GIS and GPS have become vital tools for foresters to manage anything from infrastructure, to harvesting, disease monitoring and maintenance to name but a few. Forestry and Timber News (the member’s magazine for Confor) will be using its April and June issues to look at some of the survey/mapping equipment that’s making an impact on the industry. The June issue will feature a KOREC written article on GPS and UAV’s using Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development’s (DARD) Forest Service as a useful example of how this technology can be made to deliver.

The latest edition of GeoConnexion is out now and features two articles from KOREC. Our Operations Director, Oliver Brooks, is a regular contributor with his  ‘Modern Surveying‘ column and this month looks at the subject of smart metering. Not to be outone, KOREC’s Mapping and GIS Consultant, Martyn Palmer, identifies the data capture challenges facing the Utilities and offers up a few solutions incuding Intelligent Trench’s RFID technology and Cloud Computing. The full article can be read online at www.geoconnexion.com  

Entitled New Approaches for our Changing World, this year’s Esri conference will be held at the Hilton London Metropole on Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th May. 2011 will see three extra ‘KOREC’ reasons to visit this hugely popular event! 1. Hear KOREC’s Mapping Solutions Consultant, Richard Gauchwin, outline the business case for using professional GNSS equipment for GIS data capture and maintenance. First covering the basics on GNSS, he will then move on to the essential elements necessary when compiling a business case for professional GNSS equipment and will provide key examples of where GNSS and GIS has exhibited clear… Read More

The latest issue of Trimble’s survey magazine, Technology and More, features one of the most interesting stories that KOREC has covered lately…..English Heritage’s recent survey of Stonehenge. What did the survey reveal? Visit http://www.trimble.com/technologyandmore/i1-2011/ to find out. Many thanks to Trevor Pearson and his team at English Heritage for supplying the information

We are delighted to announce that our new look survey newsletter, Synchronize, has been hitting desks this week. Covering the latest Trimble launches, customer stories, advice from Technical Support and our new ‘Ten Minute Interview’ slot, Synchronize is available as a printed newsletter or as a pdf. Please contact marketing@korecgroup.com if you’d like a copy.

Once again, Colin Powell and Matthew Lock of KOREC will be on-hand for the full three days of this conference, showcasing Trimble’s market leading ‘Integrated Surveying Solution’ for Police Accident Investigators – Trimble’s S6 Robotic Total Station and R8 GNSS. Also up for inspection is Trimble’s VX Spatial Imaging Solution offering scanning with integrated video to capture the shape, detail and precise coordinates of all aspects of collision investigation. Additionally, just next door to us will be Visual Statement, a Trimble Company specialising in the supply of Accident/Crime Scene Reconstruction software. The conference is being held at Hinckley Island Hotel… Read More