The future of surveying

I've always thought it would be nice to have "smart" caps with chips in them for the pins we set.?ÿ Just wave your DC over the pin and get a pdf that shows a copy of the survey with which it was set.

@paden-cash I've always wondered about this too!?ÿ Why not?

Posted by: @paden-cash

pdf that shows a copy of the survey with which it was set.

I like it, but the non-recording guys are going to scream "NO!"

@paden-cash

That's a great thought, and the technology already exists. But in a world where many surveyors, and their clients, consider 18" of No.4 rebar "too spendy" to use as a section corner monument ..... well, probably not going to happen.

@bill93

Not necessarily! I will gladly share my information with most any surveyor. I do want to keep control of my work product, and have control of who it is shared with, and for what purpose. Plats that are required to be recorded with the "State", and then can be harvested in bulk under "FOI" request by outside companies and individuals, and then be sold on the open market to the title and real estate industry to use in real estate transactions and closing , does not protect the public, and can put the PS?ÿ that created the survey/plat at unintended risk! This is and has happened in my area.This RFID cap, linking to the surveyor of record is a "Great Idea" in my book. Leave himher with the control/choice of how to distribute.

GPR is overrated.?ÿ

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@james-fleming

I've had a couple of GPR experiences. No useful returns in either case.?ÿ ?ÿ

Yes, I've been thinking of this also. Place a sensor at the monument, similar to dog ID with proximity mode. This would be useful for the NASA/Drone mapping of ALTA that I posted a few weeks. For survey updates, the drone has a receiver to ID each monument and verify its location for disturbance.

Right before COVID hit, I was working for a large construction firm and we were testing out augmented reality on a hospital site we were building.?ÿ All I did was establish control on a sheet of paper with a QR code, then we had a hard hat with an AR lens that had the 3D model loaded into.?ÿ Once I scanned that QR code with my lens, it knew where you were at and then the 3D model would fill the room.?ÿ You could use it outside as well.?ÿ It was unbelievable.?ÿ You could take your fingers and select the features in the room and mark them as built.?ÿ You could see if they were built in the right spot as well.?ÿ Technology is crazy.

The geologist in our office (and the Geophysicists) tell me that GPR is only truly reliable when used in combination with, or as a secondary analysis to, other technologies.?ÿ When used as the sole technology, it is very suspect regardless of where you are located (no pun intended)

GPR is in its infancy. When it comes ƒ??of ageƒ?, it will be much better.?ÿ

@nate-the-surveyor

X-Ray vision is even better

@ric-moore

But the sales guy says it can see anything!!! ?????ÿ

@james-fleming

I think it depends on the application.?ÿ When I worked for a geotech company they had a couple guys using it to scan concrete slabs and block walls for rebar.

As a surveyor I'd be pretty surprised if it was a tool I'd pack in my truck.

@bstrand Yes, good point.?ÿ GPR tends to be the best tool of choice when scanning concrete for internal steel.?ÿ I trended towards the common tasks that surveyors may be involved in related to this use and not that.

Surely somebody ordered those X-ray glasses that were offered for sale in the back of all the comic books.?ÿ Why you could see right through clothes..........and skin and muscle.

@holy-cow

I WANTED a pair of those SO much.

Wonder what you would have to pay on ebay or such to get a pair today...

@holy-cow

Remember the urban folk lore about an early model Sony video camera that could see though clothing.

@jimcox

About $290 USD