Win more business and make more profits using real-time connections to a 3D virtual site says Topcon, Trimble and Leica Geosystems

February 22, 2022

Welcome to round five in our World Highways Roundtable series, this time on how the latest thinking in digital and remote machine control technology is enabling mixed machine fleets and teams of to be connected in real time via a 3D virtual site. How does it work on screen, how does it work on the ground, and what benefits does it bring? Watch the video below as three world-leading experts on machine control technology - from Leica Geosystems, Topcon and Trimble – sit down with World Highways to talk about how the digital revolution is transforming life on site and increasing profitability.

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