Patent ID: 9720409
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: B05B,B64C,G01C,G01S,G05D

Claim:
1. A surveying system, comprising: a ground vehicle maneuverable within a surveying site; a plurality of ground-based mobile communication stations positioned at different locations in the surveying site, each of the plurality of ground-based mobile communication stations being associated with a set of predefined coordinates corresponding to the location at which it is positioned; a first wireless transceiver onboard the ground vehicle and in communication with each of the plurality of ground-based mobile communication stations, a location of the ground vehicle within the surveying site being determined based upon a triangulation thereof by the plurality of ground-based mobile communication stations from the set of predefined coordinates associated therewith; a surveying total station onboard the ground vehicle; and a navigation unit onboard the ground vehicle, the navigation unit being loaded with a representation of the surveying site and including one or more points of interest thereon, the navigation unit maneuvering the ground vehicle to a selected one of the one or more points of interest.