SCCS News

Release of new FlexLine plus Firmware package V 3.00 FlexField plus Onboard Firmware improvements Note: The FlexField plus Onboard Firmware improvements are described for the TS09plus with it’s Colour & Touch display. Most of the improvements are also available for the TS02 and TS06plus with it’s Black & White displays. Icon based operation and workflows You are able to operate...

The new Zeno 5 is simply the best entry-level GPS handheld in the market, offering a lightweight device with a large display, QWERTY keypad, phone capabilities, a SirfStarIV GPS chip, a super-fast microprocessor, as well as the common Windows Embedded Handheld Operating System making the Zeno 5 the perfect device for a variety of applications for the GIS and data...

Verify the following before installing your Autodesk 2013 software:   From your Start Menu open up your Control Panel and set the “view by:” to either Large or Small icons for the following tasks. Verify that your Operating System is up to date.  You can run "check for updates by going here: Control Panel > All Control Panel Items >...

Revit 2013 and Video CardsI’m playing around a little with Revit 2013 and have been finding an issue with my video card, 3D views, and transparent materials. Any surface that has a transparent material on it (like glass) shows through the model, even if it should be hidden from view: To verify that it was truly transparency and not some...

Geodetic Transformations Models- the 'Grid Look Up Table' for OSTN02 The OSTN02 (2002) national ‘definitive transformation’ is an accurate realization (conversion) between OSGB36 National Grid and ETRS89 (1989) coordinates. To achieve the re-projection, a 7 parameter (3 shifts, 3 rotations and a scale change) transformation is required. The OSTN02 transformation is modeled as a 1km grid of varying parameters which...