I'm a Florida Surveyor with over 35 years experience, 29 of those years outside in the field. I'm so happy to see all of your interest in the profession. I had lots of adventures, sometimes fun, sometimes not so much. But always interesting. I have 4 words of advice for you. One, don't get killed, always be aware of your surroundings. Two, don't get sued, meticulous attention to details is of the utmost importance. Three, cover up when out in the sun. It's so hot here in Florida, I neglected my skin and have many scars from the skin cancer being removed. And 4, always take time to enjoy the day, watch the sunrise, listen to the birds, enjoy not being tied to a desk.
Not a surveyor but I am a civil EIT working for a local firm in the southwest US. I volunteered to help out the survey guys to get topo shots in one of our projects and I just want to say I completely underestimated the amount of work to get accurate shots. Surveying is physically demanding but it can pretty fun and challenging. Thanks for showing this video!
I can't believe you didn't offset that light pole. what if an engineer decides, on a 71 degree sunny day with 0% humidity, to come out and stake out your work. he's going to ask you why the light pole is 4 tenths off. then you'll say, "I made a sketch. it's in the field book." then he'll say, "what field book." I kid because I relate.
hahahaha, this comment made my day. Well yes, off-setting structures is the right way of doing it. But for "Beginners" they should at least know to pick up the light pole. Stay tuned for the "Advanced Topographic Surveying" video coming this summer.
technically yes, offsetting is the correct way..but I've been shooting the edge if the pole for years and coding it as HP etc..never had a problem..when you shoot 800-1000 points a day you just wanna keep going..
@@RamiTamimi I just did my first Topo survey today and we did a ton of offsets. Especially every tree. I had wondered why that wasn't in the video as well.
I am really finding your channel very insightful and you providing a practical way of understanding surveying. Otherwise, I have watched all your videos on your channel so far, probably the one that would help a lot more would be sharing your sample data. So as allow us follow through with your lessons. (MSc. Student, Zambia)
I gotta say I will be taking civil engineering next school year as a fresh man and i'm willing to use my time to have a headstart in our lessons. You deserve more recognition sir and thank you for your efforts
In despit of my mother tounge is arabic, I get all your points, your prsentaion very good, your thoughts coherent, thnx from Egypt. All respect to you 🌹
good video...I usually just record CL (centerline), EP (edge pavement) , CLSW (centerline sidewalk), PL, OG (original ground on lawn etc..go every 15-20m..for a hundred meters or so than go back a survey detail (CB's, MH's, HP's, HYD, VB's, SIB's, trees or shrubs etc)... that way I dont lose track of my section lengths..keep up good work...I've been surveying since 1988 started with T1, T2A and steel chain and plumb bob..the good old days :).. I love surveying..I ran a 5mile level loop once..3mm error with a Sokkia B32 level..30x power
Watching from England, while I'm not an engineer I am a salesman of survey equipment, as such there is little to no training for anyone outside of being an surveyor here, so guys like me have to learn the basics on our own, not ideal. Your videos however have proven to be a fantastic resource, so just wanted to say a huge thank you for the video uploads, I especially like the fact you address other units not just the Sokkia one you are using, here in the UK we see a lot more of Topcon & Leica units over the others so short mentions of what other manufacturers may do is a small but valuable touch. Cheers fella.
North Florida instrument man here, I primarily use Leica equipment. The guns are good and tight but the GPS systems are lacking compared to Trimble. Captivate is an ok program and pretty intuitive but can be a little finicky.
If your total station is in tracking mode and you want the exact position of the light pole, place your rod at the lightpole at a point perpendicular to the line TS-Polecenter, take a distance measurement, then move the rod in line TS-Lightpole and save the point. Don't know about Topcon, but works with Leica&Trimble total stations.
With topcon, you would place your prizm against the light pole and then go into edit points, then edit raw data and measure the distance from C/L flog pole to center of prizm and add that measurement to your Away raw data. It’s pretty easy after you’ve used topcon acouple times!
This is what is known as Grid/Ground. When we survey a small site like this, we use Grid coordinates since we assume earth is flat. Why? Because the earth is so big, that in this small 1 acre site, accounting for the earth's curvature is really insignificant. So we ignore it.
New technology? robotic total stations have been around for over 30 yrs with them being in common use for the last 20 yrs also you should be picking those kerbs up on the join lines this helps you join both sides together if they line up to create topographical cross sections and make your topo surface triangles/dtm/tin line up better
Robotic total stations are the norm in the Industry. But even Robotic Total Stations are becoming increasingly obsolete. I think LiDAR is gonna take over.
Got to say the way you are surveying isn’t accurate or precise. Such as when you set up the instrument, when you read positions such as lamposts, roads signs or buildings (you need to offset the points). Also the coding/point names could be simplified further saving a lot of time out in the field.
Very helpful. I would recommend lowering the volume of the background music by half, it was very distracting, like listening to two people at the same time.
It would be helpful if you talked slower and didn't have the music in the background. It's very hard to follow what you're saying and the music is really distracting.
In addition to determining the scale for the project, wouldn't performing a 'back sight' to a reference control point aid in determining the map's orientation also?
It will orientate you project and ensure the scale of your project right by ensuring the distance to the point is physically correct to the coordinates.
this is Hasib much Respects from Afghanistan sir kindly introduce an effective topographic survey book which i can find it easily on internet or kindly share it if you have
Can’t lie to you this video really frustrated me to the max… would love to have a conversation with you about you techniques and the way you pick up points.
Hello rami i am a topographic surveyor and i leave in algeria . I don't have a job if u Can help me cum to America and have a job with u if u Can please & thank u so mutch
These are great videos but we all can't afford a total station. How about some old school basics with a regular transit. I picked up a Sokkia DT600 at an auction. I'm trying to learn how to use it. Sort of a retirement hobby.
Man that's an old school machine. I'm sad to say but a lot of people are ditching Total Stations now for GPS and Drones. Scary world for accuracy these days.
@Mahmood Salih Very expensive. If you do not have an industry to back you; It is a fools errand to buy this tech on your own. Focus on the math. This guy is a professor for a wealthy university and is advertising new technology. He is still a fellow/student/teacher before his Ph.D. He has no idea of how gruelling this work can be with a limited budget. The software licence price alone is insane nevermind the, Theodolite. Calling it a, “Total Station” is disingenuous at best. He has the utility of nice days to euclidiate the easy-ness of this new tech. Give it a few years and your IPhone will conquer it and you won’t be in serious debt.
I heard you, us Old Timer's have lots of stories. When the professor goes off topic, ask a question about the topic at hand and get him/her to refocus.
Thanks for putting a friendly face on the land surveying industry. Here in Canada Land Surveyors are real DICKS. They abuse their assistants and intentionally hold back themselves from teaching the profession. To my understanding, you have to suck it up and earn the Party Chief's respect to "deserve" knowledge. Because as an assistant you're worth less than the Party Chief's truck and you're replaceable. Anyways, I moved to France and work as a Land Surveyor over there. The working conditions are better in France too. I just have a hard time recommending the Land Surveyor profession in Canada because it's hard to get your foot in the door and the bottom rung of the corporate ladder is abusive.
Numbering features is too time-consuming and error prone. Survey at such a level of detail that you don't have to. With a robot, it's better and easier to get more points than use long, highly-specific codes. Take pictures to clarify if necessary. Some people think playing "connect the dots" manually takes to long--I look at it as an invaluable QA pass. That was a telecom riser, not electrical. TEL RSR. Know your utilities so you can properly integrate utilities basemaps into your mapping.
Do you have a link for the sensor your describe at 5:34? I have a Hilti POS 180 Total Station, but no sensor. I'm curious if Trimble has something I can retrofit to my Hilti, sense Hilti borrows the patents from Trimble for the product.
Thank you Sir I love this Co ntent,my daughter choose this course n is in her first year,I'm so green Abt it n I'd love to know more about it,love from Kenia.
I have 6 years of surveying experience, and I don't have a degree on land surveying. Am leading a team of interns. I would love to enroll to one of the universities and get a degree on land surveying. (Online learning).
good luck and nice to hear..when surveying solo , for me it's so peaceful, and I cant believe I get paid to do it..its a joy going to work..northern ontario Canada
Best channel on RU-vid about surveying. Actually the only one that covers real-life scenarios and virtual "hands on" lessons. I am 50, had a change of career and I am in love with surveying even knowing I may no get a job in the near future. Just love learning for the sake of it. 👏🏼👍🏼
Hello sir, i'm a student of vocational engineering, Geomatics Engineering from Indonesia. if i can ask you what datum/projection system did you use at your country?
Interesting explanation! Does a topographic survey usually contain lot boundaries? One provider quoted me for a topographic survey but says it wouldn't contain boundaries which is puzzling to me
Not necessarily. Property lines are apart of a Boundary Survey which is different from a Topographic survey. You can perform a topographic survey without having the boundary information. Usually in the industry, clients need both for their construction projects.
Ja...se acabo la carrera de ingeniero topografo y geodesta! 5 dias aprendiedo a usar la estacion total y 2 con el graficador (se me olvido el nombre) y ya!
Beyond locating the obvious (changes in direction or elevation), personal decision. Either your contract specifies spacing, or you make a decision in the field. 25 feet wouldn't be unusual.
Gotta love line work! I'm in beautiful east tn.... right at the foothills of the Great smokey mountains. You'd be impressed in the variety of trees we have. We typically pick up trees over a foot and identify them. We have sooooooooooooo many different trees around here it's insane.
@@RamiTamimi Thanks Rami for taking the time to reply. I have used a Total Station but haven't used a rod with prism rather it was a guy with a staff to take levels and this was at University it wasn't my job. Thanks for your videos, may you continue to educate my friend.
