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LEICA GEOSYSTEMS OFFERS PC SOFTWARE
WITH DISTO PRO4 LASER DISTANCE MEASURING TOOLS
www.DISTO.com
New from Leica Geosystems is a Windows-based software program that
facilitates two-way data transfer between a PC and Leica's DISTO Pro4
handheld laser distance measuring tools.
The DISTO Online software comes free with the purchase of a DISTO Pro4
product. It runs on Microsoft Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000 or NT. A Windows-CE
3.0 version is currently under development.
The DISTO Pro4 is a powerful handheld tool that uses precise laser beams to
take distance measurements with accuracy up to ±1.5 mm (1/16 in), indoors or
outdoors, at ranges up to 100 meters (330 ft). Up to 800 measurements and
ID labels can be stored in memory, and downloaded from the handheld laser
device to a computer using the DISTO Pro4 serial data port. The software
formats the DISTO data into an ASCII file, so it can be downloaded easily
into an Excel spreadsheet or exported into AutoCAD or other drawing
programs.
The software also permits data to be uploaded from the PC into the DISTO
Pro4. Thus, the user can predetermine the desired measurements to be taken
and upload the ID labels into the handheld device, to make it easier to
capture and record measurement values in the field.
"DISTO Online also interfaces with several third-party software packages,
which have been developed by other vendors to work with DISTO data for
specific applications such as floor covering estimation," said Jack Wolf,
vice president, consumer products, for Leica Geosystems. A list of approved
third party software as well as complete information on DISTO products is
available on the DISTO website, www.DISTO.com.
Leica Geosystems, with worldwide headquarters in Heerbrugg, Switzerland,
develops, manufactures and markets systems for surveying, mapping and
position determination. The company, with 2,750 employees, has a turnover
of over 600 million Swiss francs and is listed on the Swiss Exchange. It is
structured in six divisions: Surveying and Engineering, GIS and Mapping,
Industrial Measurement, Special Products, Consumer Products and New
Businesses (Cyrax). Along with the Swiss facilities, the company also has
development and production subsidiaries in America and Asia and is
represented by 20 sales units and more than 100 representatives worldwide.
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