The Trimble® Municipal Reporter™ system is an easy-to-deploy electronic replacement for the traditional paper-based forms and checklists in use by many municipalities today, to identify, manage, resolve, and document issues. As a hosted and wireless solution, the Municipal Reporter system requires no IT infrastructure, is scalable to easily manage field workforces of any size, and offers a low-cost and low risk way to record important data necessary to resolve issues faster. The Trimble Municipal Reporter system version 1.20 is now available and includes the following enhancements: •    Co-Pilot Live Professional satellite navigation support provides turn-by-turn directions to a task or… Read More

The Trimble TrimPix™ Pro system gives you the ability to take high-resolution digital photographs with any SDHC compatible digital camera and immediately attribute them to GIS features in the field using your Trimble handheld. TrimPix Pro system version 2.10 includes: Support for Trimble GeoExplorer® 6000 series handhelds powered by the Windows Mobile® 6.5 operating system. 8 GB Eye-Fi Pro cards, an increase in size from previously supplied 4 GB cards at no extra cost, allowing you to store twice the data. If you already use the TrimPix Pro system you can easily upgrade for free by downloading and installing the… Read More

Trimble Business Center 2.50 for Survey includes the following new features and enhancements: Trimble VISION panoramic image processing and Google Earth export Trimble Survey Projects (.tspx) streamline workflows to Trimble Realworks 7.0 Drafting tools for annotations and plotting Enhanced GIS feature support and shapefile export Increased control over duplicate point merging on import Weighted average calculations for sideshots  

Trimble Access 2011.00 offers the following new features and enhancements: Store GPS positions via the internal GPS in the Trimble TSC3 or Trimble Tablet. Easily link images captured using a Trimble TSC3 or Trimble Tablet to a job, or a point in a job, without having to use a feature library. Display BMP and JPEG geo-referenced background image files in the map. The hatching of areas in a Shape file is now displayed in the map; highlighting more clearly features such as exclusion zones. (read more) Real-time Differential survey styles using a land-based broadcast are supported. Lock Survey Style files… Read More

Trimble RealWorks 7.0 software introduces exciting new features for spatial imaging customers such as Streamlined Workflows and Improved Interoperability. Some of the most significant new features in Trimble RealWorks 7.0 include: TSPX (Trimble Survey Project) file support, HASP (hardware-assisted software protection) licensing and E57 file format export TSPX (Trimble Survey Project) file support: You can now create a Trimble Survey Project in Trimble Business Center, perform network adjustment, and then open the project in Trimble RealWorks to continue with scan data processing. This workflow partners the advanced localization and control survey capabilities of Trimble Business Center with the power of… Read More

Long summer days…local strawberries in the shops…a rush on wellies – the festival season is upon us! With some of the largest events covering 300 acres and attracting audiences of around 60,000 visitors over several days, the build-up and site preparation of these festivals is key to the successful handling of artists, technical teams and visitors alike. Enter events and marketing specialists, EMO, a Birmingham based company run by Steve Hill from the world of event management, production and live music and David Andrews a marketing and events expert  with extensive strategic expertise acquired from a range of high profile… Read More

The swinglet CAM is a lightweight unmanned air vehicle (UAV) with a high resolution digital camera onboard for aerial photography & DTM modelling. It weighs 500grams, can cover a distance of 20km and doesn’t require a pilot’s license! You can apply the swinglet to a variety of Aerial photography or DTM modelling jobs – surveying, construction/infrastructure monitoring, forestry, archaeology, agricultural, wildlife monitoring, security, mapping or environmental projects, not to forget the obvious – your own aerial imagery. You can now view the latest in the KOREC KNOW HOW Webinar series and hear from KOREC’s Mapping Sales Consultants Andrew Blogg and… Read More

We now have a new date for the Advanced course on Trimble Survey Technology for Police Collision Investigation Officers. The two day course will take place on the 9th and 10th August at KOREC’s Huntingdon Location. The Advanced Course is aimed at the more experienced Collision Investigator and those required to provide a more technical management and operational survey role within a C.I. team. The course covers how to calibrate Total Station equipment and how to reconfigure equipment with new software and firmware updates. In addition delegates will learn how to use the VX total station for spatial imaging scans… Read More