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Mobile Topographer

Calibrate the device using a known point with accurate coordinates if possible, or reuse coordinates from a previous calibration at the same point. Take measurements early morning or evening when atmospheric conditions are best, and wait 5-10 minutes at each point for accuracy to increase. Save measured points and apply offline corrections later if no calibration was performed.

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Mobile Topographer

Calibrate the device using a known point with accurate coordinates if possible, or reuse coordinates from a previous calibration at the same point. Take measurements early morning or evening when atmospheric conditions are best, and wait 5-10 minutes at each point for accuracy to increase. Save measured points and apply offline corrections later if no calibration was performed.

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Here's a roadmap of use for better results:

1.- Choose a day with clear sky! (low i95). There are many sites in the internet providing
real time i95 index data.
2.- Choose to measure, during early morning or late evening (usualy i95 is lower).
3,- Start your device's GNSS receiver 15 minutes before start, measuring. (You can do
that by starting the app and entering measuring screen).
4.- If you know the ecact coordinates of a point near your area of measurements,
Perform a known pooint calibration, otherwise go directly to step 8.
5.- Put your phone exactly at the point of known coordinates. From the main app scrren
choose "Know point" calibration. The calibration procedure will start.
6.- Let the calibration procedure terminate (about 5 minutes) and then you will be
prompted with the measured coordinates of the point. Modify these values by keying-in
the true coordinates of the point and press Accept (the check mark. The calibration is
completed and your point will be displayed on Google maps.
7.- Leave the map screen by pressing back (or the small left arrow on the upper left
corner of your screen, in the left of the total station photo) and enter "Start Measuring"
8.- Put your phone at the point you want to measure on a wooden pole, or a pile of
books or newspapers. (Surveing tripods have usually a metal plate on top. With most
devices this is diasasterus. So If you use a metal tripod put a pile of books between the
metal plate or the device. A good alternative is to use a plastic tripod of a camera.)
9.- When you're ready press "Start increasing accuracy" and wait for about 5-10
minutes (Measurements about H=300 - 600). PLease always chack hdop valuse before
pressing "Start increasing accuracy". Values must be around 1.0 - 1.3. If they are
bigger, you'ld better wait some minutes till you see better values. (The app uses every
measurement with hdop value < 1.0 - 3.0 (Depending on the settings). Use DOP < 1.3
for accurate measurement. Use DOP < 3.0 for faster but less accurate results.
10.- Press "Stop increasing accuracy" and then add the point to the list of points.
11.- Repeat steps 8-10 for every point you want to measure.
12.- After having finished with all points, save your list of points and leave the field.
13.- If you haven't perform the "Know point" calibration you can apply off line corrections
to your measurements. (you can find the appropriate correction values in the internet.
Most RTK & SBAS correction services provide off line correction tables.

Do all of your measurements at the same time! Measuring one point in the morning and
one in the night will lead you to increased inaccuracy! If you can avoid doing
measurements at differnet times there is a trick you can use. Before each measurement
do a "Known Point" calibration at the exact same point. Even if you don't actually know
the exact coordinates of the point, you can do the following trick:
a) Do a "Known point" calibration at a point. Accept the coordinates you're prompted
with, and write them down. b) Later on the day, or the next day, or whenever, return to
the point and perform again a "Known point" calibration at the exact same point. At the
prompt insert the coordinates that you've writen down the day before. c) Repeat this
every day you return to the same field. This trick ensures that even if the measurements
are not exactly accurate will have the same error vector!
I hope these will help,

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