Geospatial in the News

Yorkshire-based Tri-Tech needed to conduct regular measurements of a large Scotland rock quarry to determine the volume of overburden that their client, an earthwork contractor, stripped and moved. Trimble’s SX10 total station and R10 GNSS receiver enabled Tri-tech to conduct the needed measurements even during high winds and blowing snow.

Researchers and students in France want to immortalize the work of New Zealand soldiers who during World War I connected a network of abandoned chalk quarries to create a passage for allied soldiers to move underground. The researchers used the Trimble TX8, TX5, and Trimble RealWorks to capture a permanent digital record of the tunnels.

Tarrant Regional Water District in Fort Worth, Texas, developed a program that integrates survey data into its GIS in real-time to monitor the construction of 240km of pipeline. They used Trimble R8 GNSS receivers, Trimble Yuma 2 rugged tablets, Trimble Access survey field software, and Trimble VRS for the project.

Jarrod Black of Georgia-based Rochester & Associates used the cloud-based application Trimble Clarity to easily visualize and share three-dimensional point cloud data with clients, providing him with a just right tool he could use to satisfy a minimal requirement.

Frontier Precision Inc., a provider of surveying and mapping, offered Trimble R10 GNSS base/rover pairs to be used in a project by the University of Hawaii at Hilo for mapping lava flows.

Surveyor and engineer Rebecca Evans uses her skills, and Trimble solutions like the R8 and R10 receivers, for a construction rehabilitation project of Virginia’s Todd Lake Dam.

Trimble’s eCognition software was used in two large projects: (1) to identify and map the road network of Dubai over a 30-year period; (2) to distinguish every building and its roof type across more than 1,200 districts in Sri Lanka.

Surveyor and engineer Rebecca Evans uses her skills, and Trimble solutions like the R8 and R10 receivers, for a construction rehabilitation project of Virginia’s Todd Lake Dam.

Article about the Nikon-Trimble Operation Center, in Zao, Japan. The Joint venture between Trimble and Nikon focuses on geospatial solutions, which includes surveying instruments, software, related R&D, and more.

Trimble’s eCognition software was used in two large projects: (1) to identify and map the road network of Dubai over a 30-year period; (2) to distinguish every building and its roof type across more than 1,200 districts in Sri Lanka.

A scientist in Louisiana is using Trimble UX5 and eCognition OBIA technology to resolve the challenges of vegetation mapping coastal marshlands.

Using Trimble's software defined receiver for mobile devices, Colorado city collects and verifies data for park serving 107,000 residents. (See pg 13)

Woolpert uses geospatial solutions to locate and georeference underground utility lines in northern Ohio.

Trimble’s Jason Rossback explores the role of data in keeping pipeline infrastructure safe and sustainable; features Trimble Access Pipelines.

Trimble Geo 7X operates with Trimble’s TerraSync software is being used to streamline golf-course set-up and planning.

Trimble’s eCognition software was used in two large projects: (1) to identify and map the road network of Dubai over a 30-year period; (2) to distinguish every building and its roof type across more than 1,200 districts in Sri Lanka.

A Belgian design-build firm integrates a new class of surveying instrument into tram-link construction (Belgium SX10).

Woolpert uses geospatial solutions to locate and georeference underground utility lines in northern Ohio.

An unexpected discovery in the field helped Geomatikk Survey, a Norwegian survey company, shorten a powerline project from several days down to one and secure repeat business.

Trimble’s Locate 2 Protect (L2P) tracking technology, which is built into the Trimble S-Series Total Station, enabled London police to recover more than 30 stolen survey instruments.

Chad McFadden’s article on Washington State Patrol’s use of Trimble’s forensic solution.

The US National Park Service worked with Trimble and Frontier Precision to determine which buildings on Alaska’s Kennecott Mill site should be stabilized and rehabilitated. They used Trimble SX10, TX8 and TBC software to produce comprehensive data and imagery.

Midway through a large and complex transportation project, a team of Belgium surveyors adopted the Trimble SX10 total station and were able to fix problems with traditional equipment while finding additional benefits.

Using a number of Trimble technologies, including the SX10 and Trimble software, Star Survey was able to quickly and accurately gather data on more than 900 buildings for a project in Changchun, China, to maintain and improve city structures.

German engineering and surveying consultancy SAK was tasked with surveying the Alzkanal in Bavaria before and after canal renovation work. SAK credited their success on the project to being able to blend multiple Trimble technologies (UAS, scanning, GNSS and total stations) into one single solution.

Midway through a large and complex transportation project, a team of Belgium surveyors adopted the Trimble SX10 total station and were able to fix problems with traditional equipment while finding additional benefits.

Surveyor and engineer Rebecca Evans uses her skills, and Trimble solutions like the R8 and R10 receivers, for a construction rehabilitation project of Virginia’s Todd Lake Dam.

Trimble R5 GNSS receivers, a Trimble TSC3 controller and Trimble Business Center software were used to capture details on the Saqsaywaman ruins in Peru in an effort to understand the role and effects of water on the land and structures of Saqsaywaman.

Boris' third installment on Trimble Business Center: Cloud-based computing offers advantages in speed and cost. Desktop software is adapting to leverage the benefits.