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Holy Caves in 3D +++ 600 Liters of Red and a GNSS system +++ The Subterranean World of Easter Island +++ A Stadium for Leica TPS1200 +++ Iowa DOT: Investment in the Future +++ Real Time GNSS Bridge Monitoring +++ Tunneldrive Scanning with Leica HDS6000 +++ One Hundred and One Hours
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- Holy Caves in 3D
Kiev Pechersk Lavra in Kiev, Ukraine is a unique monastery complex. In the course of its history it has been visited by over 43 million tourists from all parts of the world. It consists of an above-ground part (a complex of religious buildings) and an underground part (caves). A Leica ScanStation 2 and total stations now help preserve this UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- 600 Liters of Red and a GNSS system
When the French magazine “Paris Match” celebrated its 60th anniversary, it did so on a large scale. The weekly magazine with the slogan: “the weight of words, the effect of photos” is very influential. For this anniversary, the editorial staff, together with a glaciologist, decided to attract the public's attention to the melting of the icecaps by spelling out the letters “Paris Match” on Greenland's ice. A Leica GPS system was an essential tool during the expedition.
- The Subterranean World of Easter Island
Lost in the vastness of the South Pacific, a unique island rises out of the ocean. The inhabitants call it “Rapa Nui”. The European “discoverer” who sighted the island lying thousands of kilometers away from the nearest continent, or even another island, on Easter Sunday in the year 1722, several hundred years after the Polynesians, rather unimaginatively named it Easter Island. Milosch Dryjanski journeyed there with his team of speleologists and three Leica DISTO™ laser distance meters to unlock some of Easter Island's subterranean secrets.
- A Stadium for Leica TPS1200
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim was the surprise of the German soccer season 2008: It only took a few years for the team from Sinsheim, a small town near Heidelberg, to make it into Germany's top soccer league, the Bundesliga. And now, with the opening of the Rhein-Neckar Arena at the beginning of 2009, the club has a new home stadium. The enthusiasm in the region for the Bundesliga's newly promoted TSG 1899 Hoffenheim is as high as it has ever been. The surveyors for engineering consultants Kieser + Dr. Neureither who were commissioned with the work for the new stadium, were also filled with enthusiasm.
- Iowa DOT: Investment in the Future
The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) recently implemented one of the world’s largest DOT-owned statewide networks of GNSS Continuously Operating Reference Stations. Called the Iowa Real Time Network IaRTN, this statewide network provides authorized public and private users near-instantaneous GPS satellite corrections for accurate and precise positioning anywhere in the state.
- Real Time GNSS Bridge Monitoring
The French surveying company 3GE worked hand in hand with Leica Geosystems to install the first GNSS automatic monitoring systems in France on two exceptional bridges: the Tancarville Bridge and the Normandy Bridge.
- Tunneldrive Scanning with Leica HDS6000
3D laser scanning has become established in many applications over recent years due to its potential for rapid, non-contact data capture at a high scanning density. That this process can also be used successfully for the investigation of deformations of large surfaces is demonstrated by a research project at the Technical University Munich, Germany (TUM). The Leica HDS6000 laser scanner proved to be a success when scanning the area around the working face of an extension tunnel to the underground railway system in Stuttgart.
- One Hundred and One Hours
In a world where there is no such thing as absolute stability, movement is an ever present phenomenon. How much something moves and when, is of different importance to different people. One aspect of movement that we take for granted is the adequate, reliable and safe provision of transport infrastructure.
- Olympic High Speed
Due to great economic growth and social development, the People’s Republic of China is rapidly expanding its railway network. The great speed of growth demands quick work: The longterm plan of the MOR (Ministry of Railways) is to expand the network from the current 75,000 to 100,000 km by the year 2020. To increase capacity, both passenger and freight lines are being developed, however, freight and passenger transports are separated. The plan is for around 50 % of the total network to be doubletracked and electrified and for the network to conform to modern standards in terms of quality and comfort. The construction plan also features high-speed lines – including the 114 km section between Beijing and Tianjin, linking a venue of the Olympic sailing competition with the Olympic metropolis Beijing, which went into operation on schedule for the Olympic Games 2008 after some three and a half years of construction.
- Automating Grader Control to Maximize Efficiency
Grading contractor Bernie Schmidtlein recently invested in an automated grader control system, and he’s glad he did. Last spring Schmidtlein used the system – a Leica PowerGrade 3D system – on its first project: a Home Depot warehouse in Topeka, Kansas. |
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