Come to think of it, I really don't need much precision, I just need it
to be faster.
The power company is going to do its own survey whether I do one or not,
so I just need enough info to know whether I have a make ready issue and
guess what it's going to cost. 75% of the time I'm looking at a pole
and saying, "yup that's tons of clearance and a solid pole" then I write
down an estimated height because it's good enough to know that my line
will fit. I'm trying to get a kid to do this, but he's not comfortable
with making an estimate of height, so he's measuring every time and that
makes him like 1/4 of the speed I am.
Maybe I should just get a different kid lol
------ Original Message ------
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Sent: 12/22/2017 1:59:20 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Telephone pole field survey laser tool
I do know they are very expensive as a contractor. But sometimes the
power company requires that you get a strength of pole and they are one
of the main companies that do that.
From:Adam Moffett
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2017 11:56 AM
To:[email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Telephone pole field survey laser tool
http://www.osmose.com/documents/DMT%20side%20by%20side.pdf
These guys take a photo with a survey stick next to the pole. Then I
guess this software calculates the heights of everything using the
stick as calibration. Dunno what it costs yet, but it seems like "set
stick, take photo" is the whole process.
------ Original Message ------
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Sent: 12/22/2017 1:20:56 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Telephone pole field survey laser tool
Depends on how much accuracy you want.
If you have two people and a long tape it is much faster.
And you don’t have to tote and extend that stick.
From:Adam Moffett
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2017 11:18 AM
To:[email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Telephone pole field survey laser tool
Is that faster than using the stick? Seems like you still have to get
out measuring wheel or something to get that horizontal distance.
------ Original Message ------
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Sent: 12/22/2017 1:16:48 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Telephone pole field survey laser tool
I use a theodolite app on my cell phone.
It is free. Just aim it up until you hit 45 degrees.
Move forward or back until the thing you are measuring is in the
cross hairs.
Then measure from your feet to the pole or line, add the distance
from the ground to your eye.
Or if you are a glutton for punishment, just pick any position,
measure the angle and do the trig.
From:Adam Moffett
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2017 11:12 AM
To:[email protected]
Subject: [AFMUG] Telephone pole field survey laser tool
During field surveys I was measuring the height of pole attachments
with a telescoping measuring stick. I bumped into a power company
guy who showed me his tool that was shaped like a gun with an LCD
display and keypad on top. It was basically a laser range finder,
but it also took photos and stored the measurements.....I feel like
it stored coordinates from GPS as well.
Does anybody use these things and have a recommended brand I should
look at? Is it terribly spendy.
