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An interview with Muneer Hassan on the benefits of Sonarmite’s Echo Sounder and Hydrone-RCV when surveying, measuring and identifying the physical features of lakes, rivers, reservoirs and estuaries.   Muneer HassanTechnical Sales & Support Manager, SCCS Please give us a brief bio of yourself. I am technical and sales support manager at SCCS – The Surveying Equipment Company with over...

The new Rugby 640G rotating laser and Rod Eye 120G laser receiver from Leica Geosystems has been released which features bright green coloured beams for improved visibility. When aligning and levelling in and around constructions, red beams can be tough to see. The new Leica Rugby 640G rotating laser with green beam allows you to easily see where you’re working...

On the 31st December 2016, a leap second is being added to the GLONASS satellites. If you are using an antenna that can track GLONASS satellites it is critical to ensure that you are up to date with your Measurement Engine Firmware (MEFW). For legacy equipment there has not been a recent release of this so if you have updated...

Machine Control is an exciting and innovative division of survey. Our Machine Control division is rapidly expanding and we are currently working in a number of construction environments including tunnelling, concrete and asphalt paving, roads, rail and bulk earthworks. We are looking for Engineering Surveyors/Land Surveyors/Civil Engineers who have active field experience with RTK/nRTK, GNSS products to move into support...

Major solar storm predicted from 25th - 27th October. There is a possibility Leica SmartNet performance and bad time for GNSS. A solar storm is predicted over the next few days which could possibly affect Leica SmartNet and GNSS performance.