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Re:RoomScan: Get a Floor Plan in Minutes Just By Walking Aro... by roel_v on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @03:53PM (#7476088)
No, absolutely nobody ever said that. The only con of a laser measure is the price (compared to a foldable analog one), but apart from that (and for the purpose of measuring rooms and buildings), a laser measure is superior in every way.
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Re:RoomScan: Get a Floor Plan in Minutes Just By Walking Aro... by willyt on Thursday March 27, 2014 @04:09AM (#7479152)
You can't see the laser dot in sunlight at a distance > 10m and for some measurements keeping the point steady is important but hard to do without a tripod. In both cases the laser can be inaccurate as you can't be confident in what you have measured. Obviously laser theodolites can solve these problems but are about 1000 times more expensive than a reel tape.
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Re:RoomScan: Get a Floor Plan in Minutes Just By Walking Aro... by uptown on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @06:45PM (#7477202)
"No, absolutely nobody ever said that."

http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Taking_Measurements_on...

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Re:RoomScan: Get a Floor Plan in Minutes Just By Walking Aro... by namenotrequired on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @06:07PM (#7476991)
Has that been true from the beginning? It's very rare for the first iteration of a new technology to immediately be superior in nearly every way.
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