE - You might wonder why anyone would want to stand out in the open and measure and chart land masses.