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Vol.3 Issue 9: September 2008

	In this issue
	HDS: A Leap of Faith or Competitive Advantage During a Down Economy? Laser scanning technology leads to increased business as an engineering firm uses it to survey wastewater treatment plants Tracing the Evidence: High Definition Laser Scanning Aids Disaster Site Investigations Leica PowerDigger 3D: High-tech solution for pinpointing bucket location with GNSS Connecting the office to the field -- the "integrated jobsite" Leica Geosystems introduces the Leica FlexLine series of customizable total stations designed for flexibility and versatility Airborne Imaging’s pulse rate doubles with Leica Geosystems’ ALS50-II 2008 Leica Geosystems HDS World Wide HDS & Airborne User Conference


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HDS: A Leap of Faith or Competitive Advantage During a Down Economy?
Join us for a special web seminar on Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET. Mr. Kenneth Wong, executive editor of Cadalyst, will be moderating this presentation featuring Mr. Shane Lloyd, president of RLS Group. Mr. Lloyd will present the story of his company's forays into the groundbreaking world of HDS. After careful deliberation he decided to invest in the relatively new technology of high definition laser scanning. Now he is reaping huge profitable returns from directions that he did not foresee.
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Laser scanning technology leads to increased business as an engineering firm uses it to survey wastewater treatment plants
Surveyors such as Devin Drake realize that the unknown of each new assignment, particularly when the job requires upgrading or modifying existing infrastructure, can challenge measurement professionals with outdated coonstruction drawings, inaccurate maps, or questionable control measurements.
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Tracing the Evidence: High Definition Laser Scanning Aids Disaster Site Investigations
When catastrophe strikes -- especially in a highly populated area like Manhattan, NY -- rescue workers, city officials, police officers, fire fighters, onlookers and others throng to the spot, often knowingly and unknowingly altering the exact conditions of the site.
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Leica PowerDigger 3D: High-tech solution for pinpointing bucket location with GNSS
As the use of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) to survey and prepare work sites as well as precisely guide earthmoving operations becomes more commonplace, the technology is predictably increasing in sophistication to keep up with contractors’ challenges. One area that leading construction GNSS providers are focusing on is the development of systems specifically for excavators, arguably machines with the greatest total range of motion on a work site.
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Connecting the office to the field -- the "integrated jobsite"
Advances in communication will have an effect on the generation and transfer of job site information. But where are we and where are we headed? All of this is aimed at achieving what many are calling the “integrated job site,” an approach to real-time, two-way communication of data from field to office enabled by advances in communication technology.
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	Upcoming Events
	HDS Web Seminar October 2, 2008 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET Register now Structural Engineers Buildings Conference October 2-3, 2008 Atlanta, GA, USA Find out more HDS Basic Training October 6-10, 2008 San Ramon, CA, USA Find out more Fabtech International & AWS Welding Show 2008 October 6-8, 2008 Las Vegas, NV, USA Find out more 14th Annual NYS Highway and Public Works Expo October 15-17, 2008 Syracuse, NY, USA Find out more 2007 Leica Geosystems HDS World Wide HDS & Airborne User Conference October 26-29, 2008 San Ramon, CA, USA Find out more

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Leica Geosystems introduces the Leica FlexLine series of customizable total stations designed for flexibility and versatility
Easy-to-use and easy-to-learn total stations that offer a range of accuracy options and advanced features from Bluetooth to reflectorless functionality
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Airborne Imaging’s pulse rate doubles with Leica Geosystems’ ALS50-II
Airborne Imaging’s “pulse rates” just became a whole lot higher thanks to Leica Geosystems’ advanced ALS50-II Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) system. A leading provider of LiDAR imagery for Western Canada, Airborne Imaging purchased Leica Geosystems’ airborne ALS50-II to help launch a next-generation flight plan designed to elevate its LiDAR business.
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2008 Leica Geosystems HDS World Wide HDS & Airborne User Conference
Join Leica Geosystems on October 26 - October 29, 2008, in San Ramon, CA, for the 2008 Leica Geosystems HDS World Wide HDS & Airborne User Conference.
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