The 2004 GIM International Product Survey on total stations (October issue, page 49) indicates how major manufacturers have begun to apply Bluetooth technology in their instruments. But what is Bluetooth?...

Leica Geosystems (Switzerland) has released version 7 of LISCAD Surveying & Engineering Software. LISCAD, designed for Microsoft Windows, is a complete field-to-finish system which interfaces with all popular surveying instrument...

ADW Software (Belgium) has appointed Western Latitudes (CO, USA) as exclusive Pythagoras distributor in North America. Western Latitudes will promote and sell Pythagoras in the USA. In addition to direct...

The subject of this Expert Group Meeting was the improvement of land tenure security through new legal frameworks and new and better tools. New land laws have recently come into...

Nearly a week before Hurricane Katrina slammed into Louisiana and Mississippi the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was making plans to map the damage that was sure to come. The...

A Web-sourced definition of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is “a written document executed by the parties which establishes policies or procedures of mutual concern. It does not require either party...

Is the moment coming when our GPS product survey will have to be renamed? Any new title should reflect the existence and use of GLONASS receivers, combined GLONASS/GPS receivers and...

You are, as a geomatics professional, working in one of the most rapidly growing areas of the world economy. Geomatics is all around us and there is loads of work...

The French Order of Chartered Surveyors (Ordre des Géomètres Experts) has set itself the objective of completing a GNSS network over the national territory. This network will allow positioning in...

Place the instrument on a tripod, level the bulbs and push the button and the display shows the present angles H+V. Angle measurement: <i>I know what it is, I know...