GS8000 Application Updates in 2022
Since its launch the GS8000's Proceq GPR Subsurface app has already received one major software upgrade to version 2.0 "Freedom", and has reached version 2.2 during the span of 2022.
Geolocation, exporting, mapping and more have all been improved, with new options like Free Path data collection, better gain automation and total station Integrations.
Since the merger where Switzerland's Proceq and Singapore's Dreamlab combined their expertise in software, sensors and data to create Screening Eagle Technologies continuous software improvements have been part of the company's core.
Following the success and expansion of their concrete GPR range Screening Eagle Technologies released their subsurface mapping system, a combination of the Proceq GS8000 GPR sensor and the MA8000 GNSS Receiver in late 2020.
With continual development of the GPR Subsurface app the GS8000 has improved right through 2022. The latest major software upgrade Version 2.0 "Freedom" of Proceq GPR Subsurface on iPadOS introduced the world to Free Path for the GS8000 and MA8000 pairing.
Free Path enables the operator to scan the subsurface and have it projected on top a satellite image in real time, with all location data collected and stored in the local coordinate system for your region.
Simply load the GPS map of the site, then start scanning. The results are overlaid on the satellite image as you scan. The improved GNSS with optional RTK correction enables increased accuracy and full flexibility to scan an area without a grid.
Version 2.1 introduced EPSG Local Grids to regional or national coordinate systems, an improved automatic gaining algorithm and better colour pallet contrast control.
The most recent update brings the app to version 2.2. Rounding out the operators ability to mark, annotate and categorize geolocated points of interest while in free path.
Now those targets detected by GPR and those taken from surface features or paint marks from conventional location work with EMF equipment are all annotated on the same map, in the local coordinate system ready for CAD / GIS export.
The 2.2 update also includes total station integration for the GS8000, users may now collect geolocation data indoors or in GNSS-denied areas by connecting to the field controller of a robotic total station.
