GPS900 – a simple SmartRover For surveyors new to Leica GNSS products, the slightly dated but nevertheless capable GPS900 SmartRover is a simple tool for quickly surveying or staking out points. Fuelled by SmartNet and equally as accurate as a 1200 or Viva, the scaled-down SmartWorx interface is more user-friendly and requires less training to get up and running. All...
Bruce Ford
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Smart RINEX – saint or sinner?
Smart RINEX – saint or sinner? Those that attended Leica’s GeoWorld 10 Roadshow in late 2010 would have been introduced to “SmartRINEX”. This is “an additional service to SmartNet subscribers” which is a “RINEX download facility from the SmartNet web site”. “Once you have registered, users have the ability to download all SmartRINEX data that they need in OSGB36”. Although... -
Lost the Bluetooth on your GPS SmartRover?
Lost the Bluetooth on your GPS SmartRover? Like all Bluetooth devices, sometimes the pairing breaks between the controller and antenna, or your mobile phone for the internet; the BT light on the antenna turns green, and you lose the ‘wagon wheel’ on screen. The faster way we’ve found to regain said connection, if ‘searching’ for the antenna says “No antenna... -
TCR705 data download – Easting & Northing are 0!
TCR705 data download – Easting & Northing are 0! If you have ever downloaded 700 data, and found your E/N’s as zero, fear not. Simply follow these notes to check and if necessary change your export settings. . -
EGNOS
EGNOS any use? Yea it is; for those jobs that require less than full RTK levels of precision (10/20mm), there are several handheld GNSS combinations on offer, all of which are EGNOS enabled. In survey terms, a simple single-frequency handheld can achieve 300-500mm in plan – not bad for a free correction service! Practically, the antenna needs to be south...