> Leica understands, Jacobs said, that “scanners are still young enough in their life that there’s not exactly a factory around every corner” and “from Leica’s standpoint, a customer without a scanner is a problem.”
They probably should re-phrase the last sentence.
Although it can be interpreted as "until every surveyor has a scanner, we (Leica) have a problem," - which may be the attitude of Leica marketing, :-S :-O - I don't think that's what they were trying to convey.
I had to read the article- That last sentence didn't seem to make sense until you read the one before it- they were discussing the improvements in calibration so that users don't have to send their scanners back to the factory for re-calibration-
What the spokesperson was trying to convey that "a user who has to send their unit into the factory for calibration, and is thus left without their scanner for production/ paying work" is a "problem" - since there aren't yet service centers "factories" around every corner.... thus the new P20 scanner avoids this issue due to being able to be calibrated in the field.- less downtime
-from the article:
"Second, the P20, like many total stations on the market, will offer users the ability to check whether the scanner is meeting accuracy specifications, and, if not, they’ll be able to re-calibrate automatically and electronically. ...
That’s right. No more sending the unit back to the factory for normal recalibration
Leica understands, Jacobs said, that “scanners are still young enough in their life that there’s not exactly a factory around every corner” and “from Leica’s standpoint, a customer without a scanner is a problem.”