COGO program for HP15C

[RMollov]

(04-23-2016 04:12 PM)Geoff Quickfall Wrote:  As far as precision and program ability the 15c is still magic. Albeit not in the league of 41C and greater. But that is mostly due to the greater memory capability of the others and convenience of alpha numeric prompting and storage (onboard, external).

That convenience plus reducing to absolute minimum reading-writing (statistically 2% human errors - go figure what that means in surveying) makes for 99% of the usability IMO. Precision has little to do here. Surveying is not as simple as one may think so all above mentioned shortcomings of hp15 make it not suitable for it. No surveyor that I know uses it, an I've been in business for 35+ years.

Quote:I can honestly see a 15c, plasticized field book and pencil working very nicely. But then, I am from the era of the slide rule, plasticized field book, pencil and simple transact science, so anything greater then the slide rule is magic

I call this a hobby based on nostalgia. I can't imagine how a working surveyor can be competitive today armed like this.

Best regards,