In California, Trimble launched VerticalPoint RTK for grade control in agriculture. The patent-pending system provides significantly enhanced vertical accuracy and stability of standard single-baseline RTK systems reducing the downtime and costly delays experienced by many agriculture land improvement contractors when vertical GPS signal inconsistencies occur.
When there is an inconsistency, leveling cannot re-start until the vertical signal is once again accurate; and in some instances, may require reworking portions of the field that were incorrectly leveled before the vertical signal inconsistency was discovered. VerticalPoint RTK can increase uptime to approximately 95 percent from the current industry expectation of about 75 percent. In addition, this increase occurs even in the most challenging environments and at any time of year.
VerticalPoint RTK is currently available in North America and Australia as an unlock on certain Trimble displays. The VerticalPoint RTK system also includes two stationary supplemental rovers for live, dynamic data collection.