On November 23rd in Sofia, Leica SmartNet Bulgaria was launched in partnership with IPOS (owners of Bulipos), who will operate the control center and Metrisys (Leica Geosystems distributor), who will take charge of the full commercial service, including user support and subscriptions.
The agreement forms a new three-way partnership bringing the technical expertise from IPOS to operate the network infrastructure, together with Metrisys, who will manage all the commercial services, support and subscriptions. Leica Geosystems have provided the latest GNSS network software technology, in the form of Leica GNSS Spider, SpiderWeb, and SpiderQC, together with additional Leica GR10 reference station receivers and Leica AR10 antennas to densify the network, with the very latest GNSS receiver technology.
“We are very proud to announce Leica SmartNet Bulgaria, with our partners IPOS and Metrisys. GNSS users in Bulgaria can now take full advantage of the most advanced 24/7 GNSS Network RTK solution in Bulgaria. The network will offer every flavour of real time corrections, together with additional web services. No matter which type of network rover or GNSS application, we will provide the optimal corrections and subscriptions that the user desires, backed up with full local user support from Metrisys” says Mark Burbidge – SmartNet EMEA Project Manager, Leica Geosystems.
Full national coverage with extra redundancy will be available from the end of December 2010, including data from EUPOS sites in neighboring countries. RTK Users can test the benefits of using the most innovative and advanced network in Bulgaria for free until January 2011. Flexible subscriptions will then be available for all types of applications and connection times.
Web services powered by Leica SpiderWeb, SpiderQC and Leica Geo Office, will include Network QC graphs, RINEX downloads and a computation service. Users can also update their profiles or order new subscriptions on-line, via the SmartNet Business Center.
