You hear things...
Five years ago another surveyor said my Hiper antenna cost Topcon $40 to produce. Never bothered me to pay exponentially more, because:
1) It makes me money more efficiently compared to cheaper options- TS, Transit, chain, compass
1a) I can't make one myself and never will be able too.
2) Topcon needs to recoupe R and D
3) Econ 201: 200,000 units x $1000 each is alot more headache than 20,000 units x $10,000 each. This is part of how I price my jobs. So I have no problem with this.
The list above describes the pricing of most of the tools around the office and in my truck. Data Collector, CAD, COGO, etc. Since, surveyors are a real small part of the market things will remain relatively unchanged until demand comes from somewhere else.
Then look out. Todays gimmick will actually work, and then I truly hope we are all selling more than just real accurate measurements.
Steve
Cute. It states that it is precise, however if I am measuring to the supposed precision I would want it to be accurate! Uncorrected GPS, laser range finding without appropriate atmospheric factors included in the calculations....there is a reason it takes some training and bulky equipment to do laser scanning properly.
Just looked at the specs...EGAD!
Laser resolution of 8 inches!!!! I'll stick with my bulky equipment. Just the same though this is an interesting product, they are just using the shotgun approach in who could use it, of course architects are fine with that kind of slop 😀
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.totalstation.cadastral.survey
Crude, but it's only 400 rubles ($12.00)
"Cute" is definitely the word to describe it. That being said I could see the potential benefit of quickly and cheaply producing "3D sketches", where accuracy and consistency aren't major issues. However at that point I feel as though I'd rather just do it right from the start. Neat idea though.