General Information - Leica SR20 User Manual

1. General Information

For decades, Leica Geosystems has enjoyed a worldwide
technological lead in the manufacture of classical
surveying instruments and systems. Starting in 1987, Leica
Geosystems established a close business relationship with
Magnavox's commercial GPS business unit for the design
and construction of GPS surveying sensors. This culmi-
nated into Leica Geosystems acquisition of the Magnavox
GPS business unit in 1994. With this purchase, the
unbroken chain of impressive "firsts" now incorporated the
field of satellite navigation and positioning technology.
Magnavox was one of the first pioneers in this arena,
playing a leading role in the development of GPS and its
predecessors. Further acquisition of the Philips Ap Navi-
gator business in 1997 widened Leica Geosystems
product palette to an even greater extent.
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Leica Geosystems offers an entire product basket of GPS
receivers. This includes receivers designed for Land
Surveying, GIS, Machine Control, Monitoring and various
other applications. The SR20 GPS receiver allows the user
the maximum in flexibility. The SR20 GPS receiver can be
used as a high accuracy Land Surveying device, a
powerful GIS data collector, or even a Reference Station.
The SR20 is packaged with the Leica Geo Office software.
This software is also extremely flexible with it's ability to
accept data from a variety of Leica receivers including: total
stations, levels, and GPS.
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