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Topcon SmoothRide

April 15, 2016

Topcon Positioning Group’s new road scanning concept SmoothRide can gather highway asset data at highway speeds with no need for lane closures, crash trucks or escorts. SmoothRide is a vehicle-mounted resurfacing solution for paving and milling projects that can help to deliver smooth surfaces and to calculate accurately the quantity of material needed for each project.

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