The present inventive concept relates to a target (10) for use in surveying applications, said target (10) comprising: a base element (100) having a central axis (102), a reflector (110) for reflecting light beams being incident on said target (10), said r...

A target (100) for use in surveying applications is provided. The target comprises a plurality of light sources (106) arranged around a longitudinal axis (A) of a base element (108) of the target. The plurality of light sources is configured to emit light ...

A surveying system comprises a base 3, a first alidade 7 mounted on the base and rotatable relative to the base about a first axis 9, a first optical instrument 17 mounted on the first alidade 7, wherein the first optical instrument is configured to emit a...

Marking metadata during layout can be time intensive. A robotic device is used to mark out points at a construction site, and an augmented-reality device uses the points for alignment and provides metadata about the points to a user of the augmented-realit...

A target (100) for use in surveying applications is provided. The target comprises a plurality of light sources (106) arranged around a longitudinal axis (A) of a base element (108) of the target. The plurality of light sources is configured to emit light ...

Disclosed are a method and apparatus for determining the heading of a 4WS vehicle. The 4WS vehicle's dynamic pivot point is calculated from the steering angles. A distance between the dynamic pivot point and a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) ante...

A method for aligning two surveying instruments in a common space in a process that uses an autocollimation of a collimated light beam transmitted by a first surveying instrument and reflected by a second surveying instrument. In the alignment process, the...