Bruce Ford

Site Heights - Orthometric levels (AOD) with GNSS, not BenchMarks In 2000, the Ordnance Survey formally announced that it was abandoning the traditional BMs in favour of global positioning systems (GPS) plus a datum conversion model (OSGM02). With the national mapping agency of Great Britain no longer recognising BMs, their use ceases to be best practice for height referencing for...

3D Data Overlay in Camera page tab, on SmartWorx v4.00 When using the camera on the TS11/15 imaging total stations, it is now possible to view points, lines and areas stored within the job in the Camera page tab within apps – a true 3D data overlay. As the total station is turned the points, lines and areas are correctly...

Leica Viva Imaging (TS11i & TS15i) and 'Eclovision' software for photogrammetric rectification It is now possible to directly combine the imaging functionality of your TS11i or TS15i and ‘Eclovision’ software to output photogrammetric deliverables. For the ‘OVC camera calibration certificate’ specific to each instrument please contact SCCS Survey. “PMS AG is a company specialized on photogrammetric measurement systems. Their headquarters...

SmartWorx Viva LT to full SmartWorx Viva upgrade There are now 2 license keys which allow the full functionality of SmartWorx Viva to be used within SmartWorx Viva LT. These additional licenses are aimed at the “TS12/CS10 1-man Robotics” package and the “GS08 Network Rover” solution, both of which run SmartWorx Viva LT. These are: -       the Extended Config license...

If you have purchased or currently hire a Viva series instrument from us, be it a CS10, CS15, TS11 or TS15, you can email us an image of any error or erroneous faults by pressing a hot key configured to User - Screenshot capture or Fn and ’.’. The screenshot is displayed and can be edited by sketching. This image...