The New GPS Surveying Methods
Surveying used to use very basic methods. It usually involved surveyors carrying out the long and laborious tasks of manually measuring and planning areas, buildings and terrain. It often took quite a while. It could often result in poor measurements or inaccurate readings if it wasnt carried out to a very high standard by highly trained people. You may have seen surveyors conducting basic measurements. We have also seen the guys pointing the measurement lasers at bridges and buildings too. But this is just the tip of the iceberg of how the surveying industry has moved forward. New technology has moved on to make things much more accurate.
Surveying still requires highly trained people. However, the tools are now a lot more advanced. This technology has taken surveying to the next level. GPS surveying now allows for unbelievable accuracy. It now produces brilliantly accurate measurements.
New technology emerging in the surveying industry includes Trimble robotic total stations as well as GPS surveying units. GPS stands for Global Positioning Satellite. GPS is now used around the world in various different guises. You can see GPS in use by car navigation systems. The system (often know as Sat Nav for short) will use satellites to find the position of your car and then use this information to find the best or shortest route to your destination. We will all use this technology at one stage or another.
It is this GPS technology that has evolved into use in the surveying industry. This technology allows for amazing accuracy.
Some of the aspects of surveying covered with this new technology include utility mapping and a measured building survey. There is also utility detection. Topographic surveying is also a very common requirement in this day and age. The technology is also used in geophysical surveys. These methods are also used on a number of archaeological digs. Archaeological sites, research and identification has been helped massively by the use of the new technology.
The advances in GPS surveying have seen the speed of full surveys accelerate. They have also become more and more accurate as time has passed and the technology has been more and more fine-tuned. This allows for much more flexibility. The new speed of surveying also allows for projects to be researched and completed a lot quicker and make design changes a lot more viable.
GPS has brought surveying into the 21st century. It is likely that these improvements will continue as the technology is further refined and improved. This means that eventually surveying will see a new generation that will include completely new technology and methods of surveying.
SUMO Services is a survey business that covers all aspects of surveying. They put quality and speed at the top of their priorities. They can help with post-survey support, survey drawings and lots, lots more.
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