Equipment and Software
Type of equipment used today Current hardware and software acquisition
Purchase to own is currently the preferred method of acquiring:
Moving toward SaaS
Survey data indicates that the geospatial industry is moving away from
purchasing software and toward the subscription model (software as a service).
88%
Hardware
equipment
79%
Field
software
24%
Respondents
who prefer to
subscribe to
field software
36%
Respondents
who prefer to
subscribe to
office software
75%
Office
software
41%
35%
Field data collector or computer
GNSS - survey/mapping rover receiver
GNSS - base station receiver
GNSS – handheld receiver
Robotic total station
Mechanical/conventional total station
Scanning-capable total station (Trimble SX10/SX12)
3D laser scanner
Mobile mapping system
Automated/real-time monitoring (with T4D)
Optical level or auto level
Electronic level or digital level
Electromagnetic locator (EML)
Theodolite
Ground penetrating radar (GPR)
UAS photogrammetry system
UAS LIDAR system
Handheld SLAM scanning system
Wearable/backpack SLAM scanning system
10%
52%
22%
15%
52%
29%
17%
57%
11%
25%
63%
6%
43%
54%
65%
89%
85%
*Figures rounded to whole numbers
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