Leica Geosystems (Switzerland) has releases the DISTO A3 and DISTO A5, laser distance meters. The standard model, the Leica DISTO A5 measures up to 100m without any target plate, with...

Cyclone 5.4 software, to streamline workflows in the field and office for High-Definition Surveys, has been released. This was announced by Leica Geosystems HDS (CA, USA), the developer of this...

The Miage Glacier at Mont Blanc Massif, with an area totalling 11km2, is the third largest glacier in Italy. Time-space modelling of the lakebed and glacier walls carried out with...

Lidar and other 3D-terrain data are increasingly available and trusted but still generate unwieldy volumes of data. Established in 2004, Applied Imagery provides powerful and simple software tools for visualising,...

The first commercial nuclear power plant began generating electricity in Japan over thirty years ago. There are 55 reactors in seventeen plants currently in operation and one third of Japan’s...

The first commercial nuclear power plant began generating electricity in Japan over thirty years ago. There are 55 reactors in seventeen plants currently in operation and one third of Japan’s...

Sokkia (Japan) has extended its construction laser range with the introduction of the LP310 Leveling Laser. The LP310 is a self-levelling construction laser designed for long-range tasks, up to 600m...

The Board of Leica Geosystems AG (Switzerland) has announced a plan for a CHF 100m (US$ 77,117,747.62) share buyback of up to 10% of the capital of the company, to...

Looking through a telescope; sending and receiving electromagnetic waves through this telescope; taking pictures through this same telescope. And all through the same line-of-sight: co-axial. <i>I know what it is,...

Leica Geosystems (Switzerland) has introduced Leica ScanStation, a 3D laser scanner with four total station features: full Field-Of View (FOV); survey-grade dual-axis tilt compensation for traversing and re-sectioning; survey-grade accuracy...