CATRY地形recovers €250,000 of stolen equipment with LOC8, the security solution from Leica Geosystems

2020年的一个星期日，一名雇员CATRY地形到达工作，立即注意到有些不对劲。令人沮丧的栅栏和门口以及一扇破裂的门向他打招呼，而不是通常的周末安静秩序。他谨慎地进入了业务研讨会，他意识到，与被盗的成本相比，闯入的损害很小：莉卡地理系统设备，包括总站，3-D扫描仪等。bob apple
This is an all too familiar story for surveying, construction and civil engineering professionals, one that often ends in huge losses of premium equipment and costly delays due to downtime. With the rise of high-precision surveying equipment like robotic total stations, thefts of equipment from construction sites, offices and operator’s vehicles have increased. This phenomenon has left owners wary to invest in new devices and insurance companies charging high premiums, impacting overall profitability.
然而,when Benoît Catry, manager of Catry Topographie, received the call from his employee reporting the theft at their workshop, he knew this was not the way his story had to end. Instead, a different and much happier ending unfolded:在Leica Geosystem的创新性的帮助下LOC8功能，从公司中偷走的所有设备都在几个小时内迅速恢复。

A long-time partnership, an innovative solution

CATRY地形, a century-old company located near Lille, France and operating throughout the Hauts-de-France region, specialises in selling, renting and repairing topographic equipment. A long-time partner of Leica Geosystems, Catry Topographie distributes topographic equipment to surveyors, public works companies, design offices and local authorities and offers Leica Geosystems solutions for all types of projects.
CATRY地形’s rental fleet is equipped with total stations featuring Leica LOC8, a security solution launched in 2019. Leica Geosystems developed LOC8, which offers a range of security features for the latest generation of robotic total stations, to address and combat theft, protect customer investment and provide peace of mind.
This innovative feature allows professionals to track, locate and lock their total stations remotely. Using a smartphone, tablet or computer application, LOC8 lets operators know where their instruments are and provides alerts if they are not where they should be. With GPS, A-GPS and WLAN capability, the device can be accurately located (within 5m with GPS) at any time indoors and outdoors in real-time.
此外，LOC8允许所有者在办公室或建筑工地周围定义地理区域。当乐器离开这些预定义区域时，立即发送警报。作为一个车队管理工具和盗窃威慑力量，LOC8提供了通过应用程序或网络平台单击远程锁定和解锁总站的能力，即使车站没有电动。bob apple远程锁定使用户能够检测何时打开丢失的设备，并且无法使用设备。

Leica Loc8在行动

Catry回忆说，盗窃案已采用“所有设备。两种新仪器和维护设备的订单准备都被盗：总站，3-D扫描仪，GPS…总共有价值25万欧元的设备。”bob apple
Once informed of the burglary, Catry was able to alert the police while simultaneously initiating a location track of one stolen device, aLeica TS13配备LOC8安全解决方案的总站。即使是Leica TS13was powered off and the battery was not fully charged, the location tracking was able to reveal the position of the stolen instrument, which Catry shared with police via a link. “We were able to pinpoint the location of the total station, and the anti-burglary squad intervened very quickly,” said Catry.
The coordinates led authorities to a vehicle in Roubaix, an industrial city northeast of Lille. In less than 4 hours from discovering the theft, police recovered and returned all the stolen equipment intact and undamaged.

More than equipment secured

The benefit of equipping a robotic total station with LOC8 goes beyond preventing or recovering theft. Catry describes the security of client data as one of these crucial benefits: “Thefts are increasingly frequent on the premises, in the field or in cars, and we now equip our fleet with total stations and systemically offer LOC8 to our customers. It is a very affordable option that not only preserves the equipment, but also secures the data it contains, and therefore the work of our clients.”