On Wed, 2011-09-21 at 14:18 +0100, John Sturdy wrote: > > 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?
we get the approximate dimensions and location with gps - the range finder gives the exact dimensions. > > 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 ;-) ? this is country specific. Most people tend to think a range finder is a camera or binoculars. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk