Articles

• POB (September 2008) Tracing The Evidence See how high definition laser scanning aids disaster site investigations with the preservation of evidence, spatial relationships, mechanism of failure and initiation. Download article.

• American Surveyor (August 2008) Towers of Power The proposed transmission expansion project plans call for new transmission lines -14 in all - to ultimately cross 15 counties in eastern Colorado and six counties in western Kansas. See how the survey teams from Ayres Associates relied on mobile and flexible tools from Leica Geosystems to step carefully around farm animals, crops, rough terrain and environmentally-sensitive areas. Download article

• Equipment Today (August 2008) Survey Technology Sets Higher Stakes.  In the last five years, Ellis Astin Grading, Villa Rica, GA, has gone from an $8 million company working on small public projects to a $50 million+ commercial and industrial grading contractor known throughout Georgia and Alabama. Ellis Astin, company president, feels the speedy transition is due in part to his firm's emphasis on high-production, high-quality services. Link to article

• American Surveyor (July 2008) Icehenge The story of making a frozen replica. See how an idea to build a fullscale replica of Stonehenge using a Leica TC-600R came at the convergence of two events in Fairbanks, AK. Download article

• Professional Surveyor (July 2008) Getting Easier Part 1 In the Field Laser scanning has now been in the market for 10 years. Since it was first introduced, vendors and practitioners have focused much of their efforts on making the technology easier … in the field, in the office, and in marketing it to clients. Download article.

April - June 2008

• Professional Surveyor (June 008) GPS Achieves Synergy. Common sense says investing in any equipment should be done based on sound business practices, including justifying its cost. One type of equipment to consider buying is high technology that can createa synergism within a company's prouction operations What does that mean? Synergism. Download article
  
  
• POB (May 2008) Requiem for a Schooner See how a team set out with digital photography, a total station and a 3D laser scanner from Leica Geosystems to preserve a virtual Wawona while the real one was still on the scene. Download article.

• American Surveyor (April/May 2008) Leica System 1200 (Part 2 of 2) Shawn Billings finishes his review on the Leica 1200 showing how this system is a tremendous step forward in the advancement of solo-surveying. Download article.

• Professional Surveyor (May 2008) Surveying Goes Hollywood Take a look at laser scanning … with its high “cool factor” and its fast-growing use in applications that also happen to have very wide public appeal. Download Cover article

• POB (May 2008) Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On Monitoring transient deformation of Michigan's Mackinac Bridge reveals impact from wind, temperature and vehicle weight. See how Leica Geosystems GPS receivers help minimize yet another potential catastrophic event. Download article.

• POB (May 2008) Into the Mainstream Advanced laser scanning instrument secures an Alberta firm's position in the 3D world. Download article

• Grading & Excavation (April 2008) GPS Technology: A Business Decision Investing in any equipment should be carried out based on good business practices, including justifying its cost and a host of other business reasons. One type of equipment to consider buying is high technology that can creat a synergism within a company's production operations. Download article

• Professional Surveyor (April 2008) Quick Return on Investment Installing GPS machine control systems on its bulldozers increases profits for a New Jersey construction company. With this technology, the firm's surveyors saved a million dollars in construction costs on one project. Download article.
  
• Professional Surveyor (April 2008) Using Multiple Laser Scanners on Projects Geoff Jacobs describes how users are increasingly applying multiple types of scanners on single projects, taking advantage of the specific strengths of each type of scanner. The most common scenario is to use a long range, high-accuracy scanner on the same project as a phase-based scanner, letting each provide optimal productivity for the overall project. Download article.

• American Surveyor (Spring 2008) Leica System 1200 (Part 1 of 2) Shawn Billings reveiws the TPS 1200+ expressing his appreciation for the lengths Leica has gone to in making robotic surveying easier, more compact, and more efficient while not sacrificing on accuracy and features. Download article.

• POB (April 2008) Winds of Change Surveying technology preps Pennsylvania mountains to host a new generation of renewable power. During the project, Steckbeck Engineering and Surveying, a full service civil and infrastructure consulting firm in Lebanon, Pa., has relied on GPS tools and techniques from Leica Geosystems. Download article.

January - March 2008

• Professional Surveyor (February 2008) Connecting the 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. Download article

• Equipment Today (January 2008) GPS Technology Meets Destiny.  Reduce grading and excavating costs pay dividends at Destiny USA. According to its developer, Destiny USA, Syracuse, NY, is destined to be the "world's largest enclosed and integrated structure." Upon its completion, the project will feature a 6.5 million-sq.-ft. facility built on a 325-acre site situated within an 800-acre renewal program site.  Download article
  
  
• The American Surveyor (January 2008) 2007 Review of the 5th Leica High Density Scanning (HDS) Conference Held in San Ramon, California, this was a small, almost clubby affair with about 300 attendees, most of whom were actually working with scanners and eager to share information with each other. Download article.

• POB (January 2008) An A-MAZE-ING Feat Rapid response and 3D Laser Scanning technology aid the rebuilding of California's MacArthur Maze interchange. This impressive mix of public and private sectors exceeded expectations in responding to a critical situation. Download article 
  
  
• Professional Surveyor (January 2008) Two Big Benefits of Laser Scanning by Geoff Jacobs New bubble view/measure/markup software has recently added two, powerful, new added-value benefi ts to an already healthy list of benefits for high-definition surveying. Download article
  
  
• Rocky Mountain Construction (January 2008) Diamondback Does Digital.  From commercial buildings to manufacturing warehouses, water treatment facilities to packing plants, Diamondback Concrete Construction, based in Fort Morgan, Colo., is best known for its ability to lay out and pour very large projects with speed and precision.  Download article

October - December 2007

• POB (December 2007) Monitoring the Mighty Mac A monitoring test on Michigan's Mackinac Bridge shows how GPS can be a useful tool in collecting moving data over time and space. Download article.
  
  
• Professional Surveyor (October 2007) Mining With Wireless Read about the cost savings and operational efficiency GPS and wireless communication technology bring to a granite quarry in California.  Download article

• POB (October 2007) Linked Without Baselines In Minnesota, a network RTK system and software help workers to monitor movement at train stations during a reconstruction project; the technology also allows for high accuracy control for total station monitoring of components that can’t be easily monitored directly with GPS. Download article

• POB (October 2007) Controlling the Chaos Calgary firm uses advanced surveying solutions to generate a seamless workflow admist a chaotic construction backdrop. Download  article

• POB (October 2007) Insuring Risky Business Jim Dalton, senior broker with U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc., and Arthur Rayos, president of Rayos Insurance Agency, examined what constitutes “covered acts” for an audience of laser scanning professionals at the SPAR conference earlier this year.  Download article
  
  

• Grading & Excavation (September/October 2007) Fine-Grade Tech: Are GPS and MAC becoming a household word? The popularity of global positioning systems (GPSs) and machine-automation-control (MAC) technology is growing rapidly in the construction industry. Why GPS and MAC? Link to article

• Professional Surveyor (October 2007) Unmanned & Secure. An automated monitoring system featuring a robotic total station keeps subway trains on track while construction takes place nearby. Link to article

July - September 2007

• Professional Surveyor (September 2007) User Feedback on Scanners with Tilt Compensation When tilt-compensated scanners were introduced to the market, they were promoted as offering productivity and workfl ow fl exibility benefi ts for high-defi nition surveying. A recent survey of actual users of tilt-compensated scanners has shown that these benefi ts have materialized and other benefi ts have also surfaced. Download article
  
  
• Dixie Contractor (August 2007) Grading with GPS. In southwestern Florida, GPS-based machine control has made a believer out of Ken Murphy, founder and president of site work contractor KLM Services. Download article
  
  
• Concrete Construction (July 2007) 3-D Laser Scanning:  A look into the not so distant future. Edited excerpt.  Imagine that you are about to place concrete for an industrial floor that is 8 inches thick, post-tensioned, and has specified requirements for levelness and flatness. But before you place any concrete, you first create a "spatial image" or "digital scan" of the area...  Link to article
  
  
• Site Prep (July/August 2007) The Grade Crusade:  Ahead of the Curve in Arkansas.  Edited excerpt.  To grade Route 59 in Arkansas, McClinton-Anchor's moter graders are equipped with Leica Geosystems SonicMaster grade indicators. Link to article
  
  
• POB (August 2007) Scanning the Levees Laser scanning technology plays a critical role in mapping damage from Hurrican Katrina. With a Leica Geosystems HDS3000 laser scanner, Martin & Whitacre Surveyors & Engineers Inc. of Muscatine, Iowa, produced 3D surveys of the flood gates, seawalls and structures in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. Download article.
  
  
• POB (July 2007) For Trains, Planes & Automobiles This spring, Medina Consultants was awarded the prestigious Diamond Award by the New York Chapter of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC New York) for its surveying efforts on the MTA/LIRR East Side Access Project. See how the Leica TCRA1101 and a Leica HDS2500 series aided the mapping of the tunnel and associated rooms. Download article.
  
  
• Concrete Construction (July 2007) Pile Driving Gives Way to CIP Concrete. The New Jersey Department of Transporation (NJDOT) is replacing the two-mile causeway that serves as the main route connecting the seashore resort town of Ocean City with mainland Somers Point. Link to article

April - June 2007

• Professional Surveyor (June 2007) Demand Increasing for Laser Scanning Part 2 looks at two other drivers for this surging demand: an industry trend toward 3D design and presentation and the emergence of new software that makes it easy for clients to view and use rich, high-definition survey data. Download article

• Roads & Bridges (June 2007) New Digs: New Jersey Contractor Uses Fresh Approach for Driving Piles. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is increasingly becoming the tool of choice for pinpointing specified locations on many construction projects, with causeways and bridge projects being no exception.  Link to article
  
  
• Professional Surveyor (June 2007) Demand Increasing for Laser Scanning Part 1 - This two part article provides insights into the basic drivers prompting clients increasingly to ask for laser scanning services today. Download article
  
  
• American Suveyor (June 2007) RTK-Net Entrepreneurs.  In the days before computers and data collectors and total stations, most surveyors learned on the job. But as systems grew more complex and capable, the need for outside support increased. Today, software support is generally readily available by phone, web or email. Download article
  
  
• Construction Equipment (June 2007) Utilizing GPS and Grade Control Systems Proves to be Very Powerful.  Grade foreman and experienced operator Mark Pritchard is known as the "Jedi knight" at Baltimore based Comus Construction because he is so good at what he does, and the GradeSmart 3D GPS system from Leica Geosystems gives him one more level of confidence that he's exactly right.    Download article
  
  
• The Post-Standard (Syracuse.com, May 2007) GPS Guides Construction.  Pushing dirt around with a bulldozer may not look high-tech. But the contractor doing the excavation work at the Carousel Center mall expansion, A.P. Reale & Sons Inc., deployed a sophisticated global positioning system.   Link to article
  
  
• ACP Publications (May 2007) Utilizing GPS and Grade Control Systems Proves to be Very Powerful.  Grade foreman and experienced operator Mark Pritchard is known as the "Jedi knight" at Baltimore based Comus Construction because he is so good at what he does, and the GradeSmart 3D GPS system from Leica Geosystems gives him one more level of confidence that he's exactly right.   Download article
  
  
• The American Surveyor (April 2007) Laser Scanning: 3D Laser Scanning - Time to Invest? A long-time industry player uses the coming 3D world to make the case for laser scanning.  Download article
  
  
• POB (April 2007) - Dangerous Landscape. Statistics show that violent crime is growing across the nation, so the dangers faced by survey crews are increasing. Read how Stewart Engineering Inc. is handling this problem.  Download article
  
  
• Equipment Today eNewsletter (April 2007) - GPS Machine Automation.  How should GPS Machine Automation equipment designed for precisely controlling excavation and grading equipment be classified by the contractor who is contemplating its purchase?  Link to article
  
  
• Grading & Excavation Contractor (March/April 2007) - Human Factors Key in Digital Dirt Moving. J.E. Liesfeld moves more dirt more accurately with Leica Geosystems machine automation.   Link to article
  
  
• Professional Surveyor (April 2007) Field Productivity Factors in Laser Scanning Part 3 This edition written by Geoff Jacobs, considers the final aspects of coordinated image (picture) capture, scan time, autonomous operation and other scanning tips and procedures. Download article
  
  
• Professional Surveyor (April 2007) Keeping up with Sin City A new GPS reference station network helps the Las Vegas Valley Water District deal with unprecedented growth.  Download article
  
  
• Construction Equipment (April 2007) - Utilizing GPS and Grade Control Systems Proves to be Very Powerful.  After the first day of operation, Rusty Ryan was so thrilled with the power of his 3D GPS System from Leica Geosystems that he asked to be assigned this machine from her on in, period.   Download article

January - March 2007

• The American Surveyor (March 2007) Jerusalem's Temple Mount - Historic Preservation with 3D Laser Scanning Modern technology provides no-touch information about suspected movement in this highly visible wall.  Download article
  
  
• ACP Publications (March 2007) - Utilizing GPS and Grade Control Systems Proves to be Very Powerful.  After the first day of operation, Rusty Ryan was so thrilled with the power of his 3D GPS System from Leica Geosystems that he asked to be assigned this machine from her on in, period.   Download article
  
  
• POB (March 2007) - High- precision deformation monitoring plays a critical role in NY subway construction project. Transporting six million passengers each year through the South Ferry subway station in NY City could be a lot easier, thanks to Leica Geosystems.   Download article
  
  
• Professional Surveyor (March 2007) A Leap in LiDAR, by Mary Jo Wagner. Leica Geosystems redefines LiDAR users "pulse rates"  After receiving "very clean" ALS50-II test data from Leica Geosystems, Watershed Sciences purchased the system last August. Having proven the reliable and quality technology they predicted it would be, the LiDAR system is now just as routine as Watershed Sciences' remote locations.   Download article.
  
  
• POB (February 2007) A More Valuable Point Allen Nobles and Associates and Associates prepares for the future of survey with civil information modeling. Instead of running a crew of three people for 10 days, the new Leica equipment allows Allen Nobles and Associates’ crews to do the same work with just one or two people in just three days.  Download article
  
  
• Professional Surveyor (January 2007) - Profitable Uses for Marketing Proposals, by Geoff Jacobs. These articles describe how the technology is being used profitably in the proposal stage and what the latest trends are in this area.    Download article
  
  
• POB (January 2007) Everyday Virtual Surveying: Laser Scanning Becomes 'Best Practice' in the Transportation Industry, Predictions are hard to make, especially about the future,' once quipped famed Yankee Manager Yogi Berra. Because laser scanning—or high-definition surveying—has dramatically improved the way we solve transportation survey challenges, we’re predicting the future is here now.  Download article
  
  
• On-Site (January/February 2007) - Eye in the Sky.  How advanced GPS and terrestial technology work together to make contractors more efficient.   Download article
  
  
• ESRI Government Matters (Winter 2007) - City of Covington Uses GIS to Improve Field Data Collection for Storm Water Management. An existing relationship between the city and ESRI corporate alliance partner Leica Geosystems prompted a demonstration of Leica's mapping solution.   Link to article
  
  
• Grading & Excavating (January 2007) - Behind the Push to Automated Grade Controls.  The evidence is conclusive. Global positioning systems (GPSs) and automated grading controls offer a way to take your earthmoving productivity to the next level. Some contractors say, and seriously so, that these systems cut their production times in half, compared to grading by stakes.   Download article (80K)
  
  
• Site Prep (January/February 2007) - Subscription GPS Networks for Machine Control.  The hottest news in the GPS marketplace right now for contractors is surprisingly not a technology -- rather, it seems to be a busines model. One of the largest forces having an impact on machine control usage today is the growth and accessibility of subscription-based GPS networks.   Download article (4.9 MB) or visit  http://www.siteprep.com/
  
  
• Professional Surveyor (January 2007) - 3D Scanning: Field Productivity Factors in Laser Scanning, Part 1.  Just as with traditional survey instruments, many factors contribute to the actual field productivity achieved for any given type of laser scanner and project that includes high-definition surveying.   Download article (176Kb)
  
  
• Professional Surveyor (February 2007) - 3D Scanning: Field Productivity Factors in Laser Scanning, Part 2.  In many cases laser scanning can offer significant field productivity advantages over traditional surveying methods for a given topographical or as-built survey project.   Download article (179kb)

October - December 2006

• POB (December 2006) - An Automated Measuring System Aids a Tunnel Project in Michigan.  Tunnel excavation is difficult work, presenting inherent safety risks and other challenges, even for a relatively short tube. Schedules must be met and provisions must be made for the safety of underground workers, as well as protection of structures and facilities on the surface above the underground excavations...   Download article (555K)
  
  
• The American Surveyor (October 2006) - When It Has To Be Right: New President Positions Leica Geosystems for the Future.  Many of today's surveyors cut their teeth on equipment from Wild-Heerbrugg, forerunner of Leica Geosystems. We recently visited Leica Geosystems' beautiful new Atlanta headquarters to learn more about new developments at the equipment giant...   Download article (1 MB)
  
  
• Professional Surveyor (October 2006) - Understanding Spot Size for Laser Scanning.  Several features of a laser scanner contribute to the level of definition it is capable of achieving in a high-definition survey. This article provides insight into spot size, as I have found that many professionals do not fully understand or appreciate the important subtleties of this feature...   Download article (104Kb)
  
  
• POB (October 2006) - Crossing the Colorado: The Hoover Dam Bypass.  At the time of its construction, the Hoover Dam was the world's tallest dam and the largest hydroelectric producer of its kind. It is considered an engineering marvel, most notably for its ingenious concrete column construction, sheer size and speed of construction...  Download article (1.1 MB)
  
  
• POB (June 2006) - Supporting a Dream Design.  It has been said that "if you can dream it, you can build it." The architects who came up with the design for the new Station Place Building in downtown Washington DC must have been doing a lot of dreaming...   Download article (1 MB)

July - September 2006

• POB (Sumer 2006) - At the Head of the Class.  Since 1957, the surveying engineering program at Ferris State University (FSU) in Big Rapids, Mich., has been setting standards for educating future professional survey engineers. Having formed a close relationship with private sector surveyors from across the state and the nation, the Michigan Department of Transportation, the National Geodetic Survey and Leica Geosystems Inc., FSU provides...   Download article (688K)
  
  
• Professional Surveyor Magazine (September 2006) - Maine Bridge Construction Project Presents Special Challenges for Surveyors.  The southeast coast of Maine is not the easiest environment for a large-scale engineering project like building a cable-stayed bridge.  The warm-weather season is short. The long winter season is brutal, with short hours of daylight, high winds, sub-zero temperatures and blinding snow, sleet and frozen rain...   Download article (4.4 MB)
  
  
• The American Surveyor (Summer 2006) - Surveying at the Utah State Capitol Dome.  It was a dark November evening; it was snowing, and our survey crew was more than 200-feet in the air atop the Utah State Capitol Dome, freezing. David Evans and Associates, Inc. (DEA) had been contracted to provide as-built drawings for the restoration of the historic capitol dome...  Download article (740K)
  
  
• Site Prep Magazine (July 2006) - Working in a Machine-Controlled World.  "If you got rid of your GPS-controlled excavation equipment, I would quit and go to work for someone who had it." This was the tongue-in-cheek comment a senior equipment operator made to Dave Van Vactor, founder of Van Vactor Construction...   
  
  
• Professional Surveyor Magazine (July 2006) - 3D Scanning: Latest Trends Part 2.  This is Part 2 of a two-part series examining the latest trends in high-definition surveying. The goal of this series is to provide current information to professionals who are closely watching this technology...   Download article (1MB)

April - June 2006

• Professional Surveyor Magazine (June 2006) - 3D Scanning: Latest Trends Part 1.  Today, many professionals are following the progress of laser scanning technology. Those who haven't yest invested in it are looking for indicators tht tell them either to continue to stay on the sidelines or to enter the technology one way or another...  Download article (752K)
  
  
• POB (May 2006) - Positioned For the Future.  Keeping a watch on the entire U.S. Coastline is a job of high order, one that defense and aerospace leader Raytheon has been overseeing since 1993 through its Relocatable Over-the-Horizon Radar (ROTHR) sites...  Open Article in New Window 
  
  
• Professional Surveyor Magazine (April 2006) - 3D Scanning: Asset Management.  Many professionals quickly associate laser scanning with creating as-builts for use by engineers or designers. However, scanning is used successfully in all stages of an asset's lifecycle...  Download article (1.5MB)
  
  
• The American Surveyor (April 2006) - Robots Survey Dulles Tunnels: Automatic Deformation Monitoring.  Safety of structures, equipment and - most importantly - people working in and around the hole are paramount considerations for any large-scale below-ground excavation or tunneling project...  Download article (1.8MB)
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  Kerville's Moving Dirt Mgazine (April 2006) - Operator Friendliness is the Key: A review of Leica Geosystems Digger 3D Machine Control System for Excavators.  The question "Is that all there is to it?" sums up the surprised reaction by many other operators on the site, who've been coming over to (look) inside Clay Badenoch's excavator cab...  Download article (370Kb)
  
  
• Bridges (March/April 2006) - Sunshine Skyway Bridge: Structural Health Monitoring Using GPS.  Monitoring the health of bridges, dams, buildings, and other structures has evolved into an interesting mix of "cutting edge" and "tried and true" technologies. The used of automated sensors, providing virtually real-time  information...  Download article (1.5MB)

• Professional Surveyor Magazine (February 2006) - Surface Coal Mining Using a GPS Reference Station Network.  Increasing demand for high BTU coal has many coal companies considering opening new surface pit mines and reopening surface pits that have lain dormant for years...  Download article (1.7MB)
  
  
• Professional Surveyor Magazine (February 2006) - High Definition Scanning: Uses of Scanning in Construction and Fabrication.  Many professionals are aware of the beneficial use of laser scanning for creating as-builts for use by engineers or designers. However, scanning is used successfully in all stages of a capital asset's lifecycle...  Download article (1.9MB)
  
  
• Professional Surveyor Magazine (January 2006) - High Definition Scanning: Profitable Uses for Marketing Proposals.  High-definition surveying has had a direct, positive, and profitable impact in the proposal stage of many projects, including plant, civil, and architectural projects.  Moreover, this is a rapidly growing use of the technology...  Download article (2MB)
  
  
• Australian Journal of Mining (January/February 2006) - Anglo Automates Dawson Mine.  Leica Geosystems recently spent three months rolling out an automated fleet management system at Anglo Coal's 7mtpa Dawson mine in Queensland.  Well accepted by operators, the new system has boosted productivity...  Download article (3.3MB)

• New Technology Magazine (December 2005) - No Trespassing.  Seismic field operations are at the forefront of the exploration process, and seismic surveyors are often the first individuals on the ground, long before the seismic data are acquired and the well is ever drilled...  Download article (3MB)
  
  
• Professional Surveyor Magazine (November 2005) - High Definition Scanning: Forensic and Damage Assessment Surveys.  Fundamentally, forensic and damage assessment projects are almost a perfect fit for  high-definition surveying technology...   Download article (1.1MB)
  
  
• Professional Surveyor Magazine (October 2005) - High Definition Scanning: Standard Twenty-Foot Cross-Sections? No Problem!{RDhref+}nbsp; One of the most intriguing aspects of high-definition surveying or 3D laser scanning is its "high definition" or "better information" aspect...  Download article (1.6MB)

• Heavy Equipment Guide (September 2005) - Slipforming Concrete in a Tunnel.  The Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) connects teh centre of London to the Channel Tunnel and Europe.  There are three major tunnel contracts to take the new high-speed line under east London...  Download article (6.7MB)
  
  
• Professional Surveyor Magazine (August 2005) - High Definition Scanning: Let Your Scanner Do the Walking and Notetaking.  If you calculate how much time is spent during a typical survey day with a traditional instrument actually taking measurements of the points of interest, the result may surprise you...  Download article (1.1MB)
  
  
• P.O.B. (August 2005) - Surveying and GIS Come Together for New Jersey Township.  The town of Westfield, NJ, is like many other small municipalities; it has stretched resources and limited budget to provide essential services for its residents...  Download article (212KB)
  
  
• Professional Surveyor Magazine (July 2005) - High-Definition Surveying: Registration an Geo-referencing.  There is sometimes confusion about the terms "registration" and "geo-referencing," so let's first clarify them...  Download article (2MB)

April - June 2005

• Professional Surveyor Magazine (June 2005) - High-Definition Surveying: Uses in Building and Architectural Surveys.  The use of high-definition surveying/laser scanning for various types of building and architectural surveys is becoming more mainstream everyday...   Download article (2.2MB)
  
  
• Professional Surveyor Magazine (April 2005) - High-Definition Surveying: Uses in Transportation.  The use of high-definition surveying/laser scanning for transportation-related projects is one of the "sweet spots" for this technology...   Download article (2.2MB)

• Professional Surveyor Magazine (March 2005) - The Michigan Spatial Reference Network.  A meeting was put together with all of the State Of Michigan agencies that require geospatial data as well as the selected vendor, Leica Geosystems, to formulate a plan that would satisfy all of the requirements of a state-of-the-art reference network...   Download article (2.2MB)
  
  
• Professional Surveyor Magazine (March 2005) - High-Definition Surveying: Laser Scanning Capability: Ways to Get There.  At some point, key individuals within an agency or firm may reach the conclusion that high-definition surveying technology can benefit their company...  Download article (1.7MB)
  
  
• P.O.B. (February 2005) - No Longer Divided.  Ever since GPS was introduced and implemented into the world of surveying experts have predicted the blending of conventional survey instruments with satellite positioning technology...   Download article (154KB)
  
  
• The American Surveyor (February 2005) - VROOM.  Leica robotic total station provides precise distance measurements in mega-horsepower tractor pulling contests...  Download article (700KB)
  
  
• The American Surveyor (January 2005) - Laser Scanning for Everyday Survey Work.  The successful use of laser scanning/high-definition surveying for industrial plant as-builts was well-documented when our company, METGO Services, first began to look into the technology...  Download article (776Kb)
  
  
• P.O.B. (January 2005) - Flying Over The Freeway.  With more than 79 million passengers departing and arriving each year, the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is one of the busiest airports in the world - and it's going to get busier. By 2015, airport representatives estimate the number of passengers will exceed 121 million...  Download article (206KB)
  
  
• Professional Surveyor (January 2005) - Laser Scanning Today: Another Tool in the Kit.  When 3D laser scanning was introduced in early 1998, many interesting commercial ideas arose on how to take advantage of the technology...   Download article (1.1MB)
  
  
• Concrete Construction (January 2005) - Paving Without String.  Stringless paving technology has been dreamed about for a long time. The first entrant in the U.S. market uses three Leica robotic total stations to guide the direction of travel and produce pavement within a hundredth of a foot of proper elevation...  Download article (6.7MB)