SCCS News

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...

This year Leica Geosystems UK are sponsoring the London Mapping Festivals Geocaching event in Greenwich. Teams will navigate their way around Greenwich's landmarks, with the latest handheld GPS devices, while solving puzzles and team tasks. Leica Uno’s and Zeno’s will be available to demo, running both SmartWorx Viva and Zeno Field software packages. Places are limited so please register today...

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...

SCCS are pleased to announce the release of the new firmware v2.70 and the external camera solution for the Leica ScanStation C10/C5. This firmware update is part of the Leica ScanStation C10 life cycle process to improve existing features and to add new functionality to the system. It is available with immediate effect for all Leica ScanStation C10 and C5 scanners with a...