The camera was rarely more than approximately level, so hard to judge except by comparison to trees.
I did see references to leveling the gun. He was quick about it, so I assume that model has compensation built in and he only needed to be sorta close.
Yes, he leveled the instrument, and was very fast.?ÿ That and the fact that he set backsights with half-rotten old branches just pushed into the ground, and he didn't use a data collector, make me think that this wasn't him actually surveying but doing a video about surveying.
?ÿ
This guy is interesting to watch. Entertaining and informative.?ÿ Indiana Drones
?ÿ
I spent $180,000 on this LiDAR now DJI released one for $500 - YouTube
There are a whole series of videos by him, some in difficult conditions.?ÿ If he was faking, he sure went to more work than necessary to do that.
His backsights were somewhat sloppy, but he only needed enough accuracy to tell which trees were inside the line, so maybe that was good enough?
@oldpacer Robots are a bit heavy for that kind of work where you're packing it while climbing over slippery rocks and logs, down cut lines and up and down steep slippery slopes. I'll take a compact TS over a robot any day for long traverses through thick forest. I've worked with some old pros at that kind of work and there are some pretty slick tricks to making back sights you don't have to go back and pick up to move ahead.
I'm more with @jerry-attrick on this one. Mildly interesting video of a very rough surveying method that would be (barely) OK for about 1-3% of the work I'm involved in.
Most of the "day in the life" or "so you want to be" surveyor videos are comprised of fieldwork with minimal explanation of the reasoning behind it, or what the finished product looks like, or the additional steps that have to be taken in the office for what they're doing to be useful. The standard video is more "walk through woods talking about how awesome it is to be in the woods, and turn a few angles while we're at it."
I mean, even when I used to do more fieldwork, my day also involved some field calculations, data processing, QC/QA and usually some drafting. Also GNSS, robotic total stations, laser scanners etc...some of which could be used in the woods solo with more efficiency. (No digital data collection? They were mainstream by the '90s. I haven't booked an angle in years, and I only did that because it was required by DOT contract.)
But hey, it is YouTube, and there are some cool vids on there. There's nothing wrong with showing the cool parts of our job. It's just a very skewed look at a very narrow slice of a pretty wide-ranging profession.
Also, if all you want to do is run around in the woods for the duration of your surveying career, you are going to have to accept the limitations that come with it. Headhunters and employers who are trying to lure me away aren't doing it because I can run line solo with a conventional TS.
He ought to just get a clown hat with the 4' bill, counterweight it and stick the GoPro to that facing himself.?ÿ Then he could use both hands for work.
If nothing else....this proves there is a desire for some good videos.?ÿ
Also GNSS, robotic total stations, laser scanners etc...some of which could be used in the woods solo with more efficiency
I get the gist of most of your post, but take exception to this.
He's doing a boundary survey, intending to stake a line.?ÿ There's no need for a scanner, as far as I'm aware.?ÿ And maybe the woods are different here in rural Vermont and Mass than where you work, but GPS ain't working in the woods here.?ÿ
If I were doing this project, I wouldn't be running it solo, and would be using tripods/targets the whole way, and would definitely be using a DC.?ÿ I may or may not be using a robot, but spinning traverse angles manually takes virtually the same amount of time.
He posted a new video - one man section corner recon in some rough country!?ÿ
?ÿ
?ÿ
Brings back memories, traveresed through many miles of deep woods. A cool thing is to look on Google snd see the lines laid on the Earth.?ÿ
Real pretty country but man what a PITA, especially solo.?ÿ Hopefully this dude is making some fat cash on this project.
At 4:39 you get a look at the Oregon stamp. T10S R11W, W.M. is near Newport, Oregon. So this is the general vicinity of Dykes v. Arnold.?ÿ
What was the red thing he ignored at 7:42 ?
It seems risky working solo in country with bears and possible broken legs. And in an earlier video he mentioned he is diabetic.?ÿ I didn't even see a radio.
I doubt he could do the job with GNSS, but a handheld unit, maybe getting 100 ft accuracy in there might help him keep track of his rough positions from one side of the valley to the other.
Yeah, when I was a 1-man crew I was given one of those emergency GPS fobs where you could hit a button and the police and medics would be on the way.?ÿ I'm not sure how much they cost but it might not be a bad investment especially for a 1-man shop.
