Day of Geomatics
On Wednesday, November 10th, this year's Day of Geomatics (Tag der Geomatik) was hosted by Leica Geosystems in Heerbrugg (https://www.tagdergeomatik.ch/). During this event, schools had the chance to visit exhibitions and attend modules to learn about geodesy and geomatics.
One of the hands-on modules was organized by the MPG and SPACE groups.
The module started with a short introduction to satellites in general and a demonstration of how satellite laser ranging works. Afterward, the students had to measure distances by themselves using distos and GNSS but also by simply guessing and walking. Their measurements were compared to give them some basic ideas regarding the achievable accuracy.
In total, two classes attended the module and enjoyed their time working on distance measurements.
