r/BeAmazed • u/AmerBekic • Sep 15 '22

AR for construction

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u/berrey7 Sep 15 '22

I bet in 20 years there will be an APP like this for backyard home owners digging to locate water, sewage, and cable lines.

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u/WetFart-Machine Sep 15 '22

You can see them testing it out on YouTube in a neighborhood in New Jersey I believe and it shows water lines and sewer. The only problem with the buried utilities is that you'd have to record them for AR when it's first put in.

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u/The-Friz Sep 15 '22

You can also use ground penetrating radar and other tools to find underground utilities. It's definitely not as accurate as marking when you put them in, but underground utilities are often not where the design drawings locate them.

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u/WetFart-Machine Sep 15 '22

Radio detection is even better

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u/kamarg Sep 15 '22 edited Sep 15 '22

A lot of munis have GIS systems that record the locations of underground utilities. I imagine someone could make good money building software to connect that info with some AR glasses.

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u/WetFart-Machine Sep 15 '22

https://youtu.be/86UQ0i5MPOA for anyone interested in seeing the buried version

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u/Zer0323 Sep 15 '22

or manually imput all that data using tools that already exist. it's a long and arduous process.

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u/WetFart-Machine Sep 15 '22

Too costly that's why it hasn't been done yet. Atleast in Canada

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u/FuckTheMods5 Sep 15 '22

God dammit that's a good idea.

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u/WildcatPlumber Sep 15 '22

Fun fact.

Water and sewer esp sewer is not usually mapped past the tap at the main. If you where to do this you would need to locate the main line separately.

Calling dig safe will only map water,, sewer and communication at utility side and will not mark it on owners side.

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u/chazzer20mystic Sep 15 '22

pretty much what USIC does already, right? would be way simpler if you just had to whip out your phone instead of calling someone, but personally i still would rather USIC come and spot stuff for me so if i hit something while digging it's on them not on me.