I think if this works as well as it looks it may, this would be killer for
you-
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bagel-labs/bagel-the-worlds-smartest-tape-measure
Just saw that yesterday. If it works- I want one! Measure even curved
surfaces accurately.
-Andrew
On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Joshua Smith <kognate@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You can rent surveyor's transits from places like United Rentals. If they
did a professional survey, the survey's pins should still be in place (you
may need a metal detector to find them). You can start from those and
survey your plot and traingulating corners doesn't take that long once you
find the survey pins. You'll need a partner unless you want it to take a
_long_ time.
If you don't want to rent a transit you could build one using the laser
cutter in the shop quickly. You'll need a scope of some sort (a rifle scope
will do), a good compass, and a level.
On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 10:49 AM Steven Owens <stevenjowens@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
There are twelve different groups assigned to that block - eight of
them, annoyingly, to the area around that little dead-end. Every year
we have to figure out who's camping where, ahead of time, and draw it
out on the map. My group in particular is at the end of the dead-end,
and it's hard to figure out where things are.
On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 5:40 AM, Simon Heath <icefoxen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ah, the memories of geology field camp, where we were thrown onto ain
mountainside with a map and not much else, and told to figure out where
the world we actually were.($30)
You can honestly get pretty good results with a 100' measuring tape
and a good compass ($50-250). Looks like a hilly and forested areathough,
which makes life harder! What exactly are you trying to measure out?http://www.harborfreight.com/10000-FtMeter-Digital-Measuring-Wheel-62705.html
Simon
On 07/26/2016 02:28 AM, Steven Owens wrote:
Just to give you an idea of what I'm talking about measuring:
http://land.pennsicwar.org/map.php?block=E26
(click on the map image to open a higher resolution format).
That's the professionally surveyed map for the block my camp is in.
We're in the middle (albeit up and to the left) at the end of that
dead-end road labeled the Cul-de-Slack.
We really only have that "Water Service #33" as a reference point.
Our camp is in the area to the right and slightly up from it. I was
thinking perhaps of using the corner of the Cul-De-Slack and Myfan way
as a second reference point, and triangulating. The graph paper
squares at 15' x 15, so 21' and change across the diagonal. That puts
the corner about 200' away.
On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 12:17 AM, Matt Stultz <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
Harbor freight has some cheap options depending on what you are after.
I've
been tempted to pick up one of these as it makes measuring super easy.
http://www.harborfreight.com/330-ft-x-12-in-Open-Reel-Measuring-Tape-62413.html
I have one of these though and it is super useful to have around.
stevenjowens@xxxxxxxxx>
On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 11:57 PM, Steven Owens <
surveying?wrote:
Folks,
Anybody know anything about state of the art laser tools for
the
Specifically, I want to do some measuring of our camping area over
lasernext coupel of weeks. I need to measure things that are 50/100/200
feet apart. My options are
a) get a really long measuring tape,
b) use a rope/cord and a shorter tape to make my own measuring tool
(more likley)
I remember reading that there are relatively cheap and effective
surveying tools. Of course "relatively cheap" is, well, relative.
It's ONLY $5000... etc. Is it worth spending any time researching
these tools?
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Steven J. Owens
stevenjowens@xxxxxxxxx
puff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
412-401-8060
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Steven J. Owens
stevenjowens@xxxxxxxxx
puff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
412-401-8060
