Nate The Surveyor
Well-Known Member
OK, in talking with Michael Gluting, he suggested that I post this. We would like a sighting mechanism, on the LS. I am thinking of trying to find one of these:
And sticking it on the bottom, or side of the LS. I'd like it to have 4 of them, so that you can get line from the LS, simply by looking back at it.
As another idea, (if it's not too late) when the next rubber is designed, I'd like it if there was a YELLOW cross placed on the TOP of the ls, that STICKS up, maybe 1/8" , as a sighting mechanism. No, they are not really for PRECISE alignment, but here is how I'd use it.
I have a corner search in a big pile of briars. Or, in an overgrown fence row, with trees in it. I set the LS in an open space, and AIM it at the corner I am staking. Get chainsaw going, and as I cut my way through the vegetation, I need to be able to DETERMINE line, by looking at the LS. Not returning to it. The LS tells me the DIRECTION and DISTANCE to the search location. I use my box tape, or pacing to get the location, and place flagging there. And, continue clearing my search radius. Metal Detector, and all. It takes nearly no time, to GAIN a fix in the open, whereas a FIX in the woods, has to go through it's verification process. That takes time, when I need to be working, not waiting. So, the offset mechanism makes sense. The cross on the top should be made of 4 pieces of rubber sticking up, with the intersection cut out. This way, you can use it from all 4 directions. When using LEFT/RIGHT, and FOREWARD/BACK this makes sense.
I do not know if the sighting device I posted above could be made of high impact plastic, and placed on the TOP of the LS, but that would work well too.
I want to bring this up for discussion, as I do not know if it would interfere with the GPS operation.
While I am at it, I'd like a device on the LS, that works with a "Remote". The remote is about the size of a small cell phone. Very Rugged, and goes in your pocket. Point it at the LS, and it GIVES you the distance to the LS. and the readout is on the remote, and shows on the LS as well. This way, you could Stake a corner. Rough point it. Cut brush to it. set the REMOTE on the found monument. Press button, on REMOTE. Distance shows up.
Return to LS, AIM crosshairs, at the flagging left behind, on the monument, and BOOM! we have the coord at the offset dist, and bearing from the compass, and ready to input the description. Slope angle is figured from the CAMERA pixels, as the LS is pointed close to line.
I gotta get to work. But, the LS has to keep moving foreward....
Thank you,
Nate
And sticking it on the bottom, or side of the LS. I'd like it to have 4 of them, so that you can get line from the LS, simply by looking back at it.
As another idea, (if it's not too late) when the next rubber is designed, I'd like it if there was a YELLOW cross placed on the TOP of the ls, that STICKS up, maybe 1/8" , as a sighting mechanism. No, they are not really for PRECISE alignment, but here is how I'd use it.
I have a corner search in a big pile of briars. Or, in an overgrown fence row, with trees in it. I set the LS in an open space, and AIM it at the corner I am staking. Get chainsaw going, and as I cut my way through the vegetation, I need to be able to DETERMINE line, by looking at the LS. Not returning to it. The LS tells me the DIRECTION and DISTANCE to the search location. I use my box tape, or pacing to get the location, and place flagging there. And, continue clearing my search radius. Metal Detector, and all. It takes nearly no time, to GAIN a fix in the open, whereas a FIX in the woods, has to go through it's verification process. That takes time, when I need to be working, not waiting. So, the offset mechanism makes sense. The cross on the top should be made of 4 pieces of rubber sticking up, with the intersection cut out. This way, you can use it from all 4 directions. When using LEFT/RIGHT, and FOREWARD/BACK this makes sense.
I do not know if the sighting device I posted above could be made of high impact plastic, and placed on the TOP of the LS, but that would work well too.
I want to bring this up for discussion, as I do not know if it would interfere with the GPS operation.
While I am at it, I'd like a device on the LS, that works with a "Remote". The remote is about the size of a small cell phone. Very Rugged, and goes in your pocket. Point it at the LS, and it GIVES you the distance to the LS. and the readout is on the remote, and shows on the LS as well. This way, you could Stake a corner. Rough point it. Cut brush to it. set the REMOTE on the found monument. Press button, on REMOTE. Distance shows up.
Return to LS, AIM crosshairs, at the flagging left behind, on the monument, and BOOM! we have the coord at the offset dist, and bearing from the compass, and ready to input the description. Slope angle is figured from the CAMERA pixels, as the LS is pointed close to line.
I gotta get to work. But, the LS has to keep moving foreward....
Thank you,
Nate