DJI Pilot 2 only uses AMap and/or MapBox. Creating a custom ortho in QGIS and then using the XYZ (MBtiles) exporter is the easiest free way we have found. Setting up your own WMS is the best but is then reliant on data. You can even add content...
I still prefer orange 5-gallon bucket lids with a single 60D and shiner. It's unfortunate that noone will train their software to auto-rec them. Far easier to see than any of these in a wider variety of environments and materials. They don't warp...
This project is sort of "both". The client wanted a Before Construction and a Post Construction model so I'm taking the "time between" to hone my skills (hopefully).
I have another project that just finished the Rough Grading (aka BLASTING)...
I do ag and construction work. My formula is pretty simple. I have a figure for what my real cost is based on time required and travel, then I add what I feel is a reasonable profit and a small fudge factor, and when figuring in your costs, don't...
Once Upon a time there was a KING that wanted to tax everything. THE PEOPLE took that as a bunch of crap and threw a newly taxed item in a waterway! Then the KING (not getting the message) decided to take their defensive weapons! THE KING AND HIS...
1. Make sure your UI is set to imperial.
2. You should most likely be using EPSG 9748, NAD83 (2011) Alabama East USft.
3. Make sure your Export configuration matches.
As retired law enforcement, I'm sure you will agree that folks in criminal litigation are not allowed to make things up as they go. My point is, it has to be breaking some law or regulation that currently exists before you can be found guilty of...
Sometimes we get to job sites and things don't work out. It's part of the cost of doing business. It sucks but it happens. Most of the time you'll want to eliminate a "Single Failure Point" by having an alternative solution in hand for any...
Keep in mind that if you have an "incident" and it's found that you intentionally hacked/over rode the manufacturers software the pressure will be on. The FAA will have a field day with you.
That's interesting but not surprising. It's not wrong either. Horse-Cart, Cart-Horse. It gets the job done. I've done plenty of preliminary studies that way. Once the project is deemed viable, we go back and perform the boundary survey to...
You could contact the manufacturer and would still get some theoretical suggestion. I have seen many mirrorless shutter tests at 500K so who's to say what a completely different kind of tech can do. All I know is that people who run 0.7s interval...
Most professional DSLR's have a rating of 300,000 actuations and that is with hardware that is quite a bit bigger than what is in a drone. I am at about 10K/month right now and can expect about 30 months so I budget a drone every two years which...
I understand the point of establishing dedicated control to a parcel but in the Engineering, GIS, Construction worlds in Texas it's the opposite. The control is geodetic and derived from NGS and local traverses establish "site" control and the...
My experience with what I think @JFlamm is mentioning is the fact that in construction we have PLS control sheets in the contract documents and the Contractor is held to +/- 0.10ft for general site work that can be tied back into those benchmarks...
I start getting twitchy when I see numbers and annotations start showing up. Especially when it has anything to do with real property... even when they disclaim "approximate". IMO the laws need to be relaxed but as you mentioned about the...
There are reasons why we PLS' have pages and pages of statutes and laws that we have to abide by. There are reasons why obtaining professional licensure is an arduous process that involves college degree, years of experience, and state/national...
I think we need to know more about the specifics of the case before following generalizations like that. Particularly the services offered and the deliverables they were providing. If they are promising/certifying an accuracy value they can be...
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Unless you are an actual credentialed Land Surveyor you don't even want to kid about "Surveying with a drone". The term I think you're looking for is either Photogrammetry or Orthomosaics.
There is a law suit in...