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Our new site scanner in Omaha kept thinking a porta-potty was a building corner
We were mapping a foundation with a Trimble X7 last Tuesday, and every single scan kept adding this phantom corner point. Turns out the shiny blue plastic of the john was throwing the laser off so bad it registered as a solid wall edge (the crew got a good laugh calling it the 'throne room addition'). Has anyone else had a scanner get tricked by something silly like reflective plastic or a puddle?
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angela_patel755mo ago
Oh that's a classic! @nancy_wood, that food truck story reminds me of a time a scanner kept picking up a big mirrored window on a storefront. It created a whole ghost room that wasn't there, had us scratching our heads for an hour. Reflective surfaces are a real pain.
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