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The new geoid of Switzerland +++ Leica TCA1103 measures a world record hammer-throw +++ A world first north of the Arctic Circle +++ Leica GS50 –
GPS and GIS converge +++ GPS monitors a bridge in Japan +++ ArcSurvey embraces the ESRI GIS community
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Highlights of current issue are:
- The new geoid of Switzerland
In the last few years the geoid and quasigeoid of Switzerland was developed in a joint project by the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), the Federal Office of Topography (L+T, SWISSTOPO) and the University of Bern (AIUB). The aim was to determine a highly accurate reference for height determination with GPS, and provide a base for the new national height system (LHN95).
- Leica TCA1103 measures a world record hammer-throw
At an athletics meeting at Rüdlingen/Switzerland, a massive hammer-throw by the Rumanian Mihaela Milente was measured at 76.07 metres by a Leica TCA 1103 total station. This distance established a new world record for this year’s world champion hammer-thrower, who had been in action just a week earlier at Seville
- A world first north of the Arctic Circle
“The Leica system is the only way to fly“, said Roar Johansen, perched on his grader north of the Arctic Circle. The innovative Kolo-Veidekke construction company used a Caterpillar grader fitted with Moba automation and controlled by a Leica measurement system for fine-planing the takeoff and landing runways and taxi-ways at continental Europe’s most northerly airport. This marked the system’s world premiere north of the Arctic Circle.
- Leica GS50 – GPS and GIS converge
The GS50 is a new GPS/GIS data recording system that features unmatched receiver precision, GIS-oriented operation and system flexibility. The GS50 system marks the launch of a further Leica Geosystems product based entirely on the ESRI platform.
- GPS monitors a bridge in Japan
A network of precise GPS reference stations, supplied by Leica Geosystems, has been installed on the world’s longest suspension bridge in Japan to monitor movements of the bridge’s structure in real-time, with millimetre-level accuracy.
- ArcSurvey embraces the ESRI GIS community
Leica’s ArcSurvey software package was this year’s “ESRI Geo Challenge“ award winner at the 19th Conference. ArcSurvey is the first of a new series state-of-the-art software products that augment powerful ArcInfo 8® software with surveying know-automated routines for solving GIS and LIS tasks. It offers surveying customers easy entry to the leader’s future-proof GIS and LIS solutions. |
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