https://land8.com/members/philippawilson/activity/ Activity feed for Philippa Wilson. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:32:17 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 529b810c660c2c0ed3724366f0e6bb57 http://land8.com/forums/topic/site-measuring-revisited-again/#post-151082 Tue, 21 Feb 2017 21:27:15 +0000 I have just purchased the Disto S910 & am very pleased with it. I haven’t used it for an actual project yet but have had a play around with it. It seems to be very quick & easy to use. The screen is a little difficult to see in bright sunlight (much like a mobile phone screen in sunlight) but its not too bad. I downloaded the measurements in DXF…[Read more]

]]> 0 37071899b5db65bbc1739d3c44556e2e http://land8.com/forums/topic/site-measuring-revisited-again/#post-151088 Sun, 29 Jan 2017 23:00:20 +0000 Thank you so much for your in depth reply. Great to hear how you use the Disto it out in the field.
I was just wondering – are you able to set the elevation to ‘0’ for your first measurement – like you can on a zip level? (For example – make the house floor level ‘0’ & the all the other elevations would relate back to that.)
I use Vectorworks, so…[Read more]

]]> 0 320605cb437c5572281fdc71bd913b46 http://land8.com/forums/topic/site-measuring-revisited-again/#post-151090 Thu, 26 Jan 2017 20:42:21 +0000 Hi Andrew
I’m considering purchasing the Disto S910 or maybe a total station. So far the Disto seems as if it would be easier to use. I have a couple of questions for you –
Is it easy to position the laser dot accurately outdoors? I have an older laser & have found it really difficult to hold it still & see it in bright sunlight.
Did you get the…[Read more]

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