Trimble (CA, USA), in a cash transaction, is to acquire the privately held Pacific Crest Corporation (CA, USA). Financial terms have not been disclosed. Pacific Crest Corporation has two core...

In response to the increasing demand for reliable fixed GNSS reference station systems, Topcon (CA, USA) has introduced TopNET CORS, offering 24-hour satellite coverage with GPS+ for tracking of both...

Following extensive testing by compliance commissions, Pacific Crest Corporation’s (CA, USA) Positioning Data Link Low Power Base (PDLLPB) is approved for use in Korea and the Czech Republic. The PDLLPB...

Leica Geosystems (Switzerland) has launched GPS Spider v2.0, a modular software suite for controlling and operating single or multiple reference stations from a central location. This latest version includes the...

Leica Geosystems (Switzerland) has introduced SmartStation, the newest member of its TPS1200 product family, offering high-performance total station with fully integrated GPS functionality. All existing TPS1200 instruments can be easily...

The National Authority for Surveying and Cadastre in the Czech Republic issued a tender in April 2004 for the establishment of CZEPOS, a nation-wide network reference stations for RTK GPS....

Topcon (CA, USA) now offers a GIS module for the latest version of TopSURV. Operators using Topcon’s survey-grade RTK GPS systems for conventional land survey tasks can now use the...

Topcon (CA, USA) announces the availability of a new field computer - the FC-2000. It features a 400 MHz Intel X-scale processor, Windows CE.NET operating system, and built-in 128 MB...

Leica Geosystems AG (Switzerland) has announced a new Machine Navigation Sensor for precise dynamic GPS guidance of machines, the new Leica MNS1200. The Leica MNS1200 GPS Machine Navigation Sensor is...

In 2000, geodetic datum of Japan was shifted to the world datum (ITRF Coordinate System) and since the year 2002 authorised Electric Reference Stations (ERS) coordinates and their daily observation...