Land Information New Zealand has posted a request for tenders for surveying work around Canterbury following the 4 September earthquake. The surveying work will focus on precise levelling of 409 benchmarks. A GNSS survey will also be required on 180 of these benchmarks. The survey will cover most of the Canterbury Plains area. […]
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Topcon announces IP-S2 HD Mapping System
Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) has announced an addition to its offering of high-accuracy, mobile mapping solutions – the IP-S2 HD Mapping System – a vehicle-mounted surveying and mapping system featuring a high-definition LiDAR scanner from Velodyne Lidar, Inc. The IP-S2 HD Mapping System incorporates state-of-the-art technologies, including high-precision GNSS receivers, IMU (inertial measurement unit), vehicle […]
Trimble signs deal with LINZ, GNS
Trimble has announced that the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS) and Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) have jointly purchased 40 GNSS reference station receivers as part of a project to upgrade the current network. LINZ is the government department responsible for the geodetic infrastructure and land title system in the country. […]
Queensland town to be modelled in community event
The Queensland town of Bell will be mapped using a number of different techniques as part of a new project by the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute’s Queensland Young Professionals Committee (SSSIQ YPs). The MapMyTown scheme aims to use as many available spatial and surveying technologies and methods as possible to build spatial resources and […]
Entire 12d Model Projects, In The Field!
12d Field gives Surveyors and Engineers the ability to use the full functionality of 12d®Model™ on small daylight readable tablets and notebooks in the field. Developed With Surveyors & Engineers. Tested On Major Projects. 12d Field has been developed in consultation with leading surveyors and engineers. Site needs have continually been added to the […]
EU and US to Team up on GPS
The EU and the US have announced a bilateral agreement regarding the use of their GPS systems. The EU is currently developing its Galileo GPS system, a network of 30 satellites that will give EU countries an independent GPS network from 2014. Currently most GPS devices use the US GNSS system. A working […]
Reducing Congestion via Satellite
Singapore transport will explore the use of satellite tracking technology to update its electronic road pricing system and reduce road congestion, the government has announced. The system involves using a GNSS to monitor all the location of vehicles via transmitters. Traffic congestion is a big problem in Singapore. A road pricing technology, involving placing short-range […]
Follow the Tour de France
Location and mapping technology are being used to plot the progress and provide up-to-date information on the 2010 Tour-de-France to the media and the public. All of the major vehicles and motorcycles which accompany the race are equipped with tracking devices. The position of the accompanying vehicles are calculated using a GNSS receiver; the […]
Surveying Competition Winner goes to Vegas
Undergraduate students are invited to enter Trimble’s 2010 Surveying Student Competition. The prize includes a trip to the company’s Dimensions conference in Las Vegas, 8-10 November, where they will have the opportunity to present their winning paper. The winner’s school also benefits, as the company will donate a Trimble R8 GNSS, which is valued at […]
New Wi-Fi Positioning Access Simulator
Spirent has released the GSS5700 Wi-Fi Positioning Access Point Simulator. The product is used to test wi-fi positioning capabilities in enabled devices and chipsets. According to the manufacturer, the product is the industry’s only lab-based instrument for testing Wi-Fi positioning. Its software allows real-world test scenarios, including simultaneous simulation of up to 48 Wi-Fi access […]
