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
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PLS - IL, MO, AR, KS, MN, KY
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
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PLS - IL, MO, AR, KS, MN, KY
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.
Bears really aren't a thing you worry about in this area. Black bears are herbivores, so are really only a risk if you surprise one and get inside its personal space. Grizzlies are too few in number in this area to be a real consideration.?ÿ They are omnivores, so they only get aggressive with humans if food is scarce anyway. I saw plenty of bears during my time in British Columbia, but I've never even heard of a bear encounter in Oregon.?ÿ
The only other dangerous animals in the Oregon forest are mountain lions, and encounters with them in the forest are also exceedingly rare. Skunk Cabbage & Devil's Club is what we keep an eye out for.?ÿ
Working solo in deep woods in rough country is kind of stupid. One slip, trip or fall and he could be in real trouble. I've had to do it, not by choice and once found myself hanging upside down when the windfall I was crossing over collapsed underneath me and my foot got hung up and I was left hanging there like a snared rabbit by the foot and was nearly impaled when I managed to break free and fall. Just not the way to go for that kind of work.
Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.
What was the red thing he ignored at 7:42 ?
That is just the handle of his machete stuck in the ground.
@williwaw?ÿ ?ÿ Before going solo, I canoed, kayaked and hiked solo in deep backwoods. If I bite the dust solo, I hope it's with my kayak and not my robot.
I can totally relate. I do a solo caribou hunt every year by canoe that takes me miles into the back country where I know a rather large grizzly lives as I see him every other year, at distance, which is how I want to keep it. He winded me on one occasion and ran like hell as in this unit they are hunted and thus 'educated', which guarantees absolutely nothing if we stumble into each other.?ÿ
Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.
Interesting videos. Good to see how things are done in another part of the world.
Skunk Cabbage
whats the problem with it? may be different where you are than around here?
It's not really a big deal. They just don't smell like roses, you know? And Devil's Club is only mildly irritating. That's a measure of how benign the forest is around here. It's steep and it's wet and it's thick but there is really nothing there that is out to get you.
I liked it and he clearly knows what he's doing.?ÿ ?ÿdid all the math in his head, kept himself on line, setup fast.?ÿ ?ÿIs it a little rough??ÿ maybe.?ÿ But it's probably more than adequate.?ÿ ?ÿThe BLM in Alaska did similar "diamond traverse" techniques with a nail and a square of flagging for a backsight... but we used a plumb bob and set them directly over the traverse point.?ÿ He's setting it up higher by putting it 10 feet away or so but on line with the gun.?ÿ (we had to carry wood stakes and hammers... he doesn't)?ÿ ?ÿ
devil's club and cutting line in Alaska is waaaay worse than what he's rolling though.?ÿ?ÿ
Andy?ÿ?ÿ