5th April 2009, 10:00 PM
I too use a Leica 1200 kit and have done for 3 years now. I love it... We use it on all types of project from small excavations to large scale infra-structure projects, (although to be fair we have a slightly different legal basis for archaeology here in Norway that makes watching briefs effectively redundant).
The hireout rate that you mention David, seems to me to be met by the savings in staff costs, as the 1200 is a single-person operation. So basically for the saving of the cost of a single post, every site could afford to have a GPS/TST....seems like a bargain. It is also a very user friendly machine so training other staff in its effective operation is not a considerable problem either.
I know that EH are using the same make of machine to implement their Intrasis system and I guess the user-friendly nature of the 1200 is a factor they have taken into account. (Although I have also heard one of the EH team using swear-words I didn't even realise existed when he had problems finding enough sattelites to get a GPS reading on one occassion!!)
With peace and consolation hath dismist, And calm of mind all passion spent...
The hireout rate that you mention David, seems to me to be met by the savings in staff costs, as the 1200 is a single-person operation. So basically for the saving of the cost of a single post, every site could afford to have a GPS/TST....seems like a bargain. It is also a very user friendly machine so training other staff in its effective operation is not a considerable problem either.
I know that EH are using the same make of machine to implement their Intrasis system and I guess the user-friendly nature of the 1200 is a factor they have taken into account. (Although I have also heard one of the EH team using swear-words I didn't even realise existed when he had problems finding enough sattelites to get a GPS reading on one occassion!!)
With peace and consolation hath dismist, And calm of mind all passion spent...