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    Airmapper reacted to AJS410's post in the thread Comparison of Ground Control Targets with Like Like.
    Hello all, I am currently a senior in the Surveying program at the University of Akron. As a part of our coursework we are required to complete a capstone project and share the results in order to help the public and/or other surveyors. For my...
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    I use the Sky High Bulls Eye myself, I love them. Super easy to store and pack in the field. They just stay in my work truck. I've found like a 3" Magnail holds them down perfect. If on pavement, I'll find a crack to drive it in so I can pull it...
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    Airmapper replied to the thread Flying over people.
    Yes it's common place for companies to disregard the rules or ask you to. Some of it is ignorance, some is apathy. At the end of the day if anything comes of it you are the one getting fined and sued if you get caught or something goes wrong, and...
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    Airmapper replied to the thread Flying over people.
    Actually if you are a licensed operator you should know this already.....and that too is required for that mission.
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    Airmapper replied to the thread Flying over people.
    You are correct. There can be some exceptions if the drone meets certain requirements (weight limit, shielded props, ect.) I've yet to see any commonly available and useful drones meet these requirements. You can sometimes pull it off if you...
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    Airmapper replied to the thread Contour Maps and units.
    Oh, yeah, that's like a civil Engineering thing. They loathe giving you details. What they are doing is trying to cover up the fact they have no clue how any of this works.
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    Airmapper replied to the thread Contour Maps and units.
    I'm sure there are I've just never had need of them to look. This looks promising if you can figure out the input process of the multi point converter. 404 Error: Page Not Found https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/NCAT/ One thing that gets tricky is...
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    Airmapper replied to the thread Contour Maps and units.
    It would be a different EPSG, probably one higher or lower in number is the same state plane but in US FT. You are right to process in the EPSG you were given GCPs in. If whoever gave you that wanted it in another unit they should have gave you...
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    Airmapper replied to the thread Surveying questions.
    You have a lot of research to do because "surveying land" is very non specific wording so you first need to know what you are dealing with. A drone is but one tool in a surveyors bag of tricks, you won't be doing any complete survey with a drone...