New Trimble GNSS firmware, version 4.70, is available for all Survey GNSS receivers listed below: Trimble R10 Trimble R8 Model 3 Trimble R6 Model 3 Trimble R4 Model 2 Trimble R7 Model 2 (GNSS) Trimble R5 Version 4.70 includes the following enhancements: Expanded coverage for the Trimble xFill feature in the Trimble R10 New OmniSTAR satellite beams added to the Trimble R7 Trimble R10 OmniSTAR support Now using EGM95 as default Geoid Model, replacing the DMA 10 x 10 model

The new version 2.81 advances the capabilities of surveying offices with key new functionality, including: NEW! SketchUp File Support – Import and export SketchUp.skp files Trimble R10 – easily import raw GNSS data for post-processing from the new Trimble R10 receiver using “drag and drop” or the Device Pane. Automatically assure the quality of stored tilt errors for RTK and PPK measurements. Review and edit xFill observations together with traditional RTK vectors. Customer Preview: new look and feel – quickly access both the most commonly used commands and new commands from the new ribbon menus.  A link on the Start… Read More

Trimble Access is a field solution that enables wireless connectivity between the project team members to expedite data collection, processing, analysis, and project information delivery through improved workflows, collaboration and control. Trimble recently announced the latest version of the software, 2012.20, which was brought out alongside business centre 2.81 to support the R10 GNSS receiver. The complete solution speeds both typical and specialized surveying tasks, and enables easy and fast two-way information sharing between the field survey crew and the office. Surveys can be completed faster with less time spent traveling back and forth to the office. Management and field… Read More

Released to offer customer’s easy access to the applications required for their specific business needs, FARO has launched the new 3D AppStore. Companies can save money, by investing in the applications they truly need instead of having to buy complete software packages. The new 3D AppStore is also open for third party software providers: companies developing Apps for laser scan management and processing can use the FARO 3D AppStore as an additional channel to market their Apps and reach a larger base of potential customers. All Apps are tested and approved by the FARO Team before being made available in… Read More

Trimble® GPS Pathfinder® ProXRT receiver firmware version 4.44 is now available.  Improvements include: • Positions initialize faster and more readily at greater ranges than with previous versions. • Under tree canopy, GPS signals may be heavily attenuated. In this environment, firmware 4. 44 performs better than previous versions. • Better OmniSTAR™ wide-area differential GPS service performance, particularly VBS positioning under canopy. To download the firmware update, visit the Trimble support site

Trimble recently announced the release of its next generation of Trimble® TerraSync™ software. Version 5.41 suitable for the latest Juno 5 and the Geo 5 handheld devices. TerraSync software is used by utilities, public sector, natural resources, and many other organizations worldwide as a key component of enterprise Geographic Information System (GIS) data collection and asset management projects. The latest release focuses on updates requested by users to address their changing needs.   Key updates in the TerraSync software include: •    The speed of the camera application for portrait mode has now been improved on the Juno 5 (v5.41) •   … Read More

Trimble® GPS Pathfinder® Office software is a powerful and easy-to-use software package of GNSS postprocessing tools. Incorporating Trimble® DeltaPhase™ differential correction technology the software is designed to develop GIS information that is consistent, reliable, and accurate from GNSS data collected in the field. Postprocessing with Trimble GPS Pathfinder Office software significantly improves the autonomous accuracy of data collected in the field all the way down to centimetre (1 cm / 0.4 inch) level, depending on the environment and the GNSS receiver. GPS Pathfinder Office software also includes the unique Integrity Index grading system, which ensures that GNSS field data is… Read More

In his regular column for Geo:Connexion, Oliver Brooks uses this month’s issue to take a look at a new solution for Utility surveying, the Spar300. One of the most difficult tasks for the surveyor is measuring assets which are not visible.  Multiple setups using total stations and laser scanning allow the surveyor to change the field of view and consequently measure previously obscured features, but what about buried features such as pipes and cables? By bringing together Trimble GNSS positioning technology, RTK Network corrections for greater real-time accuracy, FieldSens technology (developed by Optimal Ranging), and Trimble Access, a compelling utility… Read More

The webinar is now available to view online, despite the best efforts of the Friday 13th I.T. Gremlins! Trimble VISION integrates calibrated digital cameras within Trimble total stations. In combination with Trimble Access field software, image and survey data are merged enhancing the surveyor’s productivity. Trimble Business Centre office software overlays survey data on the captured panoramic still images, enabling the surveyor to efficiently document features that were surveyed in the field. Trimble Business Centre also enables the surveyor to make terrestrial photogrammetric observations and compute point coordinates using the Trimble VISION images. This Trimble VISION photogrammetry enables measurement of… Read More

Did you know that Trimble Access has a developer kit (SDK) that is open to Trimble users allowing them to develop anything from specialized modules to basic useful everyday surveying tools, which are then available to you.  Here is a couple of the apps available now. SETTOP Level Me, developed by Al-Top Topografia, is a Trimble Access application that utilizes precision trigonometric leveling algorithms with a Total Station to determine elevations through observation, calculation and compensation. Obtain precise elevations using Trimble Total Stations. Determine elevations using a Level Loop workflow where your last foresight measurement is the first backsight measured…. Read More