Why surveying is more than just a job

作者：Sergey Matukhnov和Katja Omlor

Developing the surveying business by staying on top of the latest technological advancements has always been the main prerogative of our surveyor in focus,Alexey Petrin。他来自芬兰附近的俄罗斯共和国卡雷利亚（Karelia），在上一所军事地形学校时，他熟悉了大地测地。他被这个令人兴奋的职业的各个方面所迷住，他决定继续学习并毕业于圣彼得堡的Aerophotogeodesy（1998）。

承担每一个挑战

After his graduation he chose a challenging direction by heading towards the乌拉尔山，山脉从俄罗斯西部从北极海洋传播到乌拉尔河。他正在研究各种项目，例如在航空照片，大规模调查，测量和恢复状态网络的测量和恢复点上更新地形图，甚至进行天文观测。当时，由于没有总站或任何GNSS设备，他依靠他的理想仪。

Surveying the city

在乌拉尔（Urals）呆了五年之后，佩特林（Petrin）回到了St. Petersburgwhere he has been working ever since. Due to the new projects, he started usingbob apple并发现了世界softwarefor measurement results post-processing. He worked within cadastral, mining and building construction projects (residential and industrial). Currently, he is the head of a research department with a focus on checking technical reports and results from engineering and geodetic surveys.

调查行业

佩特林发现他的职业非常通用，他唯一能想象自己做的事情：

“成为测量师不仅是一项工作，而且是一项职业- 一个具有挑战性且令人兴奋的人。从现场到办公室，独立，并具有不断升级自己的知识的能力 - 它并没有比这更好。我喜欢目标的清晰度，只是喜欢在一天结束时做得好的工作和满意的客户的有意义的感觉。我可以选择要应用的测量方法，计划时间并交付对我的期望。由于设备正确，不断变化的环境是一个奖励，而不是挑战。”

传播知识

Due to his prominent interest in测量技术，佩特林开始将自己的业余时间用于sharing the knowledge他在整个职业生涯中都获得了。一个方法视频遵循另一个视频，不久就遵循写博客成为他的热情，导致了一个新的YouTube频道，称为“测量师 - 使用说明”。一开始是困难的,因为是一个相当t of spare time he had to invest to develop the needed technological knowledge. By now he is focusing purely on the interesting topics and questions he encounters and resolves during his work. His wife Tatyana, also a surveying engineer by profession, supports and helps him with his blogging projects.

不少地定居

切换时bob apple和GNSS设备，他首先开始使用市场上可用的不同仪器。2007年，他收到了他的第一个Leica Geosystems的乐器，并在对其进行了彻底的测试后知道他已经找到了他的技术合作伙伴。他以他的第一个Leica TC407进入了整个车站世界，然后继续使用Leica Flexline TS06，TS09 Plus，Leica Viva TS11，目前正在使用Leica FlexLine TS10 Manual Total Station。In terms of GNSS equipment, he started with Leica GPS1200 and moved onto theLeica Viva GS14智能天线。目前，他正在使用Leica GS18 t，最快，最先进的GNSS RTK ROVER，Leica CS20现场控制器跑步Leica Captivate Field软件。

“As much as I love technological developments, I consider myself to be a bit conservative too. Conservative in terms of never changing a running system, only upgrading it with the latest and the best. With Leica Geosystems’ I know I have从长远来看，我可以信任的伴侣- 这些工具是可靠的，朴实的，可以帮助我掌握超出任何给定环境因素的项目。无论是结构，会发表，测量，立面，监视 - 都是由相同软件的同一仪器完成的。他们只是交付。”

When purchasing new equipment, Petrin focuses on the reliability of the obtained data, the accuracy and the ability to work regardless of the surroundings.

Geodetic all the way

The majority of his projects are大地调查, usually performing topographic surveys at a scale of 1:500. Leica FlexLine TS10 has proven to be the right choice for all the precision requirements Petrin encountered, combined with being able to work at very low temperatures with the北极版。与新介绍Autoheight功能, the risk of making a mistake during setup has been taken off his shoulders too. Then with the GS18 T removing the need of having to hold the pole vertical to level the bubble, any job can be completed evenfaster and with less headache。再加上所有这些乐器Leica Captivate Field Software, perfectly tying them into a solution with just一个易于使用的软件和one common format for all the collected data。

“乐器的组合可以帮助我保持灵活的和follow site restrictions– e.g. when a site does not allow to use GNSS equipment, I conduct the entire survey with a total station. This way I really have an answer to any project requirement and can make ad hoc decisions on site. The part that wraps up the package is Leica Captivate – I find it easy to learn as it basically作为测量师的“思考”。”

这一切都与信任有关

“When I am aware of the fact that my硬件和软件完全同步，我几乎倾向于忘掉它和focus solely on the tasks I need to finish,” Petrin says. “It helps me to work fast, stay safe at busy construction sites and deliver beyond what my clients would normally expect – hence actually扩展我的投资组合还有一组额外的任务。”