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
Automation and positioning technology specialist, Aptella (formerly Position Partners), introduces Fixposition, a Swiss startup renowned for its groundbreaking Vision-RTK 2 This advanced positioning solution increases accuracy through the integration of Real Time Kinematic (RTK)-corrected Global Navigation Satellite Signal (GNSS), computer vision and inertial measurement unit (IMU) technology. The IGNSS 2024 Conference in Sydney provided an ideal platform for presenting Fixposition’s cutting-edge sensor fusion technology to the Australian market. Attended by academics, government officials, and industry leaders, IGNSS facilitated meaningful discussions on fortifying Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) systems for enhanced robustness, reliability, and security. “We are honoured to represent Fixposition and offer customers an exciting combined PNT solution at such incredible value. We expect it to be a
In the ever-evolving urban planning and surveying landscape, staying ahead of the technology curve is essential. Western Australian company Harley Dykstra, a land development consultancy firm of Surveyors, Town Planners, and Project Managers has taken a leap forward by incorporating the NavVis VLX mobile mapping and reality capture scanner into their existing workflow. With offices in Perth, Forrestdale, Bunbury, Albany, and Denmark they cover a large portion of the Southwest of Western Australia which naturally means their work is diverse and requires a broad spectrum of skill sets and technologies to offer clients the best solution. “Harley Dykstra has always endeavoured to be a leader in embracing new technologies and we have been creative in applying them,” said
Fixposition AG, a Swiss-based supplier of high-precision positioning technology and the inventor of Vision-RTK, has joined forces with Aptella to offer customers in Australia and New Zealand the Vision-RTK 2, a fully integrated solution for vision enhanced centimetre-level positioning to accelerate field robotics. Aptella supports the construction, infrastructure, mining, agriculture and related applications where high accuracy Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning is required. The company’s agreement with Fixposition will enable customers in Australia and New Zealand to enhance positioning accuracy, particularly in challenging environments where signal is obstructed or inconsistent. The Fixposition Vision-RTK 2 solution augments GNSS signals using inertial measurement units (IMUs), visual odometry and other sensors, combining multiple technologies in a single platform to compensate
New advances in technology can help quarry operators reduce waste and manage end-to-end material movement accurately and efficiently. Loader and excavator scales are now commonplace in the quarry industry, providing live information to operators and management of the weight and type of material loaded into each truck on site. With accurate weight and a digital record of each load, on-board weighing systems help to ensure the safe loading of trucks to mitigate chain of responsibility risk, reduce machine wear and fuel consumption, and eliminate over- or under-loading. More advanced systems such as the Loadmaster Alpha 100 loader scale solution, are trade approved to enable quarry managers to transact off the recorded weight and ensure every load is optimised
Aptella will support customers looking to retrofit heavy equipment with Teleo’s remote-operated and autonomous solutions across Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia. Intelligent positioning solution provider Aptella announces an agreement with Teleo, a US-based company building autonomous technology for heavy equipment. “With ongoing labour and skills shortages in the construction sector, there is more work to be done than there are people to do it,” said Martin Nix, CEO of Aptella. “Automation and remote-control solutions from Teleo will help our customers to increase productivity with one operator capable of operating multiple machines in a safer, more comfortable environment,” he added. With more than 30 years’ experience fitting machine control solutions to all makes and models of heavy earthmoving
When Vitruvius was approached by Fulton Hogan for a solution for the monitoring part of the North Island Main Trunk Route project in the North Island of New Zealand, Richard Foot, Surveyor, Vitruvius implemented Senceive Tilt Nodes and Gateway from Aptella. Fulton Hogan needed to monitor roughly 160m of track on the North Island Main Trunk Route project and three existing rail overbridges carrying State Highway 1 in the North Island of New Zealand as part of the enabling works package. This package involved building a crash wall and piling for three new overbridges for the state highway being constructed as part of the Pukekohe to Papakura rail electrification project. Vitruvius partnered with Aptella to implement 92 tilt
As one of New Zealand’s largest waste management operators, Enviro NZ has a strong commitment to responsible, innovative, and sustainable resource recovery and management. Preserving the country’s natural beauty and environment is at the very heart of the company’s ethos, investing in innovation and technology to operate as sustainably and efficiently as possible. Some 12 months ago, Enviro NZ invested in landfill machine guidance technology at the Hampton Downs landfill in North Waikato. The site is one of the largest waste management facilities in the country, servicing a large part of the upper North Island, including Auckland. Installed on the company’s two Tana fifty-tonne landfill compactors, Carlson Landfillgrade machine guidance technology was adopted to further enhance on-site safety
