> never say never
Ok..granted...how about 'should not' be an issue
Regardless of your practice, I think that there is good field practice and bad field practice and straddling a tripod leg is bad practice, in my book.
Sure, there are times when it might be absolutely necessary, but I haven't run into it yet after 35 years.
It is little things like this that reduce potential problems, you won't bump the leg when you move if you don't straddle it. It's like looking both ways when you cross the street even on a one way street!
You run your level loops back to the BM not because you don't trust your work but because if you don't you'll never know if you did make a mistake.
I accept that this is an ad and not representative of actual field practice. It was just funny to me...
Well it is an ad for a GIS product...........
I was taught to never let anything touch a tripod leg, not even let your cloths brush up against it. I was also told that straddling a leg would be a way for that to happen, so if you have to, be careful that it doesn't.
Here is a good example, of what not to do:
I try not to, but it is not a big deal to me if the I-person has to do it.
The big deal is when I get cute and say "lemme get some quick RL shots on the street to save time" and then straddle them, and the handle of my hammer that is on the belt, or the loop on my thigh, hits the damn tripod leg. I turn into Chris Farley and facepalm going "YOU IDIOT!" to myself.
How about standing on the feet of the legs when you can't quite get eye level with the scope, is that okay?
😛
It's also a good ideal to plug the cord into the data collector and instrument. If I remember correctly, the ranger has a 9 pin connection at the top of the unit.
PLUG WHAT INTO WHERE??????
I DON'T NEED NO STINKING DATA COLLECTOR. MY MIND IS LIKE A TRAP. ALL DATA IS STORED THERE VIA TDDTOOTH (FORMERLY BLUETOOTH). HE'S NOT A SURVEYOR...HE'S A MODEL...AND A VERY POOR ATTEMPT......
sorry.....with the recent banning of TDD (now tdd) I guess I was overcome.
That is a very good observation on the cord connection. However,,,,it is on the other side of the gun so ya never know........:)
BTW Phillip...my step daughter lives in Valdosta....how's work there?
Craig
I didn't know that! Look me up when you come down for a visit. Roberts Surveying is in the phone book and the office phone forwards to my cell phone. I know some good places to eat.
Work wise, surveyors around hear are still either staring at the phone or working on a small project of sorts. It depends on the day/week you ask a particular surveyor. It's still not consistent enough to make any plans one way or another
It isn't a problem
So long as you don't bump anything or stomp too close to the tip of the leg where the tip has not been set firmly enough.
Phillip
We'll do that. We will be there in the next month or so and would enjoy meeting you and maybe having lunch.
This week we are off to Puerto Rico to relax for a few days...would like to catch up and chat.
I get POed when I " have to " wear a hard had running the gun as it is a guaranteed "bumper" !
Cheers
Derek
everyone knows the field work doesn't really matter- the important stuff is all done on the computer in the office....;-)
yeah this woulda been called a beer leg at my old office just as much as if it was forward of the occupied point (thus in the way of an imaginary chain)
> I get POed when I " have to " wear a hard had running the gun as it is a guaranteed "bumper" !
>
> Cheers
>
> Derek
What is a hard "had"?
I had a hard once but but my girl friend made me get rid of it;-)
I hope yours doesn't last to long either;-)
Cheers,
Radar
> How about standing on the feet of the legs when you can't quite get eye level with the scope, is that okay?
>
> 😛
Generally no. However, I had a lab partner in college who stood on the feet to have a look through the scope after I set the instrument up. Checked the set-up and it had not caused the slightest disturbance in the instrument level or centering.
So IF you have someone who weighs over 200 hundred pounds step the legs in the ground for setting the instrument up AND you are around a 90 pound Asian girl, it might be okay to stand on the feet of the legs when you can't get eye level with the scope.
I did it this morning. But I made sure no one saw me do it.
I'm more worried about the rodman who was using my prism pole to dig up a pin because the shovel was in the truck 200 feet away.
Worse yet, maybe he is an Engineer...
At least he is not looking thru the other end...
Web link to picture
Thanks for giving us the link to the magazine, it was an interesting read.
But what about the surveyor in page 23? why is he doing that? The pipe is strung and welded and waiting for the trench to be dug. The need for survey on a pipeline is at the setting out stage and the as-built when the pipe is in the trench. Measuring a point on a pipe that is going to be moved in a day or so, is no earthly use to anyone.
On page 25, the surveyor and anyone on a railway track should have a Hi-vis vest at the very least.
Dave
Rule of thumb here, if one is over 6'2" in height than they can straddle if necessary but it is not advised.
😉