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Zornia Estemaire
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2012-02-24 21:28:15 UTC
In the description of this module it states "Scans the composition of asteroids, ice and gas clouds". My question is if the overview says this asteroid is omber and this one is kernite, for example, what does the survey scanner do above what you see on the overview? Can a survey scanner possible find more of what is in a asteroid field than what you see on the overview? Assuming you have the overview set to all asteroids types.
MarkyJ
#2 - 2012-02-24 22:34:03 UTC
Basically the survey scanner tells you how much ore is left in an asteriod in a little pop-up window. It's an efficiency thing. Since an untouched laser will run it's full cycle regardless of whether it's actually mining anything, you don't want to run a strip miner with a 3 minute cycle time on an asteriod with just a couple of units of ore left. With the survey scanner you can tell that there's only a few units left and run the laser for just long enough to get those units, then cancel the laser and set it on something else. Saves you wasting nearly 3 minutes sucking a nearly empty asteriod for just a few units. Same principle for normal mining lasers, gas miners and ice miners.
Evei Shard
Shard Industries
#3 - 2012-02-25 02:40:22 UTC
Zornia Estemaire wrote:
Can a survey scanner possible find more of what is in a asteroid field than what you see on the overview? Assuming you have the overview set to all asteroids types.


If you have the overview set to display all asteroid types, it would be the opposite of thought there.
The overview would, in fact, show all the asteroids on the current grid, while the survey scanner has a limited range (the Survey Scanner I, for example, has a 15km range when fit to standard ships that do not have bonuses for that module type).

Using the overview in combination with the survey scanner, you can plan out which direction you want to move in a belt.

There are, however, some asteroids that will not show up on the scanner, even if marked in the overview.

Examples:
Cloven Asteroids and other asteroids you find in mission sites which cannot be mined by you will not show up on the survey scan.


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#4 - 2012-02-25 04:29:24 UTC
MarkyJ wrote:
Basically the survey scanner tells you how much ore is left in an asteriod in a little pop-up window. It's an efficiency thing. Since an untouched laser will run it's full cycle regardless of whether it's actually mining anything, you don't want to run a strip miner with a 3 minute cycle time on an asteriod with just a couple of units of ore left. With the survey scanner you can tell that there's only a few units left and run the laser for just long enough to get those units, then cancel the laser and set it on something else. Saves you wasting nearly 3 minutes sucking a nearly empty asteriod for just a few units. Same principle for normal mining lasers, gas miners and ice miners.



This.

Generally, you can get away with one per fleet. On the odd occasion I break out a miner, I use one. Also helps you can target from the results.

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