保护我们存在的基石
瑞士traditi很长on of fostering and preserving the country’s biodiversity and understand it is the cornerstone of our existence on Earth. The Swiss agriculture policy supports biotopes, or biological communities, and has proactively set agreements to protect and manage biotopes such as raised bogs, fenlands and dry grasslands, and land owners who carry out these set agreements receive compensation. New agricultural policy, taking effect from 2014 to 2017, has made direct payments to land owners managing biotopes possible. In order to assess the possible landscape quality effects of these supported biotopes, the Canton of Glarus’s Department Construction and Environment commissioned ARNAL, Büro für Natur und Landschaft AG, to conduct a study covering all areas in need of protection in Canton Glarus.
Robert Meier, CEO at ARNAL and project manager of this study, spent two weeks in the summer of 2014 with his intern Elias in the Glarus Alps. During this time, they measured land areas and collected other relevant information concerning the biotopes, and also finalised agreements with the local land managers. A Leica CS25 GNSS tablet PC was brought along to digitally collect data from the surface areas that needed to submit assessments.
作为一家具有广泛环境经验的公司，与客户紧密合作，ARNAL一直支持Envirnoment，首先考虑了景观需求。2014年夏天，ARNAL被委托制定新的土地管理协议并更新现有协议，以保护Glarus Alps中发现的脆弱生物型。为此，需要评估土地面积规模，并与当地土地管理者协商协议。
检查和扩展生物台
During this project, intern Elias gained first-hand experience of what it meant to be an ecologist. While on their field hikes, Robert Meier explained to Elias the riches and diversity to be found in each of the biotopes and demonstrated to Elias how to use the Leica Zeno GIS tablet. In just a short period of time, Elias was familiar with the device and ready to start collecting data.
在Robert Meier的监督下，Elias能够使用平板电脑的集成GPS和Leica Zeno Field应用程序来验证现有的生物管大小。需要更改的任何区域尺寸均使用精确的位置数据直接在现场进行。正如罗伯特·梅尔（Robert Meier）所解释的那样：“使用莉卡·泽诺（Leica Zeno）领域，我们不仅能够记录和纠正几何表面，而且还可以输入有关管理相应区域的有价值的信息，以直接在现场进行评估。”
Back at the office, the data was imported directly into the QGIS GIS system, a free and open source program for creating, analysing and publishing geospatial information. Thanks to the work carried out with the Leica Zeno Field, it was no longer necessary to manually draw the areas in a field map and digitise them later in the office.
Ideal orientation in the field – even with poor weather conditions
众所周知，山区天气可能会很快变化，2014年夏天也不例外。这使得在雾化不佳的情况下，具有方向的帮助更加有帮助。“我们曾经为此使用纸质地图，必须保护它免受雨水的保护。多亏了防水Leica CS25平板电脑，我们可以将雨伞留在后面，并通过本地化来查明我们在该地区的确切位置。也可以将导航功能“驾驶”到所需位置。” Meier说。
Making invisible boundary lines visible
Leica CS25平板电脑还为团队提供了其他优势，例如显示边界线的能力，这些边界线经常看不到或发现。“例如，在直接付款方面，财产边界线起着至关重要的作用。使用Leica CS25，我们能够向土地管理者展示现场的边界线。土地使用边界，例如森林的界限，在付款方面也起着作用。我们也可以在平板电脑上向它们展示这些边界，并将其作为讨论的基础。” Meier解释说。
“Our experiences with the Leica CS25 GNSS in this project were very positive, as some work steps could be consolidated and others, such as sketching, weren't needed at all. The data was recorded quickly and precisely with the GPS, meaning that we could reduce the amount of time spent on location by a considerable degree,” concluded Robert Meier.
信不信由你，这也可能有缺点。实习生埃里亚斯（Elias）会很乐意在格拉鲁斯（Glarus）阿尔卑斯山（Glarus Alps）花更多的时间：“我在那里玩得很开心。我们每天都在外面，一天完成后，我们知道我们已经为环境做了积极的事情。”
罗伯特·迈耶（Robert Meier）和希尔德加德·霍伦斯坦（Hildegard Holenstein）撰写
