Spectra Precision Survey Pro v5.4 - Manual (Page 95)

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Other Stakeout
Routines
You can use Survey Pro for other stakeout routines:
• Stake to Line: Allows you to locate any position in relation to a predefined
line. The line can be defined by two points, a point and direction, a polyline
or the centerline of an alignment. Distance, direction and cut/fill
information is provided so the rod/the rover can locate the line by traveling
the shortest possible distance (a perpendicular offset to the line).
Compared to point stakeout, the guidance screen (illustrated) will be
automatically restored after you have stored a point, ready for storing the
next point. This routine is often used to keep the rod on-line while clearing
line along a property boundary.
• Offset Staking: Is used to stake the center of a road, the road edge, the curb/
ditch edge, or any offset at fixed intervals. An existing polyline, alignment,
or a specified point range can define the centerline of the road.
• Slope Staking: Is used to locate the catch points for a roadway in any terrain.
The first screen is used to define or select the line that describes the
centerline of the road to be slope staked. An existing polyline or alignment
can be selected, or a series of existing points can be entered to define the
centerline.
• Point Slope Staking: Is a simplified version of the Slope Staking routine.
• Stake Skew Line: is used to stake a usually short straight line (a skew line)
intersecting the current polyline at a given point and with a given skew
angle (for example this function is useful for staking a culvert going under
a road).
• Line and Offset, Curve and Offset and Spiral and Offset: Are used to stake
stations at fixed intervals on respectively a line, curve or spiral, or at an
offset to it.
• Show Station: Allows you to see where the rodman/rover standing anywhere
near a polyline, a range of points that define a line, or an alignment is
located in relation to the line.
• Store Offset Points: Is used to store points in the current job at a specified
offset from an existing polyline or alignment at a specified interval.
• Stake DTM: Allows you to stake an area and get cut/fill information between
the point being staked and a reference DTM surface at the same horizontal
coordinates.
• Define a Location: Is used to manually enter the distance and direction to a
new point from any existing reference point and then stake out the new
point.
• Where is Next Pt?: Provides instructions to locate the next point in the job
taking into account the current location of the operator (or rodman) and a
reference point.
• Navigation: Allows you to navigate to existing points using autonomous
positions from a GPS receiver that outputs a NMEA signal. The routine also
allows you to store coarse-precision GPS points.