Educational Content

What does GNSS mean?   First of all, let’s define what we’re talking about, because it’s easy to be buried under a pile of acronyms when you first start out. GNSS stands for Global Navigation Satellite System,and what it amounts to is using the signals from satellites to pinpoint where you are on earth. This is obviously technology that has become far more accessible in recent years to the point that we’re all carrying little satellite navigation systems in our pockets, but our phones don’t get anywhere the level of accuracy that you need for surveying and this article will...

  At Surveytech, we aim to not only provide equipment to our customers, but to support them in their careers with as much information and technical guidance as possible. With that in mind, we’ve decided to produce some educational content to help to clarify what can be a morass of technical language and acronyms.   So first of all, what is a Total Station? Well, it’s called a total station because it’s actually the combination of two things: A theodolite - think of it like a telescope mounted on two circular axes, one that goes vertically and the other horizontally....

So you want a Cable Detector and you’ve stumbled upon our site, but you’re confused by all the different products. Well, you’ve come to the right page; hopefully this handy guide will allow you to click straight through to the one for you and save some serious scrolling.   The EziCAT i500 The i500 is the standard EziCAT. It’s Network Rail-approved and will allow you to quickly and safely locate and avoid buried utilities. It will allow you to detect electricity cables, data/telecommunication cables, conductive pipes and even non-conductive pipes and cables when employed with the EziTEX signal generator. Even...