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Leica Total Station (TCR1105) User Guide

While doing my graduate LIDAR research work at the AGRG we were often tasked with writing user guides for the equipment that we purchased to help others in the group know how to use it. Here is a user guide for the Leica Total Station (TCR1105) that covers the basic information about the unit itself and the equipment found in the case, how to prepare for the survey in the office, details about the user interface, how to operate the unit, and how to export the data after the survey.

Leica Total Station (TCR1105) – User Interface

The key-pad on the total station is a fairly simple input tool that provides user’s the ability to select various items in the display window using a number of different ways to access the instruments wide range of functionalities. The display window is made up of …

Leica Total Station – Surveying from a Known Point

When the total station is set up and level over the known point it will require another known point to help calculate the coordinate reference system that the unknown measurements will be measured with. That is to say that the total station will …

Exporting Data from Leica Total Station (TCR1105)

To export your collected data from your Leica Total Station (TCR1105) to your laptop or PC, you need to use the Leica Survey Office software and follow the following steps …

GPS data collection of Jeremys Bay Campground

Poster showing GPS data from Jeremys Bay Campground Kejimkujik National Park and Historic Site, created with ArcMap 9 from data we collected with a Leica RTK GPS & Total Station.

GIS Mobile Mapping with ArcPad

Included here is a report written for an ArcPad / Trimble mobile mapping project, a presentation that covered all aspects of the project and more general information and links about GIS mobile mapping. The report includes all code used in designing the ArcPad application (visual basic, XML etc). The presentation was presented at COGS in Lawerncetown, Nova Scotia during the fall of 2003. The existing AGRG weather station network now consists of 14 tripods and 1 tower setups (as of Aug 2004).