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Title: TOPCON Positioning Systems, Inc. announces the release of the GMS-2 GIS Mapping GPS receiver
Date: 7/17/06

Detail:
The GMS-2 is a small hand held dual constellation satellite tracking receiver that is packed with features and performance.  The GMS-2 was specifically designed with the GIS market in mind.  It is small, very light weight, extremely portable and quite user friendly.
Powered by Topcon’s TPSCORE® GPS chip technology, the GMS-2 provides 50 channel tracking capability.  This allows plenty of channels for both GPS and Glonass satellites.

Utilizing an external antennal you can use the GMS-2 to collect L1 data for post processing yielding accuracies down to 1CM.  Another alternative with the GMS-2 is to use a correctional service for real-time DGPS.  The GMS-2 provides access to WAAS correction service as a standard feature.  You can also use the optional BR-1 Coast Guard Beacon Receiver allowing the GMS-2 to receive a correction from the many Coast Guard Beacons distributed around the United States.

Another terrific feature of the GMS-2 is the integrated digital camera and electronic compass.  That is correct!  You can collect and store the image of the feature as well as the GPS coordinate location.

You also have a choice of TopSURV-GIS Software for standard GIS functionality or TopPAD for the advanced GIS professionals who need the functionality of ESRI ArcInfo software.

No question the GMS-2 is a revolutionary product built especially for the GIS market.  Check it out! Contact us and we will be happy to send you additional information so you can learn more about this new and innovative product!