Survey E-Newsletter

Welcome to the latest issue of KOREC's Survey Division Newsletter, designed to keep you up to date with news from KOREC and Trimble. We bring you the latest news from KOREC, Trimble, this month's highlights include: 

• The launch of Trimble iScope
• Trimble Access
• New KOREC Training Schedule for 2009
• Special offers and the launch of our new Survey accessories catalogue

Thank you for your continued business,

Very Best Regards
Andrew Beckerson
Survey & GIS Mapping Sales Director

Trimble Access: Connect to a World of New Possibilities!

Trimble’s Survey Division is excited to introduce a fresh, new field and office productivity solution for surveyors: Trimble Access software is a field and office solution that improves collaboration and control for surveying teams through constant connectivity – a first for the surveying community.

Access Efficiency

Trimble Access brings field and office teams closer together by enabling data sharing and collaboration in a secure environment connected through the Internet. Surveys can be completed faster with less time spent travelling back and forth to the office. More With Trimble Access, all the files needed for a surveying job are securely shared and exchanged via the Trimble Connected Community in a secure, hosted environment without the need for extensive IT investments. Field and office files are automatically synchronized in near real time. This constant connectivity expedites data collection, processing, analysis, and delivery for optical, GNSS, and spatial imaging jobs.

Access Confidence

Tighter collaboration with the office improves quality assurance in the field. Using Trimble Access, job files are synchronized so project managers can quickly conduct initial quality assurance checks. Any additional work needed can be requested before teams leave the site. Fewer travel costs directly improve the bottom-line. Because they are in control of whom has access to data stored on the Trimble Connected Community, business managers can be confident that their valuable data is secure.

Access Your Potential

For typical tasks such as topographic surveys, control or setting out, Trimble Access offers powerful survey tools that enable surveyors to work through an interface familiar to users of Trimble Survey Controller™ software. This provides an easy transition from the familiar to the future. Empower your team with new, streamlined workflows in Trimble Access that simplify surveying tasks and improve field efficiencies. Now it is even easier to introduce new capabilities to any surveying team; crews can complete tasks step-by-step without having to master multiple software commands.

New KOREC Training Schedule for 2009 - Introductory Offer

We are pleased to announce the launch of our 2009 training schedule, with the introduction of a number of new courses. For the first time we now offer a comprehensive range of scheduled courses for GIS Mapping, as well as training for Trimble Business Centre and a course dedicated to Post Processing of Data for VRS Now users.

The scheduled courses will run in five locations, Paisley, Liverpool, Huntingdon, Belfast and Dublin. Our Trimble certified training team also offer bespoke courses at your own location that can be tailored to the specific needs of your team.

We are currently offering a 33% discount for all courses booked before the end of March, for more information please call 0845 603 1214 or visit:

www.korecgroup.com

Project News: KOREC wins second substantial Highways Agency order

KOREC is delighted to announce that it has won a second substantial order from the Highways Agency for the supply of surveying instruments.

The Highways Agency, which is responsible for England's motorways and major A roads, has invested an additional £600,000 in total station and GPS receivers. KOREC was approached by the Highways Agency to tender for Trimble S6 DR (Direct Reflex) Total Stations and Trimble R8 GNSS receivers which will be used by Police Collision Investigation Units across the country as part of the Highways Agency's heavy investment to ensure that Police Forces are equipped to carry out their survey work quickly and accurately with minimum road closure time.

For the full story and other news items see the news section of our website.

Synchronize KOREC's Survey Newsletter now online

Synchronize, KOREC’s own newsletter specifically written for surveyors, is now available online. The winter issue is packed full of features, including how Thames Water are using GPS technology to manage London’s Victorian sewage network, a focus on the Trimble S8 Total Station and a report on how Trimble’s innovative spatial imaging solution the Trimble VX is being used as part of a redevelopment project for Bristol’s Old Vic theatre.

To download your own copy of the newsletter please visit the Resources section of our website

February Special Offers & New Catalogue

Why not take advantage of our fantastic range of special offers by visiting www.korecgroup.com. This month we are offering the Spectra LL300 Automatic Laser Kit including sensor, tripod and staff at £595 giving a saving of over £200, plus a range of savings on survey accessories such as survey books, reflective targets, tripods and staffs.

The KOREC Direct website also has a range of reconditioned equipment for sale at great prices. We are also please to announce the launch of the first KOREC catalogue for 2009, to order your copy please call 0845 603 1214.

Specialist Surveying Hire

In these difficult times you can gear yourself up for extra work without committing huge amounts of capital investment. Hiring from KOREC allows you to build the cost into the job without having to stretch your budgets for new equipment or pay out for maintenance of existing kit.

We have increased our investment in our Hire fleet with the latest Trimble Spatial Imaging products. In addition we have added even more Trimble GPS+GLONASS Rovers, which can use the improved Trimble VRS Now Service with GPS/GLONASS corrections, and even more Trimble Total Stations.

• Competitive pricing
• Instant availability with sameday delivery
• Extended opening hours, 7:30 am - 6:00pm
• Nationwide delivery fleet
• Free on-site consultation available Service and repair by Trimble certified experts
• Dedicated specialist hire team
• New training schedule for 2009
• One call for all your hire and accessory needs:

Call now on 0845 603 1214

Trimble Launches a New Online Rover Tracking Service for Trimble VRS Now Subscribers

Trimble have launched Trimble® VRS iScope™ service in Europe. The add-on service offers Trimble VRS Now™ subscribers the ability to track and manage their assets in real-time, as well as view their session history and rover information.

The Trimble VRS Now service supplies fast, easy to use and accurate Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) correction data for a variety of applications including surveying, urban planning, construction, agriculture, asset management, transportation, environmental monitoring, resource and territory management, disaster prevention and relief, weather services and scientific research.

The Trimble VRS-iScope service provides real-time access to a subscriber's rover receiver?s exact location anywhere in the network. Utilizing Google™ maps, Trimble VRS-iScope simplifies project scheduling and asset management by giving a visual component to surveying, mapping and construction projects. A session management tool allows network users to visually review their session trail on a map as well as manage their subscription usage. The secure sign-on provides project managers and their staff the ability to monitor assets and their network usage on demand remotely from any project site.

"Our Trimble VRS iScope service is the latest value-added feature to complement our Trimble VRS Now correction data service. Through online access to project data as well as a real-time visual feedback on rover locations, Trimble VRS Now is the only service offering the highest quality VRS correction data and real-time tracking information on the market today," said Pierre Desjardins, business manager for Trimble's GNSS Infrastructure business area. "Our goal is to continue to enhance our Trimble VRS Now service by providing our customers with the tools to increase their productivity while saving them money."

Trimble VRS-iScope represents an advance in the VRS correction data service offerings. All that is needed is a subscription to Trimble VRS Now and VRS-iScope, a rover, mobile phone and access to the Internet to begin surveying or collecting data with Trimble precision. Monitoring rovers can result in significant time and cost savings by allowing organizations to know the locations of their crews. Now, managers can dispatch crews more effectively to help increase productivity and efficiency.

No longer dependent on a field base station, precision GNSS surveys and data collection can be up and running in minutes. And without the need for base station hardware, the user's GNSS receivers can now work independently as rovers — saving time and money. Surveyors and other users can switch on their receivers and real-time correction data will be available in seconds. In most cases, no further GNSS investment is necessary. Trimble VRS Now works with many GNSS survey instruments from a variety of manufacturers.

For more information please visit: http://www.trimble.com/infrastructure/iscope.aspx

Stay Updated with the KOREC Blog

If you haven't checked out the Blog on our website yet then why not pay it a visit. Our Blog has short articles that include latest product launches, tips and tricks from our support team and this week we have links to a recent interview with our Group Chief Executive Alan Browne by one of the North West's leading business newspapers.

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