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41C Surveying I module: Anything useful here for a layperson? - Dave Britten - 01-17-2020 06:32 PM
I just got a 41CX that included a Surveying I module. I know almost nothing about surveying, aside from typing in a field angle traverse program for the 25 and running through an example problem. Is there anything I can make use of here, or should I look for someone that wants to trade for a Finance module?
(I already have Math/Stat and Advantage.)
RE: 41C Surveying I module: Anything useful here for a layperson? - Maximilian Hohmann - 01-17-2020 07:34 PM
Hello!
First I wouldn't know anything useful to do with a finance module either and second: no, I can't think of anything that one can use a surveying module for. I have been the the proud owner of a (very hard to find) dedicated surveying calculator, a Compucorp Surveyor, for some time now, but apart from admiring the craftmanship and the brautiful Panaplex display I have only used + - * and / ....
Regards
Max
RE: 41C Surveying I module: Anything useful here for a layperson? - Sylvain Cote - 01-17-2020 11:18 PM
I did a surveying module for the HP-71B in the 1980's and I used the following book to educate myself on the field.
The book has a little less than 1000 pages, is very complete, for sure out of date but the fundamental are all there.
Surveying Theory and Practice
by Raymond E. Davis ; James M. Anderson ; Francis S. Foote & Edward M. Mikhail
Available on AbeBooks at very interesting price. (less than $15 with free shipping)
Sylvain
RE: 41C Surveying I module: Anything useful here for a layperson? - Dave Britten - 01-18-2020 12:46 AM
I do have an old "Elementary Surveying" book ('70s, I think). Maybe I should crack it open and see what I can figure out. Not that I actually have any surveying tools or anything...
RE: 41C Surveying I module: Anything useful here for a layperson? - RMollov - 01-18-2020 09:24 AM
I strongly doubt any surveyor uses this module/HP-41 these days. Last time I did was more than 20 years ago. Technology went far ahead and made them obsolete, for real life surveying purpose that is.
Cheers,
RE: 41C Surveying I module: Anything useful here for a layperson? - twdeckard - 01-19-2020 01:44 AM
if you were trying to solve navigation problems, surveying is really a very precise form of navigation. The traverse function might be useful if you were dead reckoning or orienteering? Likely these are as obscure as the Surveying module
I will just put in a plug that if you are fascinated by navigation, the old surveyors on the internet are an incredible resource and they are invariably very familiar with the 41/48 platforms.
best
Todd