A Project Engineer, buying
over 100 writes....
"On construction sites, several of the
Sentripods
can be mounted in easily visible locations,
such as buildings opposite the site, or lamp
columns or anywhere stable around the site.
This eliminates the need for heavy, bulky
uni-directional prisms, as you can set up
ANYWHERE on the site using
resection/free-station, as the
Sentripods
are visible from any angle. Sticky, retro
targets limit your possibilities since they
are only accurate when observed within 30
degrees from its perpendicular. And they
cannot be re-used! I have 4
Sentripods
in the site I'm working on currently. I use
a Leica TC705, and all my resections produce
residuals within 1mm, in all 3 directions.
No prisms and tripods to carry round that
get knocked over, simply set up where
convenient and do a resection - as easy as
that. My dumpy level is under the desk,
gathering dust, because with such excellent
re-sectioned set-ups, I use EDM instead for
heighting. And the best thing is, when I go
to the next job, the
Sentripods come with
me! "(GB of Skanska ) For a price
less than the cheapest mini-prism, you'll
wonder how you ever did without them...!!"
A building
surveyor writes....
"Thanks for the response. I have been
mainly using
Sentripod for resections,
being mainly a building surveyor, what can I
say, a
wonderful arsenal to add to the bag of
tricks that surveyors have to carry round
with them - but no, seriously - very
impressed!! Great results with the
resections and certainly has the potential
for at least 25% fewer station setups per
survey - and solved various issues with
dog-leg corridors and the like. I must say
that the metal thread is a good improvement.
I wish to buy another" Gareth
Survey
Schools, professional survey companies and
engineering contractors have explored many
more applications.
Kingston University undergrads, using
Sentripod
on their summer project in Malta commended
our MS360
Sentripod for versatility and
ease of carriage by air.
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