reflectorless in auto pick up mode

Yep.

I'd use a laser scanner. 😀

It's slow. Count the number of points you're looking at and estimate around 5 - 10 sec per shot.
You need to use reference plane (that is the software with the grid points option).
The instrument will shoot everything in the area you select. Range will be as good as whatever your reflectorless can do normally.

Of course you would use a scanner ...LOL Have U got plenty of work for it?

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Yeah it's doing pretty well. Even without being able to spend time marketing or nailing down our procedures I think we're getting up towards 30% of our work being scanning.

I'm not familiar with Leica software but my S-6 with TDS software has a scanning mode. You can set paremeters for whatever you need, I would use every 3 feet instead of 1 meter on this continent and it takes about 1-3 seconds per shot. Certainly not scanner speed but way better than hanging from a rope from the top taking shots with a prism.

> Yeah it's doing pretty well. Even without being able to spend time marketing or nailing down our procedures I think we're getting up towards 30% of our work being scanning.

I am curious, what were your last five scanning projects and over what extent of time (example: 5 projects / 3 months)?

I have used the Leica Viva TS 15 with very good success on several projects. One example was a rock slide about 600'x600'. We were asked to get shots every two feet. The autoscan program is not standard but well worth the money. Much cheaper than a scanner. The biggest problem was filling in the shadow areas behind big rocks.

Ok, from the start of the year, 6 out of 15 projects have used the laser scanner, most for mining work.

(only 15 projects so far. We don't do that many projects each year.)

We just added a Leica C10 scanner and I could see carrying that thing around and using it for regular topo. It is in a smaller box and there are a lot fewer accessories such as huge batteries and it can be operated with the on-board software. It can also be run from a smart phone using a remote desktop but all the data still gets stored on the scanner.

We still have the ScanStation 2 (hope to replace it next year). The SS2 requires carrying around a much larger volume of stuff.

There are long range scanners intended for mining pit work.

Mining is a good industry for scanners. Its cost remains relatively small compare to the rest of mining assets.

The right technology for month-end survey of pit walls.

We also use Reigl VZ1000 and Z620's when required.

However, the C10 has a nice advantage that the long range scanners don't. It can be setup level, which means less control required and/or less need for heavy overlap of scans.

I much prefer the C10, even with it's shorter range.