Monte King
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I have not used this equipment since 2016 when it was the original LS/T2 combo. I was stuck with the big "no name here" equipment since 2016. Getting back into it recently. Great stuff and I am very impressed with many of the new features.
One of the big ones being cellular corrections from a "roll your own" RTN. I can see the major benefit of internet vs UHF considering the amount of data being transmitted. However, many places we end up working have no cell signal. Not a big deal yet but I am guessing as time goes more data will be transmitted causing UHF to be inefficient. I personally would love to see NTRIP corrections through satellites. JSTAR is a great concept that would work well for establishing a base real time then switching to UHF for the survey data collection. It would not work well for measuring considering the time to initialize. However, as stated at some point I am guessing UHF will be inefficient due to the amount of data, so even an on-site UHF base will be limited.
The first thing I thought of was Starlink. I looked around and they have something called SWARM for IoT applications. The 3rd question down in FAQ for swarm at link seems to answer my question. If affordable it would be the way to go. Sounds like seamless 4G cell coverage anywhere in the world...Hopefully be sooner rather than later.
Exciting times when you can actually consider RTK anywhere with NTRIP from VRS/RTN network or your own on-site base station.
One of the big ones being cellular corrections from a "roll your own" RTN. I can see the major benefit of internet vs UHF considering the amount of data being transmitted. However, many places we end up working have no cell signal. Not a big deal yet but I am guessing as time goes more data will be transmitted causing UHF to be inefficient. I personally would love to see NTRIP corrections through satellites. JSTAR is a great concept that would work well for establishing a base real time then switching to UHF for the survey data collection. It would not work well for measuring considering the time to initialize. However, as stated at some point I am guessing UHF will be inefficient due to the amount of data, so even an on-site UHF base will be limited.
The first thing I thought of was Starlink. I looked around and they have something called SWARM for IoT applications. The 3rd question down in FAQ for swarm at link seems to answer my question. If affordable it would be the way to go. Sounds like seamless 4G cell coverage anywhere in the world...Hopefully be sooner rather than later.
Exciting times when you can actually consider RTK anywhere with NTRIP from VRS/RTN network or your own on-site base station.
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