Joe Paulin
Well-Known Member
Today I calibrated the camera and checked out the Visual Angle tool in Cogo. What a cool concept. I could use this quite effectively to measure a rough height of power poles for example. One would just have to know how far you are from the object being measured. I like that you can copy the angular values to the "clipboard", but when I go to the calculator to calculate the height between two points using the vertical angle supplied, there is no memory recall in the calculator to bring up that angular value. If you could add a way to recall those stored values in the calculator, that would make the process much more fluid. If there is a better way to accomplish this, please let me know. This could be done in the Cogo Triangles tool if it was made more versatile. If the angles and distances could be input into the tool to solve for an angle or distance, then I wouldn't need the calculator. For example, if I could input a 90 degree angle, the vertical angle given from the Visual angle tool and the distance the camera was from the power pole, it could spit out the height of the pole. Right now, everything is governed by points.
Another thought: could the camera be calibrated before it leaves the factory? This would make things a lot easier on the end users.
I am also curious what other people are using the Visual Angle tool for.
Another thought: could the camera be calibrated before it leaves the factory? This would make things a lot easier on the end users.
I am also curious what other people are using the Visual Angle tool for.