Institutional Affiliate of American Congress on Surveying - CLSA
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New Products<br />
"THE EDM WITH A VOICE"<br />
AGA Geodimeter, Inc., has introduced<br />
a new model EDM designed<br />
to bring a new standard <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
productivity to field surveying.<br />
A unique feature <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Geodimeter<br />
122 is Unicom, which transmits<br />
the operator's vocal instructi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
via the infra-red measuring light<br />
beam to the reflector rodpers<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Unlike the usual walkie-talkie setup,<br />
it leaves both hands free, requires<br />
no FCC license and suffers<br />
no interference from weather or<br />
competing communicati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
Also c<strong>on</strong>tributing to speed is<br />
Tracklight, a guide-light system<br />
mounted in the EDM's handle.<br />
As was Geodimeter 120, Geodimeter<br />
122 is equipped with direct<br />
output to Geodat data recorder<br />
and a vertical angle sensor.<br />
Another new feature is highprecisi<strong>on</strong><br />
mode, which gives arithmetic<br />
mean readings down to<br />
0.0001 meter. One opti<strong>on</strong>al functi<strong>on</strong><br />
is Remote Object Elevati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
With it the instrument shows the<br />
correct difference in height at each<br />
change <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> vertical angle.<br />
All <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the high-productivity<br />
features, except direct data output,<br />
are available as individual opti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
<strong>on</strong> the lower-cost, shorterrange<br />
Geodimeter 116 EDM.<br />
For more informati<strong>on</strong>, c<strong>on</strong>tact<br />
AGA Geodimeter, Inc., toll free<br />
800-772-2664.<br />
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COMPUTER GRAPHICS<br />
DIRECTORY<br />
The 1982 Computer Graphics<br />
Directory, covering suppliers <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
hardward, s<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>tware, systems and<br />
services, is announced by Stanley<br />
Klein, directory publisher, who is<br />
also pubhsher/editor <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> The Harvard<br />
Newsletter <strong>on</strong> Computer<br />
Graphics. The more than 100-page<br />
directory is aimed at computer<br />
graphics end users, systems integrators,<br />
and other pers<strong>on</strong> having<br />
an interest in the field.<br />
Organizati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the directory<br />
and format are intended to facilitate<br />
its use. A main secti<strong>on</strong> lists<br />
vendors alphabetically, giving<br />
such informati<strong>on</strong> as address,<br />
teleph<strong>on</strong>e number, pers<strong>on</strong> to c<strong>on</strong>tact,<br />
and a brief descripti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> that<br />
Page 12 The California Surveyor - Spring 1982<br />
company's overall products and<br />
services.<br />
A sec<strong>on</strong>d secti<strong>on</strong> Hsts the vendors<br />
under specific categories by<br />
products and services, type <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
technology employed, or applicati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
served.<br />
Other pages identify sp<strong>on</strong>sors <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
computer graphic seminars, c<strong>on</strong>ferences,<br />
courses, and technology<br />
and market research reports.<br />
Finally, an executive summary<br />
analyzes the computer graphics<br />
field based <strong>on</strong> informati<strong>on</strong><br />
garnered in the course <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> compihng<br />
the directory. Publicati<strong>on</strong> is<br />
scheduled for first quarter 1982.<br />
Price; $47.<br />
C<strong>on</strong>tact: Stanley Klein, (617)<br />
443-4671.<br />
D<br />
NEW THEODOLITES<br />
FROM LIETZ<br />
The Lietz Company has announced<br />
its new TM-20H digital<br />
reading theodoHte, featuring magnetically-damped<br />
automatic indexing<br />
for vertical angles. Horiz<strong>on</strong>tal<br />
and vertical circles are graduated<br />
to 1 ° with micrometer reading to<br />
20 sec<strong>on</strong>ds, and are viewed simultaneously.<br />
30x telescope and equal<br />
height standards are predrilled for<br />
easy EDM attachment. The<br />
TM-20H features upper and lower<br />
moti<strong>on</strong>s plus a circle positi<strong>on</strong>ing<br />
ring to permit presetting <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> any<br />
horiz<strong>on</strong>tal circle reading, an<br />
optical plummet in the upper<br />
alidade, universal joint clamps.<br />
and an illuminati<strong>on</strong> battery paclj^^<br />
for work at night.<br />
^ ^<br />
The Lietz Company also announced<br />
two other additi<strong>on</strong>s, the<br />
TS-6 and TS-20A. The scale-reading<br />
TS-6 measures horiz<strong>on</strong>tal and<br />
vertical angles directly to 1<br />
minute with estimati<strong>on</strong> to 6<br />
sec<strong>on</strong>ds. Horiz<strong>on</strong>tal and vertical<br />
readouts are viewed simultaneously<br />
through the microscope adjacent<br />
to the telescope. The TS-6<br />
features a magnetically damped<br />
"Rare Earth" compensator for<br />
automatic vertical circl indexing<br />
and a red indexing alert warns<br />
when the theodolite needs to be<br />
leveled. Equal height standards<br />
and 30x telescope are predrilled<br />
for easy attachment <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> EDM.<br />
The Lietz scale-reading TS-20A<br />
measures both horiz<strong>on</strong>tal and vertical<br />
angles directly to 1 minute<br />
with estimati<strong>on</strong> to 20 sec<strong>on</strong>ds.<br />
Microscope next to 30x telescope<br />
displays horiz<strong>on</strong>tal and vertical<br />
readouts simultaneously. Equal<br />
height standards and telescope are^<br />
predrilled for EDM attachmentf<br />
The TS-20A features upper and'<br />
lower moti<strong>on</strong>s, a horiz<strong>on</strong>tal circle<br />
positi<strong>on</strong>ing ring for presetting <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
any horiz<strong>on</strong>tal circle reading, optical<br />
plummet in the upper alidade<br />
and universal joint clamps.<br />
For additi<strong>on</strong>al informati<strong>on</strong>, c<strong>on</strong>tact<br />
K. Lantz, The Lietz Company,<br />
(913) 492-4990.<br />
•<br />
AGA SOFTWARE PROGRAM<br />
AGA Geodimeter, Inc., now <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fers<br />
s<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>tware to assist surveying<br />
operati<strong>on</strong>s in making the transiti<strong>on</strong><br />
to an automated fieid-to<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fice<br />
data system. Special s<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>tware<br />
packages are designed to<br />
work with the Geodat field recorder<br />
and existing field and <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fice<br />
equipment/procedures to eliminate<br />
time-c<strong>on</strong>suming and error-pr<strong>on</strong>e<br />
computati<strong>on</strong>s and data transfer<br />
methods.<br />
Older Geodimeter 112 and 120<br />
Electr<strong>on</strong>ic Distance Meters and<br />
the new Geodimeter 122 ("th^^<br />
EDM with a Voice") transfer data^^<br />
directly into the Geodat recorder<br />
and, for unlimited storage, to tape<br />
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