@peter-lothian Still do that - the light can be behind a band of foliage - the rod cannot.
Lee, Have you looked at Photoscan? We've generally found that it gives better results and is more intuitive than Pix4D.
The Pedantic Police need to be involved as well. Since the content of the ditch was not a necessary part of its normal operation then surely it was wa...
I learnt the hard way many years ago, whilst surveying clay quarries. In those circumstances I now always take a short plank (or a high density foam i...
Many years ago I had a couple of radio masts to align to a high precision. They were out on some nearshore islands, beyond mud flats. I was picked up ...
Sounds very confusing. I'm pleased we are a "small" island and just have to cope with scale factor (and idiot architects).
@peter-ehlert Just out of interest, what happens where two jurisdictions using different foot definitions meet? Or do you organise things such that n...
@mightymoe No, I just have uneducated client problems! Actually it isn't all metric - anything pre-1970'ish tends to be in feet, earlier stuff in ch...
Funny how things on RPLS mirror the rest of the world (or is it things in the RotW mirror RPLS?? A job I'm currently dealing with has aspects of the h...
About a third of the building still remains on Galloway??s property. Surely a sixth at most - why haven't all you pedants spotted that yet? ?ÿ
It's a phase all manufacturers go through from time to time and they never learn how much damage they do to their reputations. Some years ago Leica di...
Surely part of being a professional is knowing when to keep it simple and when to use a more elaborate method?
@dmyhill I'm not sure how you have to present your figures on that side of the pond, but I've had similar situations over here, where an area has bee...
If the leg fall test shows quite a speedy drop, even when the leg has been tightened, then the cause may be worn bushes inside the two clamped section...
Agreed. If we HAVE to include third party data then we ensure all those points are clearly identified. If we are asked to apply any shift then we add ...
Reminds me of the time when the old Land Rovers had a hand throttle. When grid surveying (by chain!) proposed sites for opencast coal we used to set t...
Im all for people knowing how to use a tool properly, but equally they need to know when NOT to use the tool and get in somebody who does know.
Remember, accuracy is always only as good as the change points - invar stave or no invar stave.