For the past several years, every survey I do someone walks around of the property with a small audio/video recorder and provides a narrated video of the property, noting various measurements on camera and also pointing out various points of interest like fences, property corners, breaklines, or utility paint. We also try to include a shot of the physical address sign if possible.
We start every video recording with a shot of the job folder,job number and then verbally narrate the date, city, address, cleint, type of survey while videoing all the project paperwork laid out on the tailgate.
I am talking a brisk walk through and narration capturing the entire jobsite, then from the office any frame can be frozen.
The weird part is that I am sitting here listening and watching myself provide onsite field notes from over a year and a half ago for a project that started back up. It is also cool to have video documentation of your field crews also, just for historical purposes.
Also, Sometimes I will walk the property with the crew and ask questions about this and that to the crew chief and get his comments in the audio, not like interview style just talking and walking while video/audio is running.
With memory costing so little these days I really don't see a downside.
Also, I track survey projects in GIS, all files are hotlinked including the site video.
I can dig it man...good stuff for sure.
A friend of mine showed me one he did............the funny part was listening to his reaction when he saw the snake! He had just commented that it looks like "snake territory", then the screaming started.
I use video at the beginning of almost every project.
Mostly to document existing conditions before construction starts. You'd be surprised at how many people want free stuff from someone.
Hard to justify a free boat propeller or quarter panel from some old heap, when I've got video showing everyone how much of a liar and cheater you really are.
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