The days when surveying meant a group of people holding up poles and measuring angles and distances, marking out a site with yet more poles, are long gone, and the techniques used today are becoming more and more sophisticated all the time. BIM (building information modelling) is a term that was coined only a few short years ago, but is now the key to unlock the data needed on a big project.
Source: Surveying: ‘The future is here’ – KHL Group – Laser-View | Laser-View
