International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Vol XXXV, Part B2. Istanbul 2004
Leica MobileMatriX allows the user to add points and
Surveyors are used to work with
TPS and GPS — not highly
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measurements, completed by a surveyor in the field using either a Pan J j GPS to navig
TPS (Total Station) or GPS (Global Positioning System), to the familiar with Windows ul TPS and GPS Status : measure
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map. The typical accuracy of this survey data is less than two : = ; : function
; = ; ; ; x ; : something was measured wrong |control out in the field - You surveyo
centimeters. With Leica MobieMatix you keep the history of te or forgotten. see what you do!
data and the data source is stored. This ensures that the quality of Office — Field — Office transfer | Check in/out of measured Thesis
the data is always known. Additionally, it is also possible to write will become more important data A Rid
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the attributes you see in the field directly into the database as Survey Point could have Ment
objects are measured. This functionality extent the GIS activities multiple thematic meanings Multiple feature editing Irn
from the office to the field. Survey work is complex — sights docs 1)
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such techniques have several disadvantages, including hard All data (survey data and |
handling, updating in the office, hardly usable in bad weather feature information) is out in MohileN
conditions. With MobileMatriX surveyors continue to take maps
in the field, but in digital form, as map background in
MobileMatriX. This functionality provides significantly enhanced
usability for surveyors to make their daily work easier.
The work of a surveyor does not end upon completing the
fieldwork. The fieldwork must be documented. This
documentation is often conducted by means of creating a map. The
task of map creation can easily be fulfilled with the Layout measurements) computations.
functions supported in Leica MobileMatriX. MobileMatriX is
Field crews need their special |customizable with Visual
tools and workflows Basic.
Few governments or private companies have enough money to
measure a whole country or city by using GPS or TPS within a
justifiable time. On the other hand, surveyors are measuring small
parts of our world every day. Why not combine this data within
one system? If the data could be combined, Surveyors and GIS
Information not available in the
field (Revision cycles)
the field — not only PointIDs
and their Coord.
Different UI in field and office
in the near future
Windows based UI — state of
the art
Maintaining huge data amount
SQL Query based system
typo while entering tape
Mistakes in measurements (e.g. |your network without
Computation Network
Analyst allows to recomputed
deleting all existing
Paper field books have
disadvantage: updating in the
office, hardly usable in bad
weather conditions
TabletPC with electronic ink
writing notes, doing sketches
in the map and Windows
Journal as application for
handwriting notes.
users could conduct their daily activities in harmony. By actively Attribu
using GIS databases, surveyors can continually update the GIS Sources of Measurement Data While o
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database eo reflect the most recent situation. Leica MobileMatriX Surveyors make measurements in the field between points such sont E
provides this technology. as Reference Points and physical features to define their Fig. 4)
Typical surveyor problems and how does MobileMatriX
solve it
Problem Solution
Graphical feedback and
Raster background
(Orthophoto, ...)
More and More complex
mapping areas and tasks
location and geometry within
a given spatial reference.
Surveyors are used to record their measurements in field-books
and sketches.
The Field-Book functionality
A field-book is used to r
measurements. Field-book functi
ecord the original survey
onality is inserted into Leica
MobileMatriX and all measurements, setups and information is
stored in the database.
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