Matterport and accurate cannot be used in the same sentence. Have a look at Iguide. It has a accurate horizontal lidar up until 1cm. I use it for qu...

I never use cheap rebranded ones. Always do these batteries fail or come short when trying to use them like branded ones. Why use $$$ instruments but...

3 points on circle Best fit circle through 3 points and draw the center point. That's how i do it in Carlson

Why not keep the gear. Never understood people selling everything when purchasing something new. It's good to have a backup for all your gear. I as a ...

I don't know the solution to your problem but a new rover or even base-rover combo won't break the bank anymore. No need to go for Topcon as there are...

I'd be happy to read some evidence about Topcon being lower quality.... I know for a fact that you pay premium at Trimble and Leica to support their w...

I would stay with Topcon. Am a Sokkia user myself and i purchased a new robot and manual ts last year. Looked at Trimble but wasn't keen on learning n...

Sokkia and Topcon also usable with an inverted rod.

@beuckie yeah digital in production has pluses in workflow and speed. Just hate seeing newbie instrument guys working it without understanding more...

@beuckie That was a long time ago. I wouldn’t be using that today for sure. although today in my retirement phase I do shlep a T3 T2 N2 and HP3805 ...

Do you still manually record hz, hv and ds and calculate your ts data yourself? Why would levelling be different. For the odd point a manual level is ...

A high end scanner like a Riegl vz400i, Leica P40 or Z&f 5016 is needed for those kind of jobs.

@beuckie what is it with Riegl that makes them superior in your opinion? Family owned company, no Hexagon or other multinationel behind them Excel...

Go to Igage.com and look around. If you need some help talk with Mark Silver. +1 for my buddy Mark Silver.

We recently spent about $45k on a DJI drone and associated softwares. We have tried to use both Photogrammetry and LiDAR to create a deliverable drawi...

@beuckie Do you know if it's possible to mark scan positions on the ground, does the vz have a laser plummet? We know our scan positions with a high...

I have billing rates for standard TS, GNSS,... work and seperate for laserscanning jobs. Prep is hourly, staking is per half day and surveying jobs l...

One thing I wish was different on Topcon magnet, is the ability to export point number ranges. Maybe there is a way though and I just haven’t found it...