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Bob Thrun wrote:I have a Disto Classic that has a steel plate on the side for a magnetic-mount accessory. Does the Disto A3 have the same? How are the rest of the parts?
I am making my own clino/compass for use in cave surveying. It uses much more advanced auto-calibration algorithms and I have good results. The website is: digitalsurveyinstruments.com
geckosenator wrote:I am selling two different devices. The first one which is just completed now is a complete survey device for incline and asmith. You can also enter in distances and retrieve them onscreen on via usb, but it does not measure distance.
The other device is much smaller, and does not have a screen, but it is fully capable of surveying and it is waterproof, and it is cheaper. This device could be plugged into a PDA for example and can be configured to report incline and asmith data via usb.
geckosenator wrote:Maybe you are just interested in my calibration routines. You could port it to the PDA and use it with the distoX.
I unfortunately do not know how much more power Bluetooth would have used, but I suspect that I would have been ok for the entire week without having to change batteries (and have to re-calibrate).
Contrary to the prototype of another similar instrument I used a few years ago, the DistoX does not need to be held level to make an accurate measurement. You just need to point the laser at the right place.
In conclusion, I am happy with my DistoX purchase and would recommend it to any serious surveyor.
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