Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
Leica Geosystems will hold their Annual Airborne Sensor User Conference in Orlando, FL October 25th – 27th, 2010. This year’s user conference will provide opportunities to learn more about the newest releases and configurations of Leica Geosystems Airborne Sensor products. In addition to user’s presentations, the conference will include a special bonus day of workshops
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
A 3D excavator guidance system is helping the earthmoving subcontractor to beat the schedule by 15 percent on a $9-million channel repair project for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Topeka, Kansas. Jim Ebert, project manager for the contractor, says the Leica Power Digger 3D systems improve the excavators’ efficiency because no grade checking
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
Leica Geosystems announces Leica CloudWorx-VR for 3ds Max, 3ds Max design, and Maya. These plug-ins provide a convenient way for professionals to efficiently create more photorealistic and compelling models, renderings, and animations based on rich, High-Definition Survey data of sites and structures as collected by 3D laser scanners. The powerful, new plug-in was developed by
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Geo-Instruments implemented one of the industry’s first automated laser scanning systems using Leica Geosystems technology for near-real-time geotechnical monitoring to support construction of the Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority’s (Sound Transit) University Link (U-Link) light rail extension in Seattle, WA. The U-Link light rail extension will connect the three largest urban centers in the state
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
In Winter, 2010, Leica’s Viva GNSS receivers and integrated surveying system played key roles in a boundary survey that added a lengthy section to Tennessee’s nearly-finished Cumberland Trail. Working in extremely harsh winter conditions-during the 11 weeks of the survey, average daytime temperatures were below freezing, and surveyors endured more than 60 inches of snow
Monday, June 14th, 2010
In a first of its kind effort, the Bureau of Reclamation’s Engineering Services Office in Boulder City, NV, built a detailed, highly accurate, as-built model of Hoover Dam’s 75-year-old Monument Plaza using high-definition surveying technology from Leica Geosystems. The terrazzo floor is cracking and showing weather damage as are some of the bronze features on
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
In a first of its kind effort, the Bureau of Reclamation Land Surveying and Geomatics Engineering Services Office built a detailed, highly accurate, as-built conditions model of Hoover Dam’s 75-year old Monument Plaza using a Leica ScanStation 2 high-definition laser scanner from Leica Geosystems. Monument Plaza includes the Winged Figures of the Republic, two 30-foot
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Leica Geosystems is pleased to announce a new version of its powerful Leica Flight Planning & Evaluation Software (FPES). Leica FPES v10.1 allows a fast and automatic load of DTM data with sophisticated computation capabilities. Beside many other enhancements Leica FPES v10.1 supports Windows OS including Windows 7, and a flexible data import and export
Monday, May 17th, 2010
On June 13, the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL) will open their preseason against their arch-rivals from Alberta, the Calgary Stampeders. When the two teams run, block and tackle at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, players will be tussling on a very well-prepared piece of real estate, thanks in large part to automated
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Following the successful Q4 2009 release of the revolutionary Leica ScanStation C10 laser scanner, Leica Geosystems announces new system enhancements that provide users with further increased versatility and productivity for as-built and topographic surveys. These are based on new versions of scanner firmware (v1.2) and Cyclone software (v7.0.3) – part of a continuous upgrade program
