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Topcon Brings Bentley’s Reality-Modeling Software to UAS

Posted by Betsy Lillian on March 07, 2017

In collaboration with Bentley Systems, Livermore, Calif.-based Topcon Positioning Group has introduced Topcon ContextCapture, a reality-modeling software solution that will be offered with the company’s unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The system, powered by Bentley, is designed for mapping, construction and [Read More]

Longtime Bridge Inspector Brings Topcon UAS into Fleet

Posted by Betsy Lillian on November 18, 2016

Michael Baker International, an Irvine, Calif.-based provider of engineering, planning and consulting services, has expanded its inspection services with the purchase of a Topcon Falcon 8 unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Combined with Michael Baker’s mobile and static LiDAR systems for [Read More]

Topcon Releases New UAS Mapping Packages

Posted by Betsy Lillian on September 13, 2016

Livermore, Calif.-based Topcon Positioning Group has released two new mapping kits for its Sirius Pro fixed-wing unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Topcon says the kits are designed to produce accurate solutions for automated mapping in various terrains, such as for construction [Read More]

Topcon Adds AscTec Falcon 8 UAS for Small-Scale Mapping

Posted by Betsy Lillian on October 06, 2015

Topcon Positioning Group says it has added the Falcon 8 rotary-wing unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to its line of data-collection solutions. The Falcon 8 UAS, powered by Ascending Technologies, is designed for inspection and monitoring, as well as survey and [Read More]

Topcon, Ascending Technologies Partner for Global UAS Distribution

Posted by Betsy Lillian on August 03, 2015

Topcon Positioning Group has announced a worldwide distribution partnership with Germany-based unmanned aircraft system (UAS) provider Ascending Technologies. The agreement gives Topcon exclusivity for the global distribution of the AscTec Falcon 8 rotary-wing model, the GeoEXPERT, and the InspectionPRO sensing [Read More]

Topcon Teams Up with MAVinci for Global UAS Distribution

Posted by Betsy Lillian on August 22, 2014

Topcon Positioning Group has entered into a worldwide distribution partnership agreement with unmanned aerial systems (UAS) provider MAVinci GmbH. Topcon, which is based in Livermore, Calif., with a European head office in the Netherlands, is a provider of precise positioning [Read More]

Topcon Debuts Unmanned Aerial Positioning System

Posted by UAO Staff on February 20, 2014

Topcon Positioning Group has announced the release and availability in Europe of the Topcon SIRIUS PRO powered by MAVinci. The SIRIUS PRO, Topcon says, is an unmanned aerial system (UAS) designed to produce solutions for automated mapping of construction sites, [Read More]