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Sokkia Automated Gyro Station GYRO X Determines Azimuth Quickly with Precision

August 13, 2011 in Associate Membership, Business, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, News, Sokkia

Technology ideal for tunneling, pipelines, and shipbuilding

OLATHE, Kan. – August 9, 2011 - Sokkia’s Gyro Station technology combines a gyroscope with a total station, creating a multi-use, unique surveying and engineering instrument designed to provide superior solutions beyond the reach of other technologies including tunneling, road, railroad, power line, pipeline and similar long and narrow, or underground construction projects.  Read the rest of this entry →

Topcon Releases the MS Series of High-Precision Robotic Total Stations in North and South America.

June 21, 2011 in Associate Membership, Business, Independent Solo Surveyor, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, News, Professional Land Surveyor Practice, Topcon

Topcon MS Robotic Total Station Series

Topcon MS Robotic Total Station Series

Topcon MS robotic series opens new era in precision measurements

LIVERMORE, Calif. – Thursday, June 16, 2011

Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) announces the release of the MS Series of high-precision robotic total stations in North and South America.  “The MS ‘measuring station’ opens a new era in ultra-precision measurements,” said Denny Welch, senior vice president of the TPS Survey Business Unit.

The series includes the MS05AX with the industry’s highest 0.5” angle accuracy and the MS1AX for 1” angle accuracy.

“The MS05AX provides ultra-precision while the MS1AX provides long-range and versatility,” Welch said.

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Topcon GPT-3200 Series of Total Stations for Enhanced Performance

January 5, 2011 in Associate Membership, Business, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, News, Topcon

Topcon GPT-3200 series of total stations for enhanced performance

LIVERMORE, Calif. – January 5, 2011 – Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) has released two new series of reflectorless total stations – the GPT-3200NW and GPT-3200N.

The GPT-3200NW series offers an array of new features that includes enhanced non-prism measurement performance, improved user interface, and increased onboard data collection capability. The series includes two, three, five and seven arc-second models: GPT-3202NW, GPT3203NW, GPT-3205NW and GPT-3207NW.

Denny Welch, senior vice president of the TPS Survey Business Unit, said, “Improvements have been made while maintaining field-proven durability and portability for the user. The industry-leading technologies of the new series will maximize work efficiency and maximize safety with a Class I/1M safe laser for distance measurement that allows safe use even in areas with heavy traffic.”

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Professional Land Surveyor News-Topcon Introduces QS Robotic Total Station Series

November 9, 2010 in Associate Membership, Business, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, News, Topcon

Professional Land Surveyor News

Professional Land Surveyor News

Professional Land Surveyor News-Topcon Introduces QS Robotic Total Station Series

LIVERMORE, Calif. – November 8, 2010 – Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) introduces its new generation of robotic total stations, the QS Series (Quick Station).

The QS Series – featuring the X-TRAC 8 prism tracking technology – is designed to “provide unprecedented power and speed to dramatically enhance productivity and save time and money on every job,” said Denny Welch, senior vice president of the TPS survey business unit.

Welch said, “The QS Series can be summed up in four words: Faster. Smarter. Farther. Stronger.

“With the new X-TRAC 8 technology, strong tracking and quick prism re-acquisition in any work site condition is assured. The QS represents around-the-corner design and technology that provides increased performance in even the most obstructed sites. Topcon continues to be an industry leader with long-range power (2000m / 6500 feet reflectorless EDM technology). The QS is built to withstand the most adverse working conditions and the toughest job site locations,” Welch said.

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Professional Land Surveyor News: Sokkia Releases the Series 50RX Reflectorless Total Stations Featuring Enhanced Environmental Durability, Increased Speed and Expanded Functionality

February 23, 2010 in Associate Membership, Business, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, News, Sokkia

Professional Land Surveyor News

Professional Land Surveyor News

Sokkia Releases the Series 50RX Reflectorless Total Stations Featuring Enhanced Environmental Durability, Increased Speed and Expanded Functionality

OLATHE, Kan. – Sokkia Corporation releases the new Series 50RX reflectorless total stations with a breakthrough environmental durability, increased measurement speed and an array of new features.

Expanded Operating Temperature Range
The high-temperature models are newly added for use in the heat of up to +60°C (+140°F) without compromising the lowest operating temperature of -20°C (-4°F).

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Professional Land Surveyor News: Sokkia Introduces the GRX1, Highly Versatile GNSS System

January 5, 2010 in Associate Membership, Business, GPS, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, News, Sokkia

Professional Land Surveyor News

Professional Land Surveyor News

Professional Land Surveyor News: Sokkia Introduces the GRX1, Highly Versatile GNSS System

Incorporates fully scalable GNSS receiver, new data collector and software.
Olathe, Kansas – Sokkia Corporation announces the new GRX1 GNSS system that includes the new SHC250 data collector, as well as a new controller and post-processing software.
Denny Welch, senior vice president and general manager, Survey Business Unit, said, “These new products further strengthen the entire Sokkia product lineup.”

He said the new GRX1 GNSS receiver has an integrated antenna, digital UHF radio, GSM module, Bluetooth® module and detachable battery in a “compact, rugged, magnesium-alloy body.” Its fully upgradeable features “allow users to start with an entry model for L1 GPS that can be upgraded to L1 GPS+GLONASS, to L1/L2 GPS, up to 72-channel L1/L2 GPS+GLONASS receiver.”

The new SHC250 data collector incorporates the latest Windows Mobile® 6.5 OS, built-in Bluetooth modem and the new Spectrum Survey Field software “that fully controls the GRX1 receiver with unsurpassed ease and speed,” Welch said.

“This new GNSS system provides unmatched versatility and usability in RTK, network RTK and static applications that require millimeter or centimeter positioning accuracy,” he said.

The GRX1 GNSS receiver features:
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