Anyone use one of these?
http://www.certainty3d.com/products/topolift/
We've been landing an increasing number of projects that involve urban street corridor topo that are not really big enough to justify brining in our mobile mapping consultant, but big enough to be a time consuming hassle for conventional field run topography - around a mile or so. So we've been thinking about the TopoLift as a way to split the difference between Mobile Lidar and trying to scan a busy street with a terrestrial scanner on a tripod.
A couple of the pictures on the website show Kiewit using one, perhaps our El Paso correspondent can chime in 😉
James Fleming, post: 382599, member: 136 wrote: Anyone use one of these?
http://www.certainty3d.com/products/topolift/
We've been landing an increasing number of projects that involve urban street corridor topo that are not really big enough to justify brining in our mobile mapping consultant, but big enough to be a time consuming hassle for conventional field run topography - around a mile or so. So we've been thinking about the TopoLift as a way to split the difference between Mobile Lidar and trying to scan a busy street with a terrestrial scanner on a tripod.
A couple of the pictures on the website show Kiewit using one, perhaps our El Paso correspondent can chime in 😉
Our VDC group does all of our scanning for the most part and they are strictly terrestrial. That might have been a job specific purchase/rental/or even a demo. I don't recognize the job, but it looks like Cali plates on the truck. Maybe Folsom Dam? On a side note Ive been thinking about drones and ATV lidar as an option for some quantity tracking out here. I priced the Trimble MX2 last week. Uncle Pete rolled over in his grave.
Roadhand, post: 382616, member: 61 wrote: I priced the Trimble MX2 last week. Uncle Pete rolled over in his grave.
Doesn't the El Paso model come with a roll of baling wire to strap it on a 1975 Chevy C-10?
If I did any large earthwork projects, I'd be all over a drone; however without Agent Orange or a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLU-82&apos ;">Daisy Cutter we have these things around here called trees that tend to get in the way.
James Fleming, post: 382619, member: 136 wrote: Doesn't the El Paso model come with a roll of baling wire to strap it on a 1975 Chevy C-10?
If I did any large earthwork projects, I'd be all over a drone; however without Agent Orange or a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLU-82&apos ;">Daisy Cutter we have these things around here called trees that tend to get in the way.
Bailing wire?? Come on now, nobody ties anything down here. We have trees too, but they're only about 3' tall and tend to roll-on down the road when the wind blows