Articles by Geoff Norris

A team of Scottish archaeological surveyors have used laser scanning technology to virtually uncover early settlements on Orkney that date back more than 5,000. [more]

Leica Geosystems has called on surveyors, engineers and construction industry professionals to submit entries to their High Definition Surveying (HDS) Innovation Award 2012, which seeks to recognise innovative and advancing uses of Leica surveying equipment. [more]

The speaker agenda for the Hexagon 2012 International Conference has been officially released, and includes representatives from some of the most influential and important companies that use precision measuring and surveying equipment. [more]

Leica Geosystems’ new DISTO™ X310 laser distance meter has become the brand's latest distance meter to be IP65 certified as dust tight and jet water protected. [more]

The third annual Geotechnical Instrumentation and Monitoring (GIM) conference and workshop is being staged in London later this month, welcoming some of the world’s most important developers of measuring and surveying equipment. [more]

The world famous Smithsonian museum is exploring the possibility of carrying out laser scans of its precious collection of artefacts in order to make them virtually available to the public. [more]

The exterior of the historic Sun Temple at Konark in India is to undergo a comprehensive 3D laser survey, as part of an intensive conservation project of India’s most important heritage sites and rare monuments. [more]

The European Commission is supporting the development of GPS-reliant technology and applications through the European GNSS Simulation and Testing Tools Infrastructure (GSTI). [more]

Space for exhibitors at GEO-12, the UK’s only geospatial trade exhibition, is being snapped up quickly, with the 21-22 March event expected to sell out soon. [more]

Researchers from the University of Ulster have used GPS equipment and mapping technology to create a comprehensive, 3D, fully-annotated map of Northern Ireland’s ‘Troubles’. [more]

The security of GNSS networks and equipment will be the main subject of discussion at the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit 2012 in March, which is seen by many as Europe's leading event for the geospatial navigation and measuring industry. [more]

An important test of some of the first launched Galileo satellites has seen the successful reception of triple-frequency signals from the craft, marking an important step in the establishing of the European equivalent to GPS. [more]

Construction and industrial equipment professionals are preparing for the 2012 Executive Hire Show, where Leica Geosystems has already been shortlisted for a prestigious innovation award. [more]

A comprehensive series of airborne GPS-guided surveying missions have allowed scientist to piece together a map of what the continent of Antarctica would look like without its ice. [more]

The Top 100 Products Awards from Construction Equipment Magazine (CEM) have rated the Leica SP Technology as one of the most important advancements in construction industry technology this year. [more]

The Digital Past 2012 conference has been set to take place on 22-23 February next year, highlighting developments in the surveying equipment technology and techniques being used by archaeologists exploring the heritage of Wales. [more]

The underwater capabilities of Leica Geosystems' PowerDigger 3D GPS machine control system have been highlighted in a project that allowed excavators a perfect view of an underwater environment from the perfectly dry environment of the operator's cab. [more]

Scottish architects have been using drone-mounted surveying equipment to carry out a thorough assessment of the integrity of the historic Stirling Bridge. [more]

Leica CloudWorx for Revit, the eagerly-awaited plug-in software that will speed up the processing of 'as-built' laser scan point cloud data into building information models (BIM), is being unveiled for the first time this week. [more]

When scientists Till Wagner and Nick Toberg needed a total station to take with them on an ice-surveying expedition to the Arctic, they turned to Opti-cal Survey Equipment Ltd for some advice on what to take. [more]

A German surveying firm has been using a range of different pieces of Leica Geosystems surveying equipment to asses the subsidence damage caused to a Black Forest town by failed geothermal borehole drilling. [more]

New radio modems are being launched by Leica Geosystems to enhance the in-field capabilities of its Leica Viva range of controllers, rovers and receivers. [more]

Users of Leica Geosystems' surveying equipment are soon to have a new facility available to them that will offer a secure, seamless and instant two-way wireless information transfer between the field and office. [more]

Leica Geosystems is to play an integral role in establishing a network of reference stations in the Eastern European nation of Kosovo, eliminating the last 'white spot' on the map of the National Reference Network Services in Europe. [more]

Locata Corporation has announced that it is to unveil the world’s first GPS-style indoor positioning technology. [more]

The Bulgarian Association of Geotechnical and Tunnel Construction will welcome surveyors and engineers from all over the world to Sofia next month, as part of a conference to look at how the country can deal with future tunnel building projects. [more]

The Leica mojo3D guidance display now offers a new high-accuracy upgrade option, the Leica mojoXact, which will give the equipment RTK positioning with the brand's patented terrain compensation feature. [more]

A new version of Leica Geosystems' Spider software suite has been launched, which introduces full GPS & GLONASS satellite correction signals that work with the recently altered RTCM v3 international standard for network RTK (MAC). [more]

A network of more than 1,000 GPS receivers across Japan and Taiwan have come up with new information on the March 11 earthquake that gives renewed hope of developing a form of early tsunami warning system. [more]

The airborne surveying capabilities offered by Leica Geosystems' Flight & Sensor Control Management System (FCMS) have just taken another step forward, with the launch of the new version 3.34 of the software. [more]

Farmers who provide the crops needed for Britain's robust beer and ale industry are being encouraged to use GPS equipment when laying out and fertilising their crops, in a bid to bring down the environmental impact of the industry. [more]

Land surveyors in Australia are being sought by the Australian national yachting organisation, Yachting Australia (YA), to help them with the official measuring of yachts for the ORCi rating system. [more]

Nepal has launched a two-year long surveying project aimed at settling the debate over the true height of Mount Everest once and for all. [more]

The British commission of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) - known as Commission V - is to hold a conference in York in August, to examine the role of close-range sensing in cultural heritage data acquisition and processing. [more]

Not to be left behind in the tablet computer revolution, Leica Geosystems has released its own pioneering new tablet computer, the CS25, which is said to be able to transport a user's office right out into the field with them. [more]

Renowned ship builders in Northern Germany have describe the role of the instruments of Leica Geosystems in their work as having found "partners who have never once disappointed us." [more]

Leica Geosystems is holding its annual High Definition Surveying (HDS) User Symposium in Coventry on Tuesday, 12 July, providing a forum for UK-based users of its surveying equipment to share their experiences and knowledge, while recognising pioneers of high definition surveying. [more]

The new Leica Geosystems ScanStation C5 Laser Scanner is a compact and scalable addition to the brand's portfolio of surveying equipment, that provides the renowned Leica quality scan data at a significantly reduced cost of scanner ownership. [more]

GPS stations could be used to detect illegal and secret nuclear tests, US researchers have said. [more]

Scientists plan to attach GPS trackers to cuckoos in order to find out more about their migration habits. [more]

The use of GPS-operated machine control and mining machinery tracking systems - such as those made by Leica Geosystems - has been proven to cut both fuel consumption and operational costs of fleet machinery and vehicles. [more]

US geologists have begun using specialist survey equipment to map the location of the deepest water aquifers, as part of the Pennsylvania Topographic and Geologic Survey. [more]

Surveyors in the US have had to close off some traffic access across an 80-year-old dam in order to carry out a detailed survey of the enduring structure. [more]

The subjects and speakers for more than 50 presentations at June's Hexagon 2011 international surveying conference have been announced by the company. [more]

Australian surveyors have travelled to Turkey's Gallipoli Peninsula to use modern archaeological and surveying equipment to unlock some of the lost secrets of some of the most defining battles in the history of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC). [more]

Leica Geosystems has unveiled the latest enhancements to its Leica Flight Planning and Evaluation Software (FPES), aimed at making the system the most productive tool to use on cost-effective surveying flights. [more]

Leica Geosystems is hosting a seminar specifically targeted at police officers and scene of crime investigators to help them get the best possible results from surveying equipment at incident scenes. [more]

With the development of Galileo - Europe's alternative to the US-run GPS set up - gathering pace, prospective students are now being sought for the 2011 International Summer School on GNSS, which will be held in Germany this summer. [more]

Geotechnical specialists will convene in London this week for a national forum on the latest advances in surveying equipment. [more]

A major surveying project has been announced for the landmine-riddled African nation of Angola, to document all areas that still contain unexploded landmines and ordnance. [more]

Google has developed an advanced set-up combining surveying and photographic equipment that is mounted on to tricycles to help further the coverage of its Street View facility. [more]

A seminar is taking place this week in which some of the UK's top construction surveying experts will discuss the relevance and impact of Network RTK on the modern surveying landscape. [more]

Leica Geosystems has issued an international call for speakers for the Hexagon 2011 International Conference taking place in Florida in June. [more]

A study into personal and commercial use of GPS navigation systems has shown an international levelling in the growth rate. [more]

The London Borough of Enfield is seeking surveying firms to tender for a very specialist contract. [more]

Hexagon Metrology - the parent company of surveying equipment specialists, Leica Geosystems - is preparing for its first annual international conference on geospatial technology and surveying. [more]

More than 50 international companies involved in Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) surveying spheres have convened on New Orleans this week for the 11th annual International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF). [more]

Civic leaders in one of India's fastest-growing cities have set aside money in their draft budget to buy brand new surveying equipment in order to makes sure the development and mapping of the city happens as efficiently as possible. [more]

Equipment from Leica Geosystems and its parent company, Hexagon Metrology, is being used to make sure the mirrors for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) are produced to the highest possible degree of accuracy. [more]

Surveyors across the US are being urged to get out their GPS or GNSS equipment and take part in an event in March that will celebrate the whole surveying profession and kick off National Surveyors Week. [more]

India is joining the list of countries and continents developing their own alternatives to the US-developed GPS navigation system. [more]

The Arabian state of Qatar can boast one of the most advanced geographic information systems (GIS) in the world, thanks to the state development of a Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) network. [more]

An extensive GPS survey has been commissioned to define the highly-sensitive shared border between Cambodia and Vietnam. [more]

Surveyors have created a 3D simulation of a unique bat-filled lava tube cave in the far north of California, in order to monitor tectonic activity and allow people who cannot physically access the cave the chance to witness its wonders. [more]

Engineers from the far north-west of the USA used precision surveying equipment to eventually succeed in completing obstacle-ridden renovation work on the world's third longest floating bridge. [more]

Recently there has been a high degree of interest in the construction of vertical towers and iconic buildings which present significant challenges from a surveying point of view. Leica Geosystems have developed surveying equipment which step up to these challenges. [more]

Seven divisions of the Jamia Nagar area of the Indian city of New Delhi are to undergo official aerial surveying through the use of total stations, as land surveying of them has been deemed to be impossible. [more]

Leica Geosystems has expanded the coverage of its SmartNet GNSS network into Bulgaria, giving construction and surveying professional in the Eastern European country the benefit of the network's advanced infrastructure and services. [more]

The world's longest rail tunnel has been carefully cut through the Swiss Alps, with Leica Goesystems instruments proving essential for every step of the proceedings. [more]

Two satellites have taken position to embark on the most detailed 3D survey of the earth's surface in history. [more]

The Leica Viva TS15 is the brand new robotic imaging total station from Leica Geosystems, that advances capturing and scanning capabilities for the one-person surveying operation beyond anything before it. [more]

A collective of Canadian surveyors are marking their 100th anniversary with a retrospective of the wildly varying surveying equipment their members have used over the years. [more]

Professionals in the geospatial surveying and digital mapping worlds are preparing to come together for the fourth annual Association for Geographic Information (AGI) GeoCommunity conference in Stratford-upon-Avon this month. [more]

L-3 Communications has been contracted to add advanced GPS systems to the US Army's field positioning equipment, which should enhance their long-distance surveying capabilities. [more]

Theatrical designers used theodolites and laser levels to survey the old Eurostar terminal at Waterloo Station in preparation for its use as a location for a pioneering new production of the classic children's novel, The Railway Children. [more]

Leading metrology and precision engineering companies have been displaying their technical and business capabilities at a mini-manufacturing exhibition at the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). [more]

Surveyors in the Welsh construction industry have expressed concern over the effects that drastic public funding cuts might have on the sector. [more]

Environmental scientists and teams of volunteers are using GPS surveying and locating equipment to track the movements of the turtle population of a Florida nature reserve. [more]

Two new antennae have been launched by Hemisphere GPS that the company says will aid surveying in particularly challenging environments. [more]

Infrared scanning and rooftop helicopter surveys were carried out on Pennsylvania State University buildings in order to check for moisture damage. [more]

Modern surveying equipment may make the processes and capabilities of construction much easier. Techniques used by the Romans to build a crucial aquaduct in France, however, show that with the right minds and creative application, even the most rudimentary of tools could create the greatest feats of engineering. [more]

Leica equipment has been incorporated into a complex surveying system being used on New York's biggest new subway extension programme. [more]

Leica surveying and laser measuring instruments have been crucial to the success of a recent major engineering project in Germany, in which a bypass had to be dug under a major railway line. [more]

A most up-to-date guide to all the construction industry equipment available across Europe has been published by the KHL Group. [more]

An American industrial publisher has announced the launch of a newly revised international online market place dealing in industrial laser measuring equipment and laser diodes. [more]

The world's brightest minds in the field of GPS surveying have pooled their advanced knowledge at an international symposium on the future of geospatial information science (GIS). [more]

A laser and GPS survey of a network of man-made caves underneath Nottingham is set to shed new light on dungeons that, according to legend, once hid Robin Hood. [more]

Students of a Dorset senior school have been given the chance to see whether they could make it as a successful construction surveyor. [more]

The advanced aerial surveying capabilities of Leica Geosystems have become even more powerful with the release of the newest version of its Leica Flight Planning & Evaluation Software (FPES). [more]

The building industry is showing tentative recovery after being decimated by the recession, new figures from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) have shown. [more]

Precision surveying and satellite mapping are proving crucial to the success of the new £280 million traffic tunnel under the River Tyne at Newcastle. [more]

The urban canyons of downtown New York City are to be surveyed this summer in major project using Leica's surveying technology. [more]

Leica has launched its Viva Uno as a simple and reliable handheld GNSS solution for centimetre surveying. [more]

A new PowerDigger 3D has been launched by Leica Geosystems, intended for use in excavating construction machines. [more]