NovAtel Components Used in First TPS with Integrated GPS

Sea Technology, Mar 2005

NovAtel Inc. (Calgary, Canada) recently announced that they have achieved another goal of their cooperative agreement with Leica Geosystems (Heerbrugg, Switzerland) with the announcement of Leica Geosystems' new SmartStation, considered the world's first high-performance total station (TPS) with an integrated global positioning system (GPS). The companies have been working on the joint development of new Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technologies since signing a cooperative agreement in 2002.

The Leica SmartStation utilizes NovAtePs GPS engine and antenna components, which are based on NovAtel's OEM4 and GPS-702 technology, in a new configuration offering terrestrial and satellite surveying from a common instrument.

For more information, visit www.novatel.com.

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