Control points and location knowledge
Most survey companies lose more time to finding marks and re-establishing points than to any office process. PLN stores that knowledge for the whole organization instead of in one surveyor's notebook.
Points are created from the field or the office and stay available to the whole organization instead of being re-established on the next job nearby.
Find a point by name, read its exact coordinates, and check the note that explains how it was set and whether it can still be trusted.
Task areas are shown next to the control point layer, so crews can see which points actually serve the job they are heading to.
In the field
Each point opens with the note left by the surveyor who established it, the photo taken at the time, and a navigation action that hands the coordinates to the phone. No more calling the office to ask where the benchmark was.
Point detail
A point set two years ago is still usable by whoever is nearest today, because the context that made it usable was stored with it rather than remembered by one person.
Camera guide
The camera guide shows a live view with the direction to the mark, how far is left, and the current position accuracy, for the stretch where coordinates alone stop helping.
Task geometry
A task is not only an address. When it is created it can carry a point, a line, or a polygon — the mark to set, the traverse to run, the parcel to pick up — and that geometry stays on the task for whoever picks it up.
Task places
Crews see what is around them rather than what is on a list. Tasks near the current position are flagged, and the map shows the extent of the work rather than a single dropped pin.
Getting there
For the drive, the coordinates go to Waze or Google Maps like any other destination. For the last stretch, where a road app stops being useful, the camera guide — an augmented-reality view through the phone camera — shows the bearing, the distance left, and the current position accuracy. Control points live on the same map and are found the same way, with their note, photograph, and coordinates readable from the point itself.
Questions
Yes. A task can be drafted with a point, a line, or a polygon when it is created, and that geometry travels with the task. Crews see open tasks as places on a map, and the coordinates can be handed to Waze or Google Maps for the drive, or followed with the camera guide for the last stretch on foot.
Benchmarks, GNSS reference points, temporary nails, and any other mark the company establishes. Each keeps its coordinates, a condition note, and a photograph.
Both. Points can be created from the mobile app while standing at the mark or from the office, and either way they become available to the whole organization immediately.
The final approach. Coordinates bring a crew to the right street; the camera guide shows bearing, remaining distance, and position accuracy for the last stretch on foot.
Next step
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