The California Surveyor - CLSA
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PRODUCT NEWS<br />
Motorola Introduces<br />
Sixgun Series of DGPS<br />
Receivers and Systems<br />
Scottsdale, Arizona-Motorola Government<br />
Electronics Group announces a new series<br />
of differential global positioning system<br />
(DGPS) receivers and systems. Designated<br />
the SixGun series, this product line comprises<br />
GPS receivers, controllers and data<br />
links in small, lightweight units.<br />
<strong>The</strong> SixGun series was developed<br />
to provide low cost GPS functionality<br />
for the system integrator, specifically for<br />
position reporting, tracking and<br />
differential applications.<br />
New DCP8 Navigational System<br />
introduced by Motorola<br />
Scottsdale Today, Motorola Government<br />
Electronics Group, introduced a new<br />
differential global positioning system<br />
(DGPS) designated Peregrine TM Marine<br />
Navigation System.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Peregrine System combines an integral<br />
GPS receiver with navigation and<br />
charting modes, for a powerful marine<br />
navigation tool. <strong>The</strong> system's navigation<br />
and charting modes use C-Map electronic<br />
chart cartridges, providing an extensive<br />
library of marine charts from around the<br />
world. <strong>The</strong> GPS receiver provides differential<br />
and autonomous modes for use in<br />
both precision and general navigation<br />
applications.<br />
For more information regarding the<br />
Peregrine System, call 1-800-235-9590<br />
or<br />
write P.O. Box 2606, Scottsdale, AZ 85252.<br />
Nikon Surveying<br />
Instruments Provide<br />
Faster Focusing,<br />
Top Optics,<br />
Long Battery Life<br />
Melville, New York, May 8 - <strong>Surveyor</strong>s will<br />
now be able to zero on targets faster and<br />
easier with a pair of Nikon surveying theodolites<br />
that offer a revolutionary focusing<br />
system, long battery life, top optical<br />
performance and extraordinary ease of<br />
use, according to the company.<br />
Nikon's NE-IOLA and NE-IOL theodolites<br />
come with world-renowned Nikon<br />
Extral Low Dispersion (ED) Glass linear<br />
telescopes, and use an exclusive focus<br />
mechanism to ensure faster, more<br />
accurate focusing at all distances down<br />
to O. 7 meters (2. 3 feet). <strong>The</strong> optical<br />
performance of the systems is unparalleled<br />
at any range.<br />
For more information on Nikon's<br />
NE-IOLA and NE-IOL theodolites,<br />
contact Nikon Inc., Instrument Croup,<br />
Surveying Department<br />
1300 Walt Whitman Road,<br />
Melville, New York 11747<br />
phone (800) 231-3577<br />
Trimble Announces<br />
Release of RINEX<br />
Conversion Program<br />
& Fast Static Surveying<br />
Sunnyvale, CA - May 8, 1992 - As a long<br />
time supporter of open standards, the<br />
Surveying and Mapping Products<br />
division of Trimble today released<br />
two Receiver-Independent Exchange<br />
Format (RINEX) Conversion Programs.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se programs convert geographic<br />
position data, recorded using the Global<br />
Positioning System (GPS), into and out<br />
of the RINEX format.<br />
Trimble Navigation has recently introduced<br />
two new Fast Static GPS Survey<br />
Systems. Fast Static surveying greatly<br />
reduces the time spent in the field collecting<br />
GPS data and in the office processing<br />
data, while producing baseline results with<br />
accuracies approaching those of conventional<br />
static surveys.<br />
Trimble Fast Static works with your<br />
current Trimble P-code GPS Survey Systems:<br />
the Geodetic <strong>Surveyor</strong> IIP and Geodesist<br />
P. This allows you to maintain your<br />
investment in these proven systems, while<br />
benefiting from increased productivity<br />
through the use of Fast Static surveying.<br />
For more information:<br />
contact Trimble Navigation<br />
645 North Mary Avenue,<br />
P.O. Box 3642, Sunnyvale, CA 94088-3642<br />
phone (408) 730-2900<br />
RBF Named in Top 500<br />
<strong>The</strong> consulting engineering and surveying<br />
firm Robert Bein, William Frost &<br />
Associates has been named among the<br />
Top 500 Design Firms by the Engineering<br />
News Record. In fact, ENR placed the<br />
Irvine, Calif.-based company in the top<br />
150, putting RBF in the elite company of<br />
some of the nation's largest design firms.<br />
Chief Executive Officer Robert W. Bein<br />
credited the firm's employees for making<br />
the achievement possible.<br />
"It's a great honor for a regional firm<br />
like RBF to be recognized among well<br />
known national firms," Bein said. "Its more<br />
proof that our people are among the most<br />
dedicated and talented professionals<br />
in the business."<br />
Robert Bein, William Frost & Associates<br />
was founded nearly 50 years ago and<br />
has grown into a multi-disciplinary firm<br />
with local offices in Irvine, Palm Desert,<br />
San Diego, Temecula and Sacramento,<br />
<strong>California</strong>, and Denver, Colorado. <strong>The</strong><br />
firm's services include planning,<br />
engineering and surveying services, as<br />
well as structural, electrical, mechanical<br />
and energy engineering; traffic and transportation<br />
planning and engineering; environmental<br />
services; professional video<br />
production; visual analysis and aerial<br />
photogrammetry; and global positioning<br />
satellite surveying.<br />
For more information, call RBF's Irvine<br />
offices at (714) 855-3600.<br />
Business Tools for<br />
<strong>Surveyor</strong>s<br />
Milton Denny of CED Technical Services<br />
ANNOUNCES the availability of the following<br />
items for the management of your survey or<br />
survey/engineering firm.<br />
Marketing Manual For <strong>Surveyor</strong>s:<br />
Available for $45 + $4<br />
Shipping & Handling.<br />
Marketing Brochure:<br />
Hazardous Waste Acronyms:<br />
Available for $4.50 + $.50<br />
Shipping & Handling.<br />
Business Forms:<br />
Delinquent account forms, carbonless<br />
forms, business stationery, business<br />
cards, Rolodex cards, resumes, layout<br />
and artwork, flyers, brochures, books,<br />
and other specialized printing orders<br />
can be tailored to your needs. Send for<br />
sample copy or price quote.<br />
For additional information:<br />
CED Technical Services<br />
P.O. Box 2242 Tuscaloosa,<br />
Alabama 35403<br />
Telephone: (205) 556-3147<br />
42 <strong>The</strong> <strong>California</strong> <strong>Surveyor</strong> Fall 1992