How to Improve your Surveying Techniques with RTK

RTK surveying is a relative surveying technique, where two GNSS antennas measure their position relative to each other in real time. It involves a stationary base station that takes in and corrects GNSS data with RTK (Real Time Kinematics), and a human-operated rover with an antenna that communicates with the base station. By determining the coordinates of the base station and knowing the rover’s position relative to it, surveyors can determine the position of the rover and the features the rover is recording.  RTK surveying techniques improve upon traditional surveying techniques by providing accuracy on a centimetre level and immediate initialisation times. RTK surveying has been found useful both on its own and used in conjunction with traditional

How to get your industrial scales calibrated

Having accurate scales in trade settings and on earthmoving machinery is integral. In ports, dumps, and garden centres, accurate scales ensure you’re not charging too much or too little for your goods and services. On earthmoving machinery, accurate scales ensure adherence to load bearing capacities and keep machine operators safe from overloading the machine and causing an accident. Even the highest quality industrial scales become less accurate over time, so it’s important to get them calibrated every 12 months generally, every 6 months in strenuous environments, or every time major hydraulic work is done on them. But how do you do it? Step 1 – Call Aptella Scale Calibration Services Aptella provide industrial scale calibration services and accurate