Electromechanical survey vehicle and method
CA 1113710 A · Owner: Watts, Robert G. · Inventors: Watts, Robert G.
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A method and vehicle are disclosed for surveying terrain by providing data from which threedimensional coordinates of the path of the vehicle on the terrain are calculated. The vehicle includes two members articulated to one another and each member is supported on the surface by at least one wheel. The vehicle is positioned and the initial three-dimensional coordinates of a specific point on the first member and the initial orientation of the first member are determined from conventional surveying data. The vehicle is then moved a predetermined distance so that the second member tracks the first member. When the second member is located and oriented in approximately the initial position of …
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- Granted December 8, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 8, 1998.
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