[defrost]

Heh - I came back to correct myself, I completely forgot about ground surveyors hammering in pins | monuments - they want the real time corrections as they go for that task.

But yeah, real time control of moving vehicles is exactly where you want transmitted corrections - it originated with military requirements to correct in real time as interceptors close in on targets and today (like yourself?) I use it in the agricultural domain for tractors and drones.

[bradknowles]

It occurs to me that if you're just passively looking at the data that is collected, then collecting that data and correcting it afterwards may well be the best approach.

But if you're taking actions that might result in changing the thing or the space you're surveying (like putting in markers, or controlling heavy equipment, or directing the application of military force), then that's where you will most likely want to have those real time corrections.