Cadastral solutions involve managing legal cadastres of properties and registers with transaction history according to country or state regulations. This includes attribute information describing land use and ownership.


Flying 60 Knots Above the Colorado River

		When veteran pilot, professional engineer, and land surveyor Gary Grigsby took off from Rifle/ Colorado in his helicopter last June to survey a canyon with newly fitted Leica Geosystems LiDAR sensor and digital camera, he harbored some doubt about how well the technology would perform over the challenging terrain ahead. more


Accurate GNSS Everywhere with SmartNet

		Ten years ago, RTK surveys typically involved two GPS receivers (a base and a rover), a lot of batteries and cables, two radios, a tripod, a pole, and a backpack to carry it all. Today users can choose between a GPS or a GNSS receiver, and a radio or a mobile phone, and it all fits on the pole. With the establishment of RTK networks, they can also choose to work with an RTK rover within these networks instead of setting up their own base-station. Leica Geosystems SmartNet gives users easy access to precise Network RTK data, where they experience the best availability, reliability, and traceability using internationally recognized standards, combined with flexible and affordable subscription options that meet the needs of the local market. more


Passing a Tough Test

		“I spent about three weeks up there – I wouldn’t have missed it.” says RLS founder Shane Loyd, PLS (Professional Land Surveyor) about his work on the soon-to-be-completed Cumberland Trail in Tennessee, “but I have to admit, I was glad to get home too!” RLS, based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, has been around since 1999. Starting in 2007, they began to offer scanning and have established a good reputation for applying cutting edge techniques and equipment to surveying projects. On the Cumberland Trail project, the survey equipment used was a Leica Viva GNSS system and it was about as cutting edge as possible: “We picked up two systems and I think we were the first firm in the South to have one,” says Loyd, laughing, “Even the Allen Precision (Leica Geosystems’ dealer in the US) guys hadn’t been fully trained yet, so in some respects we were on our own. We got them out of the box and drove straight to the job, so it was a tough test for new equipment. Fortunately, the system worked great.” more


A Tropical GNSS Network

		Creating high-precision GNSS coverage of Réunion, a French territory in the Indian Ocean, was an interesting challenge which led to a network with short inter-station distances. The tropical location of the island is unfavorable in terms of ionospheric activity and a wide range of meteorological conditions can cause tropospheric variations that are challenging to manage. more


Winning Partnership with Leica SmartNet

		In recent years the cellular telephone network in southern Ontario, Canada, has improved greatly. Data can be streamed at a half-second or better through a cellular connection, giving surveyors the opportunity to take advantage of cell phone technology to further utilize the capabilities of GPS receivers. Similar to reference station networks developing in the United States, Leica Geosystems has set up Leica SmartNet Southern Ontario, a network that now covers nearly the entire southern portion of the province. more


CORS-Qatar Updating Maps in Real-Time

		In the past few years the State of Qatar, a peninsula on the Arabian Gulf, has experienced extensive infrastructure development. More than twenty years ago the results of a user needs assessment carried out by the government clearly indicated an enormous need for a fully integrated nationwide GIS. The government then established the Centre for GIS (CGIS) as a department of the Ministry of Municipality & Urban Planning. It is based in the capital Doha and became the official mapping agency of the State of Qatar. Since the end of October 2009, many public and private survey and mapping communities have been benefiting from a nationwide Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) network. more


Utility Mapping with GNSS

		Reliable digital data acquisition, robustness, and ease of use – these were the requirements stipulated by Swisscom AG when it set out to acquire new GNSS instruments to determine the positions of telecommunication infrastructure in the company's country-wide fixed-line network. After a detailed evaluation the Swiss telecommunications company decided in favor of Leica Viva GNSS. more


Accurate, Enriched Data at Lower Cost

		When the CH2M HILL survey team set out to map the City of Woodburn, Oregon’s 1,500 sewer manholes, the challenge was to gather and organize a varied group of data with a limited budget. For each manhole the client wanted: the pipe invert elevation; pipe size and type; documentation of condition; amount of debris; and photos. A traditional approach would have generated an inordinate number of notes that would have been difficult to organize and deliver within budget. After considering various products, the team chose Leica MobileMatriX on ArcGIS, a survey software that provided the team with geographic information system (GIS) capabilities and survey-grade accuracy in the field. The field integration of GIS enabled the team to complete all fieldwork 16 days ahead of schedule and 25 % under budget even while using MobileMatriX for the first time. more


Iowa DOT: Investment in the Future

		The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) recently implemented one of the world’s largest DOT-owned statewide networks of GNSS Continuously Operating Reference Stations. Called the Iowa Real Time Network IaRTN, this statewide network provides authorized public and private users near-instantaneous GPS satellite corrections for accurate and precise positioning anywhere in the state. more


600 Liters of Red and a GNSS system

		When the French magazine “Paris Match” celebrated its 60th anniversary, it did so on a large scale. The weekly magazine with the slogan: “the weight of words, the effect of photos” is very influential. For this anniversary, the editorial staff, together with a glaciologist, decided to attract the public's attention to the melting of the icecaps by spelling out the letters “Paris atch” on Greenland's ice. A Leica GPS system was an essential tool during the expedition. more


Connect the Coastal Dots

		Both on the ground and in the air, mapping the Florida Keys proves difficult. But gathering aerial images in strip form rather than frames helps establish control and improves GIS layers. Read more about this article, “Connect the Coastal Dots”, which appears in the February 2008 issue of Professional Surveyor magazine. more


AFREF

		AFREF is conceived as a unified geodetic reference frame for Africa. In March 2007, the first permanent GNSS reference station was launched in Kenya. Leica Geosystems supports the project with its knowledge, as well as via donation of a complete system. more


Channel Islands

		The use of Leica Geosystems has created an easy to use and reliable solution for the people of the Channel Islands. People just switch on the rover and go - without having to worry about Base Stations. more


MobileMatriX in Covington

		In response to the Clean Water Act and NPDES stormwater requirements, the City of Covington conducted an inventory of their entire stormwater infrastructure with Leica MobileMatriX. more


GNSS QC in British Columbia

		The British Columbia Active Control System BCACS comprises 19 reference stations using 4 models of sensors from 2 manufacturers. An automated system is required to analyze the logged data for completeness and quality. Now Leica GNSS QC assures the quality of the system. more


MobileMatriX at Salem Municipality

		Could the concept of Leica MobileMatriX be as good as the demonstration showed? Leica Geosystems has over the years presented new ideas for surveying. But the innovation that caught Ulf Brandstedt's eyes after a presentation was without any doubt Leica MobileMatriX combined with Leica GPS1200 and a Tablet-PC. more


Smart Work for SmartStation

		A recent survey, by Leica Geosystems’ customer Agripower, showed the benefit of integrating TPS1200 SmartStation with the GPS1200 Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) equipment. more


Digital City Concept Kunming

		With the latest technology from Leica Geosystems AG, Kunming is implementing the digital city concept by establishing a spatial positioning infrastructure – Continuously Operating GPS Reference Station Network for serving multiple applications and social needs of the whole city region by providing highly accurate and reliable spatial information to general public continuously. more


Swissphoto leads the way with Leica SmartStation

		Swissphoto Group AG, the leading Swiss Survey Company, has relied on the expertise of Leica Geosystems for decades and invests as one of the first in Europe in SmartStation. The decision to purchase a SmartStation was influenced by the positive feedback of the staff that use Leica System 1200. more


GPS Spider nets the world

		(Reporter 51, August 2004) Innovative projects in Australia and Austria are making use of Leica GPS Spider software to fully automate operation of GPS reference stations. In the first project presented, Spider controls a network of GPS reference stations and in the other it monitors a dangerous rockfall area. The purpose of these projects is quite different, nevertheless Spider, together with customized solutions by Leica Geosystems have fulfilled and exceeded the customer's expectations. more


Spider manages Portuguese GPS Network

		The relationship between Leica Geosystems in Portugal and IGP has been based for many years on trust, quality and a high level of service and support. Consequently, IGP has decided to use Leica SPIDER software to manage the Portuguese National GPS Permanent Station Network (ReNEP), which currently has 8 GPS stations. more


Private GPS reference network

		Leica Geosystems recently delivered the new system GPS1200 to SSAB in Oxelösund, Sweden. Leica GPS1200 constitutes the core of a new investment to make a private GPS-reference network at SSAB. The GPS antenna has been located in a carefully chosen place - on top of the 73 metre-tall tower in the power plant. more


System 1200 fulfils expectations of German surveyors

		Following the purchase of both TPS and GPS System 1200, German company SAG Netz und Energietechnik is so pleased with the reliability and productivity of the instruments that they plan to provide each of their subsidiaries with at least one set. more


Tvilum Landinspektørfirma invests in System 1200

		Increased demands on efficiency and flexibility. That is the main reason why Tvilum Landinspektørfirma – one of Denmark’s leading companies of chartered surveyors – has chosen to invest in three total stations and four GPSs from Leica Geosystems’ new System 1200 range. In future, the company expects to be using Leica as a total supplier of measuring equipment. more


Emerging permanent reference station networks

		(Reporter 50, April 2004) Over the last few years, permanent reference station installations have emerged in several countries. These installations allow for roving GPS users in the field to achieve instant centimetre accuracies without the need of setting up a GPS reference station on a known station. This is quite appealing, since in areas with considerable GPS surveying activity, a number of users might share the infrastructure and the associated costs. Some of the installations are operated by companies and provide a service to the surveying community. more


Point-and-Click future of GIS

		(Reporter 48, Jan 2003) Since its 2001 acquisition of LH Systems and ERDAS, Leica Geosystems GIS & Mapping Division has mobilized to integrate its product offerings in Airborne data acquisition, geographic imaging, GPS/GIS, and Land Information Systems. As it begins to optimize the interoperability of these complementary technologies, Leica Geosystems aims to transform the way we capture, analyze, and use spatial data. more


Cadastre in Guatemala

		(Reporter 48, Jan 2003) Leica Geosystems has been contracted by Guatemala to deliver equipment for field data acquisition and the development of the National Geodetic Network. more


The highly sophisticated GIS

		(Reporter 47, Apr 2002) A digital urban model created for North Sydney Council has projected the future of urban management into reality. Leica Geosystems, with its combined strengths in GIS systems development, offers such solutions supporting state-of-the-art city development. Their comprehensive program of terrestrial and global positioning systems, together with the advantages of the photogrammetric aerial camera and software of Leica Geosystems, has made it possible for Australian company, PSN Survey, to capture 1.2 million points and to create from this data a 3D model of North Sydney. more


Cadastral System Budapest

		(Reporter 44, Apr 2000) The land registration sector is a key component of our free market economy. We recognize the variety in land administrations all over the world but one thing is common, the need of a modern, well functioning land administration system which is one of the essential pillars of the free market economy and the land market. The demands for land registration activities and data is increasing year by year and a growth towards related applications like Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is one of the most important changes over the last few years. more


Leica GS5+ Address Database

		In a forward-thinking move, the City of Industry decided to use a Leica GS5+ GPS receiver to record and store GPS coordinates along with each address in the database. The GS5+ unit requires absolutely no setup - it includes a built-in U.S. Coast Guard beacon receiver for performing realtime correction. The Leica GS5+ has made the City's address database extremely accurate. more


Using GPS/GIS Technology

		Analysts were able to quickly gather data from 30 bus stops in less than two hours. From this pilot GPS project, Cobb County DOT has found that obtaining precision data with the GS50 was significantly easier than with previously tried methods. more


Planning Process in Richmond

		Overall, using GIS and GPS has had a phenomenal impact on GRTC Transit. The organization has realized internal cost-savings by eliminating some of the services it previously contracted out that are now accomplished through the use of GIS and GPS technologies. The next step for GRTC is to put the mapping information onto its website. more


Infrastructure Mapping Canada

		Rob Lunn, GIS Supervisor, says, “We needed a system that could provide quick, accurate results. We had to map snow mobile trails for the parks department, and we couldn’t have done that using traditional survey methods. With GPS, we just hop on the snow mobile wearing the GPS backpack,turn it on, and off we go!” more


Maintain Roads and Highways

		Tom Phillips, GIS Manager of VDOT’s Northern Virginia District says, “The Leica receivers have helped us meet our project goals. In fact, we have expanded the use of GIS and GPS together, and the state has purchased several additional receivers since we purchased the first one in 1999.” more


Locate Schools in East Timor

		Many of the schools were located in heavily forested areas, requiring a hike through thick vegetation. Professor Joao Matos mentions that “The Leica GS50 performed particularly well in forested areas, and allowed for fast acquisition of schools. Without GPS/GIS the project would not have been feasible.” more

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