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matt07lx

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GCPs vs Scale Bars
« on: April 18, 2023, 10:08:29 PM »
I was wondering if somebody could explain the relationship of ground control points and scale bars within a model. If you use both, are scale bars considered to be "more accurate" in scaling, and hence prioritized? In my typical use, GCPs are set with a total station, in which error typically is around a cm, whereas I can use target based scale bars with errors lower than a mm. Do the scale bars simply as a control to check the GCP errors, or do they improve the accuracy of the model scale?