On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 6:33 AM, kenneth gonsalves <law...@thenilgiris.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 10:49 +0200, Erik Johansson wrote: >> > 90% of my mapping is in such areas - gps, josm and repeated visits >> to >> > the area are needed. Camera and laser range finder are a plus. >> >> Do you actually use an laser range finder, isn't that a bit hard to >> use? I would really like to hear how you use it, if not an extensive >> exposé then a shor one. :-) > > it is dead easy - just point it at the target and click - it gives the > distance.
So do you get the distance from two known points, and triangulate by distance, or do you use distance and bearing from one known point, or something else? And I'd be worried about "being brought to the attention of the authorities" for being seen pointing lasers at infrastructural things such as electricity pylons --- do people tend to complain about having their buildings etc visibly surveyed? (I'm a newbie at all this, my only experience of potential problems has been that I could see that people were wondering what I was doing when I was walking around writing down house numbers.) Or does a hi-vis jacket make it all alright ;-) ? __John _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
