Maximizing Work Efficiency with a new SurPad feature: AR Stakeout

The SurPad V4.2.230713 version adds a new function- AR Stakeout, which can significantly improve the efficiency of the stakeout. The use of AR technology ensures that measurements are accurate, and the margins of error are eliminated. With AR stakeout, land surveyors and farmers can lay out crops or plants in precise positions, ensuring minimal wastage of resources and effective land management. AR stakeout also saves time and reduces the need for manual labor. With AR stakeout technology, land surveyors and farmers can quickly mark out the boundaries or locations of crops or plants with ease, thus increasing efficiency and productivity.

There are different AR stakeout methods depending on whether the RTK Receiver has a camera or not. The RTK receiver has a camera that uses AR stakeout by default. When entering the point stakeout interface, first use the handheld camera to stake out the real scene, and then switch to the camera of the RTK receiver for AR stakeout. It an RTK receiver has no camera, enter the common point stakeout interface, and click the button [AR stakeout] to make the handheld camera carry out AR stakeout. The software is connected to the RTK receiver with a camera, and the AR mode can be freely switched under the stakeout settings: use the receiver AR or AR 3D.

Connect the RTK receiver without a camera to use AR stakeout steps:

(1)      In the stakeout point library, select the target point to carry out the point stakeout interface, and click "AR stakeout" to enter the real scene stakeout.

 (2) When the distance from the target point is more than 2 meters, it is the real scene navigation of the handheld camera, and the interface will display the distance from the current position to the stakeout target point;

(3) When the distance from the target point is less than 2 meters, it will enter 3D navigation, and the interface will display the relative relationship between the rod tip and the stakeout target point in real-time. If the connected RTK receiver has an inertial navigation function, you can touch the screen to rotate to view the 3D position information from the rod tip to the target point.

(4) Follow the guidance of the interface to the target point. The interface has reached the stakeout target point, and the green circle indicates that the stakeout tolerance is less than 0.02 meters. The yellow circle indicates that the stakeout prompt range is less than 2 meters and greater than 0.3 meters. The red circle indicates that the stakeout tolerance is less than 0.3 meters and greater than 0.02 meters.

Connect the RTK receiver with a camera to use AR stakeout steps:

(1) In the stakeout point library, select the target point to perform the point stakeout interface. The AR prompt range setting of the stakeout receiver is 3 meters, and the stakeout tolerance setting is 0.02 meters.

(2) When the distance from the target point is more than 3 meters, it is the real scene navigation of the handheld camera, and the interface will display the distance from the current position to the stakeout target point;

(3) When the distance from the target point is less than 3 meters, it will enter the RTK receiver camera navigation, and the interface will display the relative relationship between the pole tip and the stakeout target point in real-time.

 (4) Follow the guidance of the interface to the target point. As shown in the Figure below, the interface has reached the stakeout target point, and the green circle indicates that the stakeout tolerance is less than 0.02 meters.