Method of Surveying and a Surveying System
First Claim
1. A method of surveying which includesautomatically assessing characteristics of survey data defining a terrain model of a region to determine whether or not the survey data require updating;
- if updated survey data are required, automatically surveying the terrain to generate updated survey data; and
updating the terrain model using the updated survey data.
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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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24 Claims
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1. A method of surveying which includes
automatically assessing characteristics of survey data defining a terrain model of a region to determine whether or not the survey data require updating; -
if updated survey data are required, automatically surveying the terrain to generate updated survey data; and updating the terrain model using the updated survey data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 24)
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12. A surveying system which includes
a data storage system containing survey data defining a terrain model of a region; - and
a processor module configured to interrogate the data storage system 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 to scan the region to provide updated survey data to the processor module to enable the processor module to update the terrain model. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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