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What will be the most appropriate survey instrument to employ when mapping for elevations on a hill with a lot of forest cover without a laser instrument? 

The forest cover is so think not only at the top but at the butttom as well making it impossible for you to walk through.

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  • Auto correct stinks! Beast mode and brush hog! Sorry fellas-
  • I concur, I have been on some doozies and the machete and some sweat are what gets it done. Beast more. Brush big would be sweet, company doesn't have one though...
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    Looking at the virgin forest in the back ground of your picture, you will be cutting all day long. don't worry, you'll get a killer forearm like a tennis player LOL.

    At best you can cross your fingers and hope you can do JT Henwoods idea. otherwise it's like the other guys said. Cut Cut Cut. 

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      Interesting Billy, I have a total station. Whem I mentioned laser instrument I meant a 3d laser scanning machine. If I had one of those my work would have been a whole lot easy but I don't
      • Thank you Joseph, this clears up a lot. Now how about the Dam and the Gold mines?

    • Just think Guys, I think it was around 1971 the first total station was used ,so it hasn't been that many years, we all did this,should I say the old way. But it got done.

      Billy

      • Joseph, Did you or did you not say, you have no Total Station ? Please tell us what kind of Instrument you have. Are you surveying with a steel tape or tapes for your distances,because if you are, kudos to you. I have been there and done that. Yep, in a jungle. Then its back to the basics my friend, just keep a eye out for the snakes and is that a dam you help build behind you ?

        Billy

  • Blaze a trail. That's all you can do. It's hard work and time consuming but that's what we did on BPA jobs.
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      Thanks Josh, I had to result to employing some locals to cutting lines with a machete up the hill. 

  • Brush hog....go to town in that crap.
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