Frontier Precision and Industry News

Elevation Matters: High-accuracy GNSS for Dam Inspections

Elevation Matters: High-accuracy GNSS for Dam Inspections

When an application for GNSS requires highly accurate relative elevation readings for a set of features, we often think of fairly traditional surveying techniques and equipment like survey-grade GNSS systems, total stations, or even the old hand level with a stadia...

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A Few Things to Consider When Purchasing Your Next ADCP

A Few Things to Consider When Purchasing Your Next ADCP

As portable acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) technology becomes the standard for stream and river flow measurement there is a wider selection of ADCP’s from which to choose. How do you know which ADCP best fits your measurement needs? Ask yourself these...

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Have A Drink On Me…Or Not

Have A Drink On Me…Or Not

The State of California Struggles With A Historical Water Shortage Dry lake beds, brown lawns and thousands of acres of barren farm land, just some of the physical evidence of one of the worst droughts in California history. According to Chris Bonds with the...

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Are you getting the most out of your MultiTrack prism?

Are you getting the most out of your MultiTrack prism?

Many users of the Trimble S-Series robotic total stations are also using MultiTrack 360° prisms. We feel that is it important for users to know how these prisms work, as well as offer tips to get the most accurate measurements from them. First let's go over how the...

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GIS Dashboards for Mosquito Control Operations

GIS Dashboards for Mosquito Control Operations

One of the most sought after features for mosquito control Operations Managers and management staff in general is a GIS dashboard.  Getting data into systems such as FieldSeeker GIS and Sentinel GIS is only part of the solution – it’s getting data back out in a...

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The Geo 7X Tackles Tough Jobs with Style and Grace

The Geo 7X Tackles Tough Jobs with Style and Grace

One common aspect of field data collection is that it often happens in remote places with no cell coverage or worse yet no Starbucks.  Running low on caffeine can seem tragic at times but a GNSS handheld that runs low on satellites is certain doom for those jobs we...

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Rent or Buy: The Trimble GPS Debate

Rent or Buy: The Trimble GPS Debate

Before coming to work at Frontier Precision I coordinated field crews where we used Trimble GPS equipment for field data collection.  We used the equipment daily from May to September, but then most of it sat on a lonely shelf during the off-season.  Each spring we...

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What Moves You?

What Moves You?

Rope & Cable Traversing Systems for ADCP’s Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP’s) have represented a significant advance in the field of stream and river discharge measurement. A float-based ADCP measurement is typically much safer, faster and more accurate...

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Trimble Geo7x Rangefinder Utility Version 1.2

Trimble announces an update to version 1.2 for the Trimble® Rangefinder Utility on the Geo7X handheld. This update will be available for download the week of June 23, 2014. There is no cost in downloading the update for this utility software. Trimble recommends all...

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Trimble Positions Software Suite Resources

Trimble Positions Software Suite Resources

Installing, configuring and learning to use the Trimble Positions Software Suite is not necessarily difficult, but it can be a time-consuming process with many steps. Add to that the fact that Trimble Positions supports differential correction in both ArcPad and...

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Two New Tech Talks Posted!

Today we have posted two more Tech Talks to help you with your Trimble software:   Creating a New Job in Trimble Access   Applying an OPUS Solution in TBC

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Three New Tech Talks Posted!

We have posted three new Tech Talks today, with more in the works. Please keep checking back for more updates, and also check out our other Tech Talks that we have available. Changing Internal Radio Frequency   GNSS Contact Setup   GNSS Functions Screen

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