That pesky American dollar is loosing value every day!
On the other hand, it IS open source, and all the documentation is on
line. A few folks could pool their talents together and bang out a
half dozen or so for closer to $100 each, I suspect. Naturally *I*
am NOT volunteering.
Of
Yah... It's cave related, its an Inexpensive Electronic cave Surveying Gizmo.
The Shetland Attack Pony is the first combined electronic compass
and clino designed specifically for use underground. Field trials
have shown that it will give a loop closure of better than 1%,
slightly better
Inexpensive?? The thing costs $550. -- Mixon
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came from, but for long-term use, save:
Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu
AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org
I own one and it is worth every penny here is a side by side comparison
chart we did http://www.cavediggers.com/SurveySidebySideSummary.pdf
Picture using it in Zicafoose a couple months ago
http://cavediggers.com/Zic3292008SenateHall/target14.html
Mark
On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 9:19 PM, Mixon
Last weekend Aaron Bird and I got together to shoot 12 survey shots
using...
1) Shetland Attack Pony(digital compass/inclo -
http://shetlandattackpony.co.uk
2) True Pulse 360 - http://www.lasertech.com/360/
3) Traditional Suuntos sighting instruments
4) New Disto D3(discount code is cavers) -
Here is a photo that Phil Underwood sent me today of the Pony at work
surveying http://www.incavedigitalsurvey.com/pony.jpg
**Peter Ludwig has ordered one as well so we will be getting a firsthand
report soon and I spoken for one on order for December :)
Mark Passerby, InCaveDigitalSurvey.com
