Most of the time they got into the 2-centimeter range. That’s nearly perfect for us. Without this RTK network, you couldn’t really guarantee better than twelve feet. Many assets moved 50-100 feet. That’s a big difference, when you look at a road and want to know on which side of the road the pole is located.
The Arrow Gold® receiver was very easy to hold, very lightweight. I was impressed with how far the technology has come. The whole thing can be carried on a belt.
Without this metadata, it was impossible to tell which locations were right or wrong. Many of our facilities were not in the right spots, so you didn’t know what data to trust.
It was fun to test total station measurements directly into Collector. Very slick.
The level of accuracy—knowing you’re within a meter of the point you recorded before—gives you a higher degree of confidence. Five meters would skew our results quite seriously. The accuracy eliminates a level of uncertainty in our monitoring.
The thing I enjoy about the Arrow Gold® is that it’s very rugged, because I’m out in the field a lot. It’s easy to put together, easy to hook up, and easy to understand. And it works really well. I’m using the Arrow Gold® just like the surveyors would.
We looked at all the equipment and software out there, and the Arrow 100® had the best ratings under trees. We determined that it was the best GNSS receiver available, with the best performance, that fit our budget.