Surveyor Blog
Building Survey, Great Salkeld, near Penrith
3D scanning to draw up existing plans of these industrial sheds. While the scanner is highly accurate, precise sizing of the universal beams and columns is checked with a set of calipers where I can reach.
Land Survey, Ingleton
Surveying farm land outside Ingleton. The total station on the tripod is tracking the prism on top of the survey pole and communicates with the controller. I instruct the controller to record a measurement where I see fit to build the survey point measurements I need to produce a map.
Farm Survey, Newton, Near Clitheroe
The steam shouldn’t affect the laser measurements too much, hopefully, as I don’t think anyone has calculated a coefficient for this scenario. Notice that the scanner is placed well outside licking distance. That comes from years of experience, well one incident when my traverse prism was licked over.
Church Survey, Buttermere
Another historic church, scanned and photographed for record purposes.
This is a low resolution model created in Capturing Reality
Church Survey, Lowick
Combined with photography, this data captures a highly accurate record of this historic building at a point in time. The information can be used for planning maintenance and to check structural integrity over time.
Church Survey, Blackburn
If I thought it was tight getting around and up the spiral, getting from the roof into the vault void was even tighter. Not to mention the wind.
Topographical Survey, Lowick, Ulverston
The 3D scanner can be useful to capture inaccessible areas like this embankment, avoiding the surveyor having to scramble around the banking and hanging from branches with the detail pole. Scan registration can be tricky in a scene like this, but luckily out of shot are some out buildings, providing hard fixed objects in the scene.
Land Survey, Carlisle
Golf course land survey for a lodge development. It looks fairly quiet today, so hopefully I won’t get hit by any missiles.
Measured Building Survey, Sedbergh
I am scanning the barns behind me, but what a view from the backyard. Waterside Viaduct on the Leeds to Morecambe line, that would be handy, but alas it was closed in 1966.
Land Surveyor, Glenridding, Penrith
Snow up Helvellyn! I have dragged myself and skis up to the Lake District Ski Club before now. Today I am surveying in the low lands for a drainage diversion scheme.
