I'm so excited for my surveyor of one
-- Sent from my HP TouchPad
On Aug 26, 2012 7:39 PM, Mark Minton <mmin...@caver.net> wrote:
This idea of paperless caving has been around for quite a
while. In addition to the Swiss site cited below, there was a
detailed article by Mark Passerby in the final issue of the now
defunct Caves.com Magazine (issue 9, circa 2004) about using it in a
caving project in WV. See
<http://www.cavediggers.com/magazine/9th.pdf> under Raders Valley
Project, p. 4. Of course a lot of the technology discussed there is
obsolete as better devices and software are now available.
Mark
At 09:12 PM 8/24/2012, Bennett Lee wrote:
>I've heard about azimuth/inclination mods to distos, but I didn't know
>there was a Bluetooth addition with software that imports the data and
>lets you sketch on a PDA.
>
> From the pics, it looks like you can get more accurate sketches because
>you can quickly shoot to every key wall and feature in the room and draw
>your sketch around the survey points (more or less real-time) right on
>the PDA screen. That's freaking sweet! Screw paper sketches, those
>awful high-angle measurements, erasure marks, and ANNOYING EDGES OF
>PAPER that get in the way of a great sketch, followed by manually
>entering all the data points, scanning in all the paper, and the long,
>tedious process of drawing everything a second time in Illustrator
>(sometimes by someone who has never even been in the cave), then
>months/years later you finally have a printable map. Seems like with
>this setup you have a complete map the moment you walk out of the cave.
>
>Holy crap! Why haven't we all switched to this?
>
>--Bennett
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Fofo [mailto:f...@gzluna.com]
>Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 7:18 PM
>To: texascavers@texascavers.com
>Subject: Re: [Texascavers] DistoX X2 Whatever.
>
>Hey Bennett.
>
>Sorry if there is some confusion, and maybe Serur was asking about the
>Disto just as a distance measuring tool and in that case, yeah, the
>D210XT is great.
>
>But there are some aftermarket modifications that can be made to the
>(now obsolete) Disto A3 that make it measure azimuth and inclination as
>well as distance, so it becomes an "all in one" survey tool (and if you
>couple it via Bluetooth with a PDA running PocketTopo or Auriga, it's a
>"paperless survey": http://paperless.bheeb.ch/ ).
>
>There is an effort to be able to modify the newer Distos, but it
>apparently has been much more challenging, that's what I was talking
>about.
>
>Take care,
>
>- Fofo
>
>On 24/08/12 17:07, Bennett Lee wrote:
> > I've been using the replacement model, the Disto D210XT, for several
> > months. I've been happy with it. Not waterproof, but dust/water
> > resistant enough to handle muddy caves, brief drops in water, and
> > cleaning off in my sink at home. More features than we need cave
> > surveying, but the ones we do need (units, single shot, max/min
> > distance) are accessible and easy to use. Plus the 3-line display
> > lets you quickly pop off 3 shots and average. Nice rubber grip. Runs
> > on 2 AAA batteries, which most of us cavers have on hand in the cave.
> >
> > Haven't heard about the issues Fofo mentioned--mine has been working
> > great. My only complaint is that the large screen is easily
> > scratched, but so far mine has been surviving cave abuse quite well.
> > I'm so pleased that I've been considering buying a second so I have a
> > backup that I can use while sketching. The D210XT runs $219 online.
> >
> > --Bennett
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Fofo [mailto:f...@gzluna.com]
> > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 10:09 AM
> > To: texascavers
> > Subject: Re: [Texascavers] DistoX X2 Whatever.
> >
> > Yeah. Kevin Dixon made a batch of Disto X boards last year, and it was
> > probably the last one since some of the parts are obsolete and hard to
> > find (and the Leica A3 which this board fits is also pretty hard to
> > find now).
> >
> > I'm excited about the Disto DXT (the newer version), apparently there
> > have been several issues, but I hope that they figure them out soon.
> >
> > So, Serur, at this point it sounds like your best bet would be to find
> > someone who owns a Disto X and hopefully you can borrow it.
> >
> > - Fofo
> >
> > Mark Minton wrote, on 24/8/12 6:55 :
> >> The Disto X is no longer being made. However a newer version is under
> >> development. See
> >>
> <http://www.karstworlds.com/2011/01/digital-surveying-disto-x-replacement.html>,
> >> <http://paperless.bheeb.ch/>.
> >>
> >> Mark
> >>
> >> At 03:07 AM 8/24/2012, S S wrote:
> >>> Does anyone know where you can get a DistoX or whatever the latest
> >>> revision is. And any feedback on these.
> >>>
> >>> Serur
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