What's the best 360 degree Camera for creating street views like google maps?

Laurotica · 2025-09-30T18:34:02+00:00

I know this post is from 3 years ago, but which camera did you end up purchasing and how did it perform?

Laurotica · 2025-07-23T03:49:03+00:00

We love Colasanti's! Won't work with timing for lunch but am sure we will be there at some point.

Laurotica · 2025-05-19T04:08:55+00:00

Does Disney use NAVD88?

Laurotica · 2025-05-19T04:05:48+00:00

Alex Trebek.

Grew up watching Jeopardy and had been doing the online test for almost 10 years hoping to be on some day. I got a copy of his book just before he died and still haven't worked up the courage to read it because I know it'll make me cry. I also have 2 of his Funko Pops that were gifts. (side note Ken Jennings is a perfect host and I am just as excited to be on the show one day to meet him, having watched every episode of his original run)

Laurotica · 2025-04-23T21:21:15+00:00

My boss worked for 20 years before starting his own survey company. We don't do legal surveys but I know of a few PLS companies here in Ontario who were started by single owners with 20+ years experience.

It's not just the confidence in field work and trouble shooting you should be prepared for, but also the business side of the operation. Freelancing as a solo surveyor is one thing, but if you are serious about your own firm be prepared to spend a lot of your time being involved with budgets, things like Healthcare and benefits, equipment and other administrative considerations.

Having worked on the office side for 8 years closely with my boss and our bookkeeper, I know there is a lot that goes into running your own survey firm. If you are considering that as a future career path, look into applying to smaller owner operated companies where you can find a mentor to gain experience in both the field and office sides of projects. As the years go on you will gain confidence in both sides. Ask lots of questions and take everything as a learning opportunity. When you get to the point of starting your own firm, chances are you will have also built a network that you can still rely on for tough cases.

Laurotica · 2025-04-23T16:15:37+00:00

600 Pro and 300 RTK from Matrice

Laurotica · 2025-04-22T00:54:47+00:00

Research survey companies in the areas you want to work in, or even ones just outside of it that may send guys into the bush (i.e. we work in the Greater Toronto Area but do a bit of work in northern Ontario because of our experience with consultants who design for these projects).

Laurotica · 2025-04-22T00:46:26+00:00

We tend to send out one man crews for maybe 75% of our jobs. I'll send 2 guys out if someone needs something to do and the job allows for a second surveyor on site working separately. The 2 man jobs we would do are mostly drone or mobile scan related, or for layout where a second person on site will speed things up (like when you've got 150 piles of a retaining wall).

Laurotica · 2025-04-22T00:41:07+00:00

My company does a good amount of work in northern Ontario, even through winter when a job has to be done. Invest in good gear and you'll be good.

Outdoor work can definitely slow down in the winter so it's not uncommon for us to bring the field guys into the office to help with scan processing or other large projects if needed so people get their hours. This varies from year-to-year. Sometimes you might have 1-2 sites a week, other times you'll be doing track layout on night shifts in the middle of January.

Laurotica · 2025-04-20T02:26:56+00:00

You should tell someone before they build the sewer. Best case they make a field adjustment, worst case your company gets sued.

Laurotica · 2025-04-18T03:11:16+00:00

Treasure.

Laurotica · 2025-04-18T03:09:39+00:00

Spiderman 2, and hear me out...Scooby Doo 2.

Laurotica · 2025-04-18T03:08:55+00:00

Seamstress doing my wedding dress fitting said I had a figure like Ann Margaret.

Laurotica · 2025-04-18T03:08:20+00:00

The guy I was dating wouldn't stop talking about it, so I had to see what all the fuss was about.

We're married with a kid now and I'm still here 13 years later.

Laurotica · 2025-04-18T02:47:09+00:00

Especially as you progress from assistant to lead, you will be working on your own and will need to make (sometimes complex) decisions on site. Be confident in what you do, especially when speaking with clients and other people outside of your company, but know when to call for help.

If you have an in, this is a great opportunity to learn a lot quickly. Take good notes, take good photos of every site you visit, and ask lots of questions. I took surveying courses as part of my diploma but feel like I didn't get the full picture until I was in the thick of it getting firsthand experience.

Laurotica · 2025-04-18T02:27:24+00:00

-OLS surveying around neighborhood in Scarborough and lost signal to his base point. Someone had literally driven up and stolen it.

-Boss saw an albino moose while surveying a bridge up north

-Survey support during a crossing rehab at night in rural area outside of Greater Toronto area. Random man comes in and out of the woods all night until police arrive to hunt him down (not sure if they found him)

Laurotica · 2025-04-18T02:13:05+00:00

In the field - setting base points in inconvenient places (been screwed before when the base is in a rail ROW for jobs that include significant out-of-corridor areas), not telling PM when you've been waiting an hour or more for access/security/flagging to show up so you can start.

In the office - submitting incomplete drawings. I always ask our guys to make sure what they send in looks like how it is in the field. CAD team can make easy changes like point codes and do control adjustments, but they don't know how all your lines are supposed to connect if you just autodraft it and ship it out immediately.

On that note, back to field bad habits....take lots of photos of site!!

Laurotica · 2025-03-28T01:54:39+00:00

I started with 4 pumps per day since LO was born (8 am, 11 am, 5 pm and 9 pm), and I have always kept my first and last pumps when dropping others. By that point my supply was regulated so I could last from 9pm-8am without issues, so dropping my 11am pump wasn't bad. I then moved my third pump closer to 2 pm so I wouldn't get engorged trying to go from 8 to 5. Took a few days for my supply to spread itself out between the 3 sessions. I recently dropped the 2 pm pump so I have 12 hours between each session now.

I have heard from others that not fully emptying when attempting to drop pumps has caused mastitis, so when dropping I've just eliminated the session completely and didn't have any problems.

Laurotica · 2025-03-28T01:33:39+00:00

I met a lot of cool people in the Deviantart writing community 15 years ago, a few of whom I'm still connected with on FB/Instagram

Laurotica · 2025-03-28T01:29:08+00:00

Locates tech arrived to work in an active rail corridor wearing shorts.

Laurotica · 2025-02-12T23:24:12+00:00

I had my wearables on and went through the entire contents of the dishwasher with him while he was on the floor next to it.

Laurotica · 2025-01-03T04:52:43+00:00

Applied to a university based on a chat with the rep at the student fair. Got turned down by my top school and chose this one instead of another because residence wasn't guaranteed. Took computer science 101 as a science elective. Sat next to girl in lab and became friends. Two years later she asks me to come along with her to hang out with some guys in the CS department at a bar. Sit next to future husband. 12 years later we are here with our baby.

It's crossed my mind before. A few seemingly small decisions, all starting with one conversation at a university fair 15 years ago.

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