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New app from Topcon handles positioning data

Topcon Positioning has developed a new, no-cost app for the LN-100 Layout Navigator system. This now allows cross-platform support for the MAGNET Construct app and was initially released for the Android market but is now available for Apple devices as well. The free MAGNET Construct app offers options to wirelessly connect to and drive an LN-100 for fast as-built measurements as well as graphical guidance to design data. According to the firm, this cross-platform compatibility of the MAGNET Construct app al
November 23, 2015 Read time: 1 min
342 Topcon Positioning has developed a new, no-cost app for the LN-100 Layout Navigator system. This now allows cross-platform support for the MAGNET Construct app and was initially released for the Android market but is now available for Apple devices as well. The free MAGNET Construct app offers options to wirelessly connect to and drive an LN-100 for fast as-built measurements as well as graphical guidance to design data. According to the firm, this cross-platform compatibility of the MAGNET Construct app allows precise measurement solutions for diverse 3D layout applications at entry level. The MAGNET Construct package also offers secure connectivity to MAGNET Enterprise web services for real-time data exchange from active project sites to and from the office. MAGNET Construct is currently available on both the Apple App Store as well as Google Play.

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