Great video Rami, I did a masters in civil engineering during COVID but unfortunately due to remote teaching the Geomatics module was not available (the only module I was really interested in) I genuinely believe your channel has taught me more than that course module ever would have. So thank you.

Salute for your hard work to teach the beginners like me who is pursuing career in surveying. Thank you very much

GNSS is so much more time efficient, and keeping in mind that you're doing RTK only, It would be interesting to see a PPK with about 5 minutes of readings per point and compare that with a total station. Great video as always, I'm about to perform my first surveys next week using a GNSS reciever, and your videos have been a great first insight on how to hopefully make everything work out, keep up the good content!

Nice one Rami...some colleagues and I were just "discussing " this topic.

Great Video thanks Rami

GS18i, yes! I have had one for about two years, use the tilt and the camera both when needed. Just surveyed GCP for a manned flight, hitting vertical control within about a cm, about same horizo ntal on existing NGS points in the area. For ANY GNSS, always have a redundant (repeat) measurements on your control. I have picked photo ID points that agree with static at about the 3cm level, pretty amazing for just walking by collecting a series of photos and that is with a RTN, not local base.

Great Video! Thanks!

Nice thank you for the explanation good the steps ❤

That camera feature on the GNSS receiver is pretty cool. Considering using equipment like this is more of a hobby I'll stick with my Emlid, though. Might not be able to afford Leica but I can still look at it fondly.

What a vid, superb! : )

Well done video 👍

Looking good Rami, miss ya brother

Great video. I might have missed it, but I didn’t see where you mentioned the need for a mobile phone connection when using a CORS system. Can be a problem in some remote areas.

Hey Rami, thanks for the great video. How did the 3D coords of the FF elevation at your back door compare between the total station and the GNSS receiver? Was the elevation accurate? Thanks again! Amazing technology!

Thank you sir

Good Job Man.

I wish Leica would sponsor me too 😅

Hi, congrats excellent tutorial! Do you know what are the external radios compatible to Emlid Reach RS2?

Hello Rami, I would like to congratulate you with all the awesome videos you are producing with these great devices to further the science on these surveying devices... I have question, is there any ways you can produce a video on why a total station will show a higher center point when standing for example by the beach and pointing at the horizon it will mark a location that is higher than the horizon? Is there a way you can explain the science behind this regarding your total station.

GNSS are horribly unreliable around buildings even when they tell you they have good accuracy. It is often not the case.

You want to rethink your comment on the total station being "grid" distances? GNSS operates on coordinate systems that convert lat/long to grid. The only way to compute ground distances from GNSS data is to compute the horizontal and vertical combined scale factor. Since the total station is set up on the earth, every distance it takes is a ground distance.

Nice video Rami! Please, make a video on how to work with Total Station and GNSS measurements in the same project: how to convert grid distances to ground distances: finding an avarage combined scale factor for the entire site, using GNSS calibration, etc.? Which method would you use to start a surveying with GNSS and then use a total station on the same job? What are the best practices for site calibration for rounded areas and linear projects and how do you survey out of this calibration? If you could make a video about this subject would be awesome! 7:30 You metioned that total station takes distances in Grid system, but wouldn't be in Ground? GNSS makes the measurements in Grid (ellipsoid - 3D surface) distances and you need to convert to ground (2D plane - flattened earth) no? Plus, in the end of video, comparing the total station to GNSS distances you wouldn't get the same coordinates and distances to points unless you apply a combined scale factor to total station to reduce or amplify the distances, deppending of the place you're located in UTM grid. So for small places and not so high altitudes, you would observe some few cm of difference no? Thanks!

Great video! I bet if you would have used a base station instead of VRS, your vertical accuracy for the GPS would have been around .05', instead of .1'.

I could (and will) add... Those sexy Leica receivers really are the best on the market. If you have deep pockets, go for it! But if you're new to the business and on a tight budget, the Emlid receivers are shockingly reliable and accurate. I can't tell that our Topcon HiPer VRs are ANY more accurate than our Emlid gear. Really. No lie. Get a pair of Emlid RX2+s so you can set up a local base, and pair that with Carlson Layout on an Android tablet. That makes for a very powerful and super economical setup. Highly recommended.

Rami, where can i get a tablet holder for my rover pole like the one you're using in the video?

Total Stations measures Ground distances at 1 scale factor. It is GNSS that measures grid distances, like utm. Actually, when you try to match the distance in softwares like Field Genius, it increases de SF to match Total Stations distances.

Hey Rami, could you make a video about how GIS and land surveying are relatable? I've completed my undergraduate in surveying and am doing a masters in GIS. I would love to see people working as geomaticians, combining both of these fields for the spatial sciences.

How do you get the ridge heights with the GS18???

I have a question for ya. When setting up on Known C.P.s with a robo, do u still set your circle to Zero with Toocon total stations? Your back sight will check in nicely either way but are the shots accurate? Anybody?

what about bringing GPS data into local coord system or vice versa

Hi. Out of curiosity, with the GNSS system, could you use more than one base station? Would that improve accuracy or convenience to set up two or more base stations?

While a total station is more accurate in measuring the GNSS is more accurate over a larger area. For instance, if you traverse your way around surveying a 20 acre property with a total station you can expect to see error from your traverse line when checking back into your starting point where the GNSS doesn’t have that problem. Also, if I need to locate a structure or around a structure I prefer the total station because I don’t have to worry about multipath and it’s convenient to locate buildings reflectorless with the total station.

Hey boss I need advice to buy a gnss to working with in Africa please

waiting for review of all RTK receivers

Which one enables the state and corporations to collect more surveillance information about the user?

Can someone help with my problem please i created a c3d codelist descrpition keys now ii must transfer it to my leica captivate ts10 total station can someone tell me how thanks

damn idk that survey is this futuristic in Malaysia we still use old way no tablet

Grid vs Ground Distance

Love my GNSS receivers for crash investigations, but ice on receivers can be another obstruction. Keep it clean.

Why in the world would a fabric canopy block rtk or gnss? It is radio transparent.

Rtk lidar on a drone is the best

What about when you are doing integrated mesurment meaning you do resection of the totalstation using GNSS receiver? Thats like 99% of how totalstations are used now, when we do not talk about construction jobs.

what is the accuracy of GNSS hand held devices that look like a phone?

Is there any equipment that would give us just ELEVATIONS? Something with around a foot or error. I'm a petroleum geologist and elevations are crucial to our mapping. Also, it needs to be inexpensive...lol. Thank you!

How much is the instrument?

I’m using the Trimble t100 but this seems easier

Hey rami. I'm an asphalt foreman What would you recommend for low cost option for a rtk survey just so I can measure the job fast on site I'm assuming I can Bluetooth a rtk receiver to my phone on a pole and use a free app to record the data? I don't need total professional, just a time saver for site meassurement

How much is it?

The visible red laser light is used for reflectorless pointing only - it doesn't measure anything. The IR light used by the EDM is invisible to the human eye. Additionally it's a very bad habit to level and centre the tripod using the total station - better to use a tribrach first then switch. If you're on rocky/stoney ground the legs are going to jump when pressing down and shake the hell out of the instrument.

Hello Rami , I am a freelancer I work on ortho, mapping, lidar and uav data too . I will be providing outputs like orthophoto,DEM ,DSM, colour point cloud, CONTOURS and MAPPING.and data matching with gcp also.please contact if u need any DATA SET to be processed.

The more tech you re dealing with the more chance for problems. I err on the side of doing things more manually since I trust myself and enjoy the leg work of it.

Total station and didn't watch the video

leica ts16 its an awesome station! But not Leica GS18i(its to big an unconfortable to work all day in difficult terrain with this kind of big hardware!) Unfurtunately but China offer more good, light an afordable GNSS solutions than LEica

useless...

11:46 OMG! Did you drop that brand new $30k receiver on the ground? Look at it. That poor thing. You deserve 10 licks with a splintered lath! I would note from my experience that the real danger with GNSS is not so much the reduced accuracy when working as indicated. Sometimes the data collector is telling you it has an accuracy

id go for the total station any time accuracy is the aagenda......