Landartma Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 For many of my projects I don't have professional surveys so I shoot my own grades and do a bit of ocular estimating. I am working on becoming more efficient in site modeling so I'm looking for opinions on the best way to go about laying out those grades in preparation for creating a site model. So far I have laid them out using the stake tool as source data and the boundary tool. Opinions? Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 I used to do that. Now I just wave my iPhone around and do lidar scans to collect the data and surface. That and/or the drone. They are not as accurate as a good survey, but neither is running around with a notebook, rod,and level 🙂 The time savings are incredible. 2 Quote Link to comment
Landartma Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 LIDAR Scans? Man am I behind the times. Glad I asked. Are you using specific equipment or software for it? Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, Landartma said: LIDAR Scans? Man am I behind the times. Glad I asked. Are you using specific equipment or software for it? iphone 13 pro with Scaniverse or Polycam, depending on the work. Scaniverse is doing a good job outdoors with snow. I’ll probably share that project when it’s further along and explainable 🙂 mavic pro drone with a variety of softwares. I’ve written about this several times on the forum. Here’s a couple of threads to get you started. the iPhone scanning is proving itself quite valuable to the task, as long as you are not expecting survey grade results. this is a cropped model for developing a section. You can see the erosion bales at the toe of the slope and utilities in the open trenches. 4 Quote Link to comment
Landartma Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 I had a client who did the same kind of thing professionally with drones. I believe he works for a big civil company or real estate developer. I met him last year he was saying they produce some pretty accurate stuff. I'm not sure what systems they are using but I'm guessing they are high end systems. 1 Quote Link to comment
Landartma Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 Here's food for thought on site measurements. Any opinions? Its an hour watch but if you measure sites it might be worth looking at. Measurement tools and PM for design build Quote Link to comment
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