24th February 2014, 04:01 PM
I agree with Sith and Dino that plans created by holding a wobbly pole can look awful. Accuracy and detail of course depends on the skill of the surveyor as much as it does with analogue planning. There are ways of making TST/GPS plans more or less accurate such as using digitised rectified photography with fixed point location that overcome many of those problems. That said I have also seen some very nicely drawn plans that are equally inaccurate due to a site grid located by a mixture of stretchy tapes, bent steel rods and dodgy 3-4-5 triangles...Most drawn plans these days also require digitising and again that is also a matter of accuracy and some skill. There have been studies done as to the loss of accuracy and loss of interpretation at different levels and the number of stages involved in digitising site plans and profiles. Just cos they look professional and 'nice' don't mean they are accurate, whereas sometimes what looks less aesthetically pleasing can be very accurate....Apples and pears really. (other fruit based comparisons are available)
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