Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Survey of St Mary
the Virgin
- Introduction: The Aim of this exercise is to
create a detailed survey of the graveyard and
church. To capture all the graves and their
attribute data in order to produce a detailed
map.
- Equipment
- Leica 1200 LTK GPS
- 30min Training on Leica Kit
- Poor Satellite Coverage
- Poor GSM coverage
- Olympus Tough TG810 Camera
- Quantity
- Quality
- Notepad and pen
- Capture as much information as possible
- Lenovo Laptop
- Portable Shelter/Tent (for inclement weather)
- Methodology
- Split area into 4 quadrants
- Asses Time and Resources available
- Take turns at gathering GS and attribute data
- All contribute towards final data processing and production
- Sketch survey area and delineate quadrant boundaries
- 2 collect attribute data while one collects gps data (then rotate
- Once all data is covered, first available person, start inputting attribute data
- End Product
- Digital
- Map of the Graveyard and church
- Spreadsheet of the grave attribute
- Hardcopy
- Printed A3 map with accompanying grave information
- Analysis & Discussion
- Method
- Pros & Cons of method used
- Alternatives methods
- What I would do differently
- Equipment
- Pros & Cons of what we used
- Accuracy
- Cost
- usability
- Alternatives
- EDM
- Plane Tabe
- Base stations
- Best Possible Solution
- Season / Weather/time
- Shelter for inclement weather
- Survey during winter when there are less leaves on trees
- Identify the ideal time during the day when there are more satellite's above
- Data
- GPS
- Point: Head Stone centre, Flag pole, Trees
- Line: Footpath, boundary wall
- Polygon: Church and tombs
- Pictures
- Attribute info
- DigiMap OS layer
- Sketch
- Conclusion: The survey was a great exercise in finding out the
capability of the Leica 1200; mainly its limitations. It has also
highlighted issues such as planning, checking equipment and also
consideration about he type of data available for use. Most
importantly, it has reiterated the different methods of collecting data,
which is not only limited to GPS equipment but others that make this
types of surveying exercise a success.