That was for putting back the farm claims along the Nile. Professional rope stretchers did that.

This was paced.

Assuming GP is talking RTK GNSS[0] it can be down to cm accurate with good techniques.

GNSS can technically get down to mm accuracy but that typically requires static sites with lots of data.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_kinematic_position...

sub-centimeter with RTK enabled. The device has an onboard cellular modem to receive atmospheric corrections

Would you consider the product you provide a BIM product?

I think what is fascinating about this space is that the tech is there for full 3d models, machine control, and BIM smart design.

It's all just so expensive, only the huge companies get deep into all of it. As a PLS, we've been delivering site topos for decades with full 3d surfaces, only to deliver those to the engineers and after design they print out a plan set.

it looks like it interfaces with bim products

FYI. If you're talking about the stuff in the big round trucks that final product is concrete. Cement is an ingredient in concrete, a chemical binder.

Normally for "sidewalk concrete" that binder is an ingredient called "Portland cement", and the final product is "Portland cement concrete" or P.C.C. Probably the stuff your friend is working with.

For road paving, often referred to as black-top, the binder is Asphalt, and that is called "Asphaltic Concrete," or A.C.

And of course these terms might be local as well, this is what we call them in Southern California.

But the fact that the smaller company doesn't computer control and errs on the side of caution is a great illustration of the difficulty of working in this space. And that 10 miles can make a difference. I believe it!

For large road projects in the boonies they typically have to build concrete mixing plants on site! The look like a collection of huge round tank-style trailers tilted upright and assembled all together.

Edit - spelling.

Why is this? Does power interfere with the fiber?

No, not at all, it's for proper organization, management, labeling, flexibility to add and remove things, etc.

Someone below posted about the Catherine project. It sounds like something like that, although the reading list is certainly not as thorough.

https://catherineproject.org/

Who are those competitors? The subject company is tho only one I know of like this. But I am not really active in the creative space so I'm ignorant.

Subscribestar, which I'm much more of a fan of since they have more common sense rules around NSFW art.

Common sense rules == completely banning all NSFW work?

https://www.subscribestar.com/prohibited_content

I'm all for having some SFW platforms, but let's not pretend that there isn't a dramatic, dramatic demand for NSFW content, and that banning it is nothing short of prudish.

No? Last time I understood from my artist friends who do kinky NSFW art (as do I), they use SubscribeStar's NSFW version, right over here if you missed it - (https://subscribestar.adult/)

I'm no fan of banning such things, but an outright ban is much clearer and more comprehensible than Patreon's very murky and subjective (to the point where it's almost impossible that they're not selectively applied, if only by accident) rules.

They have two URL's, one for adult content and one for SFW content. You're looking at the SFW rules

I don't think it has anything to do with common sense, from reading their guidelines it sounds like they just ban NSFW stuff all together.

Youtube and Facebook both offer monthly subscription plans for creators.

Which hardly anyone seems to use, at least for YouTube. I watch too much YouTube for my own good, and I can't remember the last time someone encouraged viewers to donate money on a recurring basis via any company except Patreon.

And the reason for this is likely that youtube takes at least 30% of the money, while patreon is around 5-8%

Gumroad is becoming a big one

ko-fi.com seems to morph more and more into a competitor.

I've been meaning to read that. How does it compare to Capital?

I've been meaning to read that - so no information yet, sorry.

Or buy real estate.

The new M-PAGES software by NGS is written in C++, with a bit of python tooling as well.

This is to replace the original PAGES software, which was written in Fortran. M-PAGES is able to process GNSS baselines using all the new satellite systems, as opposed to only GPS.

Edit - my understanding is they chose that language for good extensibility.