I tried to do a search and didn't find anything too precise.
Does anyone use a field book while doing primarily GPS work on a network? Just exactly how do you determine what to include/exclude?
Anyone want to weigh in on what type you prefer?
I have a dedicated hard bound field book for my static work.
I include:
date
job # description
instrument serial #
Height of unit
sketch of site and mark to be occupied
time on and off
Everything we do in the field is written in the field book. Doesnt matter if it's GPS, total station, taping, etc. When you want to go back to a job 40 years later it definately helps to have that information.
Sokkia produces a really nice "GPS Economy Field Book" (No. 405-0-0014). Soft cover.
What Foggy said. We also include a basic description: "Berntsen B-1 aluminum monument set in concrete on the west side of State Hwy 7, approx 200' south of the intersection with..."
Hard cover field book with same notes/sketches we use with total station, control points shown numbered, sketch with numbers of major points. Any fix troubles noted or time when satellites drop below 7...Equipment serial number, file name, etc.
I use loose leaf sheets and draw sketches with symbols and pt numbers as a minimum and will include chained distances if needed.
I have had some that refused to draw sketches and just write stuff down and they got bounced back to brush chopper on an as needed basis.
Working solo, I haven't used a field book in several years. By coding shots for line work and shooting almost everything with a robot, most of the drawing is completed when it is downloaded. Anything that is taped in because it was not visible is entered into the data collector or written on the map I have in my pocket.
this is possible because I do my own cad work and usually get most of it done shortly after getting in from the field while it is fresh in my mind.
Steve,
Exactly the same here. Only thing in my field book is bench runs. I used to carry a book around all the time until I realized I wasn't putting anything in it.
Andy
I can agree with being solo or if you are always in the field that note keeping can be kept inside your gray cell memory and you can rely upon lifetime habits on where to look for things when you return years later.
When you have a crew to depend upon relaying what they find and locate there has to be system to show a picture of to whoever is in the office trying to put it onto paper.
An added part of what I require my crew to do is use the GPS enabled camera and take pictures all thru the day of what and where they are..........
we record everything by hand in loose form, put it in a folder with all the other data, and store it away. additionally i record things important to me in a seperate field book out of habit. written record is far more reliable than the ole noggin sometimes.;-)