Leica have supplied an accurate GPS system in one convenient pole top antenna and backpack, ready for use with your GIS PDA. Leica uses proprietry IBM germanium chip technology. The Leica GS5PLUS (1 metre accuracy) - this combines DGPS for use in coastal areas of Australia where the AMSA beacon signal is available. Elsewhere, the GS5PLUS provides 3-4 metre accuracy. The Leica GS5 model supplies consistent 3-4 metre accuracy anywhere, and does not use DGPS. With either Leica backpack, just hook up the cable with a Pocket PC, and your mapping and attributing will be underway. Dual camcorder batteries, and chargers are supplied. Leica's purpose built GPS maximizes productivity, collecting information, or validating uploaded data.

Specification and images on the GS5 package (as a PDF file). (about 234kb- may take some time)
Mornington Shire Council in Victoria, have set up the GS5 on road bicycles, to retrieve parks and asset data efficiently. Position, maintenance and condition recording is simplified. See information on GIS software for your PDA.

Specifications: Leica Geosystems GPS receiver, a "plug and play" geo-location solution for GIS data collectors. The new GS5 or GS5+ : 12-channel GPS receiver incorporated in the dome head. 2 of camcorder 6v batteries and 2 intelligent 240v/12v chargers. Telescopic antenna pole and durable backpack. GS5+ has a built-in differential beacon receiver combined with Leica-IBM smart electronics, giving a 1 metre solution. 3-4 metres accuracy without DGPS. GS5 has Leica-IBM smart electronics, giving a 3-4 metre solution withour DGPS. Data outputs in the industry-standard NMEA-0183 Version 2.01 format, including GGA, GSA and GSV sentences, with an update rate of once per second.

The GS5 or GS5+ package is easy to deploy and set up in the field. All you need to do is turn it on, connect to your GIS mapping device and start gathering data. You can use either a PDA, or a laptop or tablet computer. Data connection is switchable, to suit the device. The batteries are carried in the backpack. The chargers are supplied with both 240v and 12v car cigar lighter input. Antenna unit is sealed in a UV-stable plastic radome, is 89 mm high and139 mm in diameter, and weighs just 660 grams. This incorporates both GPS and beacon antennas in the GS5+, and GPS antenna only in the GS5. An H-field beacon antenna is used for optimum signal reception and interference rejection. The GS5+'s dual-channel beacon receiver tunes automatically to the strongest DGPS signal from a regional reference station. (In Australia, this network has been set up nationwide by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, AMSA).

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