Norman, I would love to sit down and do the error propagation in various scenarios to see when resections can provide better results and when setting ...

Thanks Lukenz We tried that James. We ran into 3 issues; 1. The SLAM algorithm getting lost in an environment void of planes and in constant movemen...

Jim, aerial LiDAR would be fine in that situation. I wouldn't hesitate for a second on creating a surface from a flight covering that area. The right ...

We've been using SLAM for a few years now. The data capture is fast but that's really the tip of the iceberg. Marketing for SLAM tends to only compare...

Thanks for all the replies so far. Yea I would consider measuring HI/HT under instrument and target centering error. It would be the vertical componen...

In your opinion do you think field checking/adjusting rod & tribrach bubbles and plummets would minimize the benefit of this method to a negligibl...

Another fantastic point about setting control in stable ground.

Aren't C&R corrections applied in almost all modern total stations? Great point about cross ties. Cant believe I forgot that one. So when we're no...

Great points!

Thanks for the replies. I get bugged sometimes in the office for maintaining a fondness for open source software but you are both describing situation...

Remote prism rotator? That sounds interesting, how does that work?

Very interesting, what are we talking here? 1mm? 3mm? More?