Published Articles 2008

• 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.

• POB (August 2008) - Going Mobile RTK GNSS system helps a junior company get established in the canadian arctic with the Leica GPS900. 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