April 2012

Image Assisted Surveying – by what measure is IAS faster than instruments with and without ATR Speed of target aiming (source: Leica Geosystems CH, 5th Jan 2011): Manual: 14.48 s, + 4 s      = 18.48 s ATR: 10.42 s, +4 s              = 14.42 s IAS: 7.02 s, +4 s                  = 11.02 s Based on the typical ‘Measurement Time for...

Echo Sounding – Leica SmartWorx & SonarLite for hydrographic surveys   Leica Geosystems ‘System 1200’ can now accept and record depths from an Ohmex SonarMite echo-sounder via a cable. When you measure a GPS position (RTK), the most recently received echo-sounder depth is recorded as an Annotation to that point. For shallow inshore and offshore waters, this new synchronization opens...