Early Aygust I was surveying one of the university buildings in Milano with my colleague. A heatwave was underway with outside temperatures of 35°C and in-building 30°C. We moved by bike, carrying survey kit and spare APs in my bike bags.
The building itself is interesting: a former cinema belonging to the nearby church, later rented by our university, the cinema transformed into a 200-seat lecture hall, the above floors offices. The view on the nearby XVI century church and art-nouveau buildings is wonderful.
We spent the morning surveying the building. Most of the time was used picking keys from a huge keyring and opening offices – then closing them again. After a couple of hours the tethered survey device was really hot and I didn’t want to stuff it back in the bag, even if it was turned off. So I found a creative solution:
