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Originally Posted by HenryNZ
Unfortunately I do not have a site where I can permanently mark the spot (i am imaging on a piece of turf which also gets a lot of foot traffic). I can see how that would be very helpful. Every time I place it on the site even with a compass etc I always start off with at least 5-6 degree of error and converge to alignment over 5-6 iterations.
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Are you not able to knock in three wooden pegs to just below surface level once you get a 'best' position. Makes it a heck of a lot easier if you can get a repeatable sertup position and getting it level is a big help.
I made a wooden 'T' frame that compensated for the slight slope on my earlier driveway site. The mount stayed same leg length so I just dropped the T frame down on marked spots and then placed the tripod on that. I could be aligned in 10 minutes or less. My marker spots were yellow spray paint blobs. Sunken pegs or similar could gain you consistency in placement.
No handy concrete paths ?