Where: UtilityScout, on the phone, a midspan point on the map, High Accuracy mode.
When you finish: you can set the stick under the wire, capture, and put the attachment on the cable so the height is the wire and not the guide line.
Use this when your job asks for a clearance at the middle of a span, such as a road, a driveway or another line crossing overhead. It measures a midspan point that already exists on the map; to add one, see Place a pole or span on the map. If your job names Standard, see Measure a midspan (Standard).
Set up the stick
Stand the stick so its base sits directly under whatever you are measuring, not under a pole. The bottom of the stick is your drop point.
Angle the legs however you need. The stick does not have to be level; the app accounts for its own tilt.
Measure
Tap the midspan point on the map and confirm you are in High accuracy mode.
Capture the stick's tilt twice, making sure the phone's camera bump clears the top, then rest a flat surface against the target as you would for a pole.
Walk back until the lines you want are inside the frame, and take the photo. About 45 degrees is fine; you do not need a square shot. Stand slightly to the side so the stand does not hide the target centres. In a tight alley, tilt the targets toward the camera.
Put an attachment on the cable and call it midspan. The app works out the height of each line straight up from the drop point.
Height is the wire, not the yellow vertical line. The yellow line is a guide on the screen. If you do not put an attachment on the cable, the height can go to infinity. With the attachment named midspan, it imports as a midspan point, not a pole.
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