A comparison of scanner accuracy (including scanning total stations). Please feel free to add information, or correct any errors. Some observations...

@beuckie Also a Riegl can do resection, orientation,... setups and even scan prisms (if further then 200m). Now there's an interesting feature. I ...

@beuckie @rover83 I'm not confident we could completely eliminate the use of the Topcon GLS with a Riegl yet, maybe we can, it is very fast, but we'l...

@jitterboogie The dolly would be good on flat surfaces with a survey tripod. We currently use survey tripods, with a traverse workflow, in various ...

@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...

@least I was told 6mm, which is all you want for full dome scans.

@jitterboogie After something I can reposition quickly.

@beuckie I'll get to try a vz600i in a few months, 30 seconds per scan I'm told.

Also looking at a foot assembly for working on grid mesh flooring typical in industrial facilities. Maybe a spike underneath? Normally tripod legs ...

A couple more close ups.

@fugarewe Hi, I realised I misinterpreted your feet measurements for angles We needed to stay within 5mm absolute, 0.016 feet approx of all site mo...

@gigharborsurveyor Thanks, if we can get the new methodology working it will bring down the cost somewhat, if we complete each scan position in under ...

@gigharborsurveyor RTK is good if you can use it, I've designed a bracket for the top of the scanner, sometime in future I'll get an opportunity try ...

We're currently getting 3" to 33" on average, the highest reading, an outlier was 120". Double these figures for 95% confidence. Topcon sell's laser...

The tripod: A height tool, to measure instrument height, designed to accept the same Tajima 2m tape as Leica's height hook, it has a 5/8-11 male thr...

@jaccen Send me a sample file, I'll test it. Cheers, Peter.