Office again at home thus week. Finishing the drafting on the last Topo, 10 Lidar scans on control points, 3 random with collected targets, 43 cloud to cloud plus a couple thousand RTK shots (all using Microsurvey XYZ automap system). Discovered halfway through point cloud editing Cyclone failed to import the entire scan on one setup. Had to do some Swiss software wrangling standing on my right foot with my tongue in my left cheek to fix that. At least I didn't have to redo the cloud to cloud registration. Had to start over on editing.
Scan on 10 control points like what would be done with a total station then fill in with scan setups every 20 to 30 feet to fill in the details, much faster when it is turned on and set to scan, they go about 3 times faster. Collecting targets with a scanner is slow but much faster to register. Lidar data works great in places like airports with a lot of buildings and hardscape. It picks up everything, no missed shots.
Using Microsurvey Ultimate I go through and put coded points on the point cloud then run the Automap. Then if something doesn't look right it's a lot easier to edit than just a bare polyline. Move the point, the line moves with it. I can run them 2D and 3D. It's pretty slick. I use 3D as I'm going so I can see if it's right then at the end I can run it 2D because that is what the engineers want. I run it through another drawing using a break line library which puts the breadlines on the engineer's preferred layer.
Thats how I do it, a person could simply draft if they wanted to.
Next project is at Fresno Yosemite International Airport, not in a hurry to go there in the smoke and the heat. Built my new window vent for the portable air conditioner outside yesterday (hot and smokey, wore an N95), trying to beat the headache today.
It brought a smile to my face... I'm sure there is more to the story... Somewhere.
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?ÿOne more typical title survey for a sale.
I first surveyed this 18 years ago when a friend whose family has a bar / restaurant here bought a tired house, fixed it up for a successful villa rental. Then he started building a second bigger house on the same lot and got in over his head. HOA doesn't allow subdivision and it took 10 years or more to find a buyer for both houses.?ÿ?ÿ
