Patent · US Active

Method of surveying and a surveying system

US10557709B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES PTY LIMITED · AU

Inventors

Eric Nettleton · Hawker, AU
Charles Benjamin McHugh · Sydney, AU
Annette Pal · Brisbane, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 25, 2013
Grant date	Feb 11, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 15, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01C15/00
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A surveying system 10 includes a data storage system 12 containing survey data defining a terrain model 14 of a region 16. A processor module 18 is configured to interrogate the data storage system 12 automatically to assess characteristics of the survey data to determine whether or not the survey data require updating and to provide instructions automatically to scanning equipment 26, 28 to scan the region 16 to provide updated survey data to the processor module 18 to enable the processor module 18 to update the terrain model 14.

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