One
of the main questions that arise is that whether the 3D
Laser Scanning
finds any use on the golf course or not. In our opinion, it does have
a use. Most of the golf courses appear to have extremely limited
information regarding the dimension of their existing topographical
structure.
To
make things worse, they do not even possess or have scanty
information of the original documentation of the course design of the
architect. Now, this might seem to be quite petty, but it is not.
This is important because the conditions of the course keep on
changing with the course of time.
Maintaining
the course periodically can settle the important green contours. This
is rarely documented properly. Capturing the topography of the course
has a lot of benefits to offer. Firstly, a required archive of that
golf course is provided. Recording it digitally helps to enable the
operations such as cutting and filling for the purpose of remediation
and construction. Nowadays, the tools are becoming easier for
surveying.
Such
an approach will be attractive to the constructors and architects of
a golf course. The architects will be enthusiastic to embrace 3D Laser Scanning
since it makes “high-fidelity realisation” possible for the
designs.
The
GPS
Surveying
Techniques Have Made a Big Impression in This Field
One
can now check the distance displayed on the golf cart. Basically, the
receivers of the GPS which are used for surveying are quite expensive
and more complex than the ones which are used in the day to day
lives. The baseline of the GPS makes use of two GPS receivers which
are of survey-quality. One of them is fitted on either side of the
line which is to be measured. The collection of data is done from the
GPS satellites. This collection is carried out at the same time.
This
kind of construction surveying is also known as GPS
setting out.
Generally, the surveys of these courses are performed in accordance
with the geodesic coordinates. For the purpose of construction, a
coordinate system that is best suited to that condition is used.
During
the time when the construction surveying or the GPS
setting out
is carried out, the surveyor might have to convert the coordinate
system that is most suited for that project from the geodesic
coordinates. During linear infrastructure or during construction of
roads, a chain age is generally established. The structures are then
located in terms of elevation, offset and chain age.
Some
other applications of GPS
Surveying
can be made into fall in these five broad categories.
First
is to determine the location or the position.
Secondly,
it is used for finding one’s way from one’s source place to the
destination, also known as navigation.
Third,
it is used for the purpose of tracking that is monitoring the
personal movement or an object.
Fourth,
it is used to create maps of the world, also known as mapping.
Lastly,
it is used for making the timings accurate across the world, which is
also known as timing. Thus, GPS can be quite useful in our modern
lives.
