Yes I share the same sentiment pertaining to the levels. I use one gps level for reference and then use the Auto level, or total station to traverse around the construction site.
And i aslo use reflective tape for shooting building corners; Using the prism for building corners: you will have to locoate the building corner, lock the azimuth and write down the offset from prism to building corner. For drafting, i will actually have like my occu point to bld1 azimuth direction line, then add offset to line
We’ve got so many trees and mountains in the area that I live in that we’ve just gotten used to using our total station for that kind of stuff to be more accurate. We probably could have gotten away with using the GPS on this job. However, our east line of this property would’ve given us all kinds of problems with using GPS because of the close proximity of buildings and trees overhead. Plus, we only have one GPS unit at my company for 4 crews to share. So usually we only use it for going out and setting up our control.
Wow! Yes I understand. But I still would of use the gps in the non obstruction areas. For the topo, I'll use the gps. I work as a one man army, so I use the gps to establish geodetic controls and then use the robotic gun for more areas where am getting obstruction with the gps. Some times I don't use the robotic at all; I even set build grid lines with the gps. The south g3 gps system is really good; Even when rechecking grid lines with the robotic, discrepancy is within 5mm/0.016ft
Nice! When I worked in North Dakota for two years, all we did was use GPS. And then, when we construction staked hubs in the ground with the GPS, we would run over them with levels for better accurate elevations. There’s all kinds of ways to do the same thing I guess.
Yes I share the same sentiment pertaining to the levels. I use one gps level for reference and then use the Auto level, or total station to traverse around the construction site.
And i aslo use reflective tape for shooting building corners; Using the prism for building corners: you will have to locoate the building corner, lock the azimuth and write down the offset from prism to building corner. For drafting, i will actually have like my occu point to bld1 azimuth direction line, then add offset to line
Why not use the GPS and total station for this job. Much more efficient
We’ve got so many trees and mountains in the area that I live in that we’ve just gotten used to using our total station for that kind of stuff to be more accurate. We probably could have gotten away with using the GPS on this job. However, our east line of this property would’ve given us all kinds of problems with using GPS because of the close proximity of buildings and trees overhead. Plus, we only have one GPS unit at my company for 4 crews to share. So usually we only use it for going out and setting up our control.
Wow! Yes I understand. But I still would of use the gps in the non obstruction areas. For the topo, I'll use the gps. I work as a one man army, so I use the gps to establish geodetic controls and then use the robotic gun for more areas where am getting obstruction with the gps. Some times I don't use the robotic at all; I even set build grid lines with the gps. The south g3 gps system is really good; Even when rechecking grid lines with the robotic, discrepancy is within 5mm/0.016ft
Nice! When I worked in North Dakota for two years, all we did was use GPS. And then, when we construction staked hubs in the ground with the GPS, we would run over them with levels for better accurate elevations. There’s all kinds of ways to do the same thing I guess.