On benchmarks and patience
Every control point has a story. Most of them involve waiting for the sky to clear, a tripod settling into soft ground, and the quiet satisfaction when the residuals finally agree with each other.
Every control point has a story. Most of them involve waiting for the sky to clear, a tripod settling into soft ground, and the quiet satisfaction when the residuals finally agree with each other.
Old survey sheets are honest documents. The ink fades, the paper warps, but the geometry remembers what the landscape has forgotten.
Rain cover for the total station, spare batteries in a dry bag, and a notebook that does not mind being damp. Everything else is negotiable.
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