Intelligent positioning and automation solutions provider has acquired New Zealand business Hale & Associates, consolidating support for MAGNET Office and NZ Traverse customers across New Zealand and Australia. Aptella, formerly Position Partners, distributes MAGNET survey software throughout Australia. The acquisition of Hale & Associates will see the company consolidate its service and support offering for the platform across New Zealand, with access to a wider support network and fast response times to customer enquiries. NZ Traverse has also been acquired by Aptella and will continue to be supported by the company’s New Zealand business, based in Auckland. Designed to assist New Zealand surveyors to compute and control cadastral data effectively, NZ Traverse includes comprehensive checking and reporting on
Hopper Construction is an established civil construction company located in Orewa, Auckland, that has been using MAGNET Office from Aptella for over nine years. “Hopper Construction offers extensive experience in the construction of quality subdivision developments as well as a wide range of other civil construction services including municipal wastewater treatment plants. We have unrivalled expertise in complex canal and marina construction in New Zealand,” said Gavin Sims, Project Manager of the Marsden Cove Waterways Development and Survey Manager, Hopper Construction Ltd. “Our current applications for the MAGNET Office are: pulling set out information from received design data, creation of 3D surfaces for machine control data (diggers and bulldozers), in-house cut – fill design checks, basic design in
JG Civil delivers infrastructure works and specialises in larger sub-divisions operating in Rodney, North Shore and Auckland Central and West, in New Zealand. Neville Robertson, Engineer/Surveyor at JG Civil, is responsible for the set out of the works, preparation of as-built detail and progress claims, previously he would outsource the set out and would have to wait for the external supplier to complete this and provide information. On the advice of his hardware supplier, Mr Robertson engaged with Aptella to implement MAGNET Office software into his workflow. “We used to outsource this work but decided to do it internally. We now use MAGNET office to set out the roading strings and do the as-built files for the project,”
NavVis Mobile Scanning Tour New Zealand Don’t miss your chance to see NavVis VLX 3 mobile mapping solutions Aptella will be hosting a series of demo days in New Zealand to showcase the NavVis VLX wearable mobile mapping solution. Find out how you can leverage mobile mapping to eliminate data capture pain points and complement other solutions including traditional survey instruments, terrestrial scanners and drones. You’re invited to learn more about how mobile mapping can: Help you to select the right tool for the right job; how to implement a mobile scanner alongside your terrestrial or aerial fleet Reduce internal labour costs for scanning and data processing Supercharge the as-built documentation workflow Facilitate remote collaboration with NavVis IVION
About this workshop This course will introduce you to critical PIX4Dmatic and PIX4Dsurvey workflows. You will learn about best practices for capturing RGB images and creating, managing, analyzing, and sharing 2D and 3D reconstructions of reality. A series of hands-on exercises will demonstrate how to effectively work with PIX4Dmatic and PIX4Dsurvey. Date and time Tuesday, November 1, 2022, 9:00am – 5:30pm Wednesday, November 2, 2022, 9:00am – 5:30pm Attendance on all two days is required. Location: Auckland (address to be confirmed) Price: 1200 NZD (+ taxes) Operating system: Windows Register Objectives Produce accurate 2D and 3D georeferenced representations of reality, including orthomosaics and 3D models Extract vectorized information from results Export results Agenda Lecture Introduction to photogrammetry Introduction to capturing
Southeast Queensland surveying firm invests in NavVis VLX mobile scanning and successfully deploys Senceive deformation monitoring and Omnidots vibration monitoring systems across a range of infrastructure, construction, heritage and utilities projects. Bennett and Bennett has provided land surveying, town planning and spatial services throughout Southeast Queensland for more than 50 years. With more than 100 employees, the company is well resourced for small and large-scale projects and has adapted its business over time to embrace the latest technology and surveying methods. To complement the firm’s terrestrial mapping capabilities, Bennett and Bennett has recently taken delivery of a NavVis VLX wearable mobile mapping platform, sold and supported in Australia and New Zealand by Aptella. Powered by SLAM technology, the
The collaboration will bring the u-blox PointPerfect service’s dm-level positioning accuracies to mass-market applications such as automotive and micromobility. u-blox (SIX:UBXN), a leading global provider of positioning and wireless communication technologies and services, and Aptella, an Australasian provider of intelligent positioning solutions, have signed an MoU of cooperation to expand the availability of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) augmentation services in Australia and New Zealand. The partnership with Aptella is another step on the path to offering customers global coverage of the u-blox PointPerfect GNSS augmentation service. AllDayRTK assisted the Northern Territory’s trial of an autonomous bus shuttle service in Darwin A mass-market-focused offering for Australia, New Zealand Aptella is a well-established provider of real-time kinematic (RTK) GNSS
Adding grade control to your excavator comes with a host of benefits. It saves time by getting you to grade faster, reduces or eliminates overcutting and re-work, and can cut labour costs by negating the need for a grade checker. However, for many contractors, justifying the cost when margins are tight enough as it is can be a challenge. iDig is a lower-cost, versatile grade checking system that can be fitted to any make, model or size of excavator and work with multiple buckets, including tilt buckets and augers. There are also options for non-centre pivot machines. “This system is a game changer for contractors that want the benefits of grade control on their excavator, but can’t justify
