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AXIS GPS & Surveying Instruments
Native name
אקסיס ג'י פי אס ומכשירי מדידה בע"מ
TypePrivate
IndustrySurveying, geomatics
FoundedSeptember 6, 2009; 17 years ago (2009-09-06)
Headquarters
Key peopleSalame Awawde, Samuel Awawde (joint CEOs)
ProductsGNSS receivers, total stations, laser scanners
Websiteaxis-gps.com

AXIS GPS & Surveying Instruments (Hebrew: אקסיס ג'י פי אס ומכשירי מדידה בע"מ), which also trades as AXIS Engineering Solutions, is a surveying and geospatial equipment company registered in 2009 and based in Nof HaGalil.[1] It distributes surveying and mapping instruments, operates a GNSS reference network, and runs branches in Kafr Kanna, Kfar Kasem, Ramallah and Hebron.[2]

History

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The company was registered on 6 September 2009.[1] Its founders are brothers who trained as engineers at the Technion.[3] In January 2018 Applanix, a subsidiary of Trimble Inc., announced that the company would supply its products to air and land survey customers in Israel.[4] In July 2018 it opened a fourth branch, together with a technology training centre, in Hebron.[2]

Operations

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The company distributes equipment from manufacturers including Trimble, Applanix, Spectra Geospatial, Nikon, NavVis, DJI and SITECH.[5] Its product range covers GNSS receivers, total stations, laser scanners and levelling instruments.[5]

It operates a GNSS reference network for real-time positioning, reported to have more than 1,200 subscribers,[5] and a repair and calibration laboratory licensed by Trimble.[2] Israeli public bodies that have procured equipment from the company include the Survey of Israel and the Geological Survey of Israel.[1]

Palestinian national geodetic framework

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In October 2022 the Palestinian Land Authority awarded the contract to develop the Palestinian national geodetic reference framework to a consortium comprising the company, a Turkish geographic services firm and the scientific centres of An-Najah National University. The project forms part of a World Bank-funded land registration programme, and the consortium was represented at the signing by Samuel Awawde.[6]

Earlier, in August 2017, an official of the Palestinian Land Authority described coordination with the company in connection with the establishment of a national geodetic network, at a GNSS training workshop the company sponsored at An-Najah National University.[7]

Conferences and training

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The company has organised an annual engineering and surveying conference in Ramallah. The fourth edition, on land settlement and reference networks, was held in September 2017.[8] The sixth, held in October 2019 under the patronage of Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, was announced by the Palestinian Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy.[9] In 2026 the company delivered a series of workshops on digital transformation in engineering with the Jerusalem Centre of the Palestinian Engineers Association, at its Hebron, Ramallah and Nablus branches.[10]

Academic support

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Palestine Polytechnic University houses a laboratory for advanced surveying and satellite positioning named after the founders' father, Muhammad Fandi al-Awawdeh, which the company equips; it has also contributed 33,000 shekels to the university's student fund.[11] At the opening of its Hebron branch in 2018 the company announced a donation of educational software worth US$40,000 to the same university.[2]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "אקסיס ג'י פי אס ומכשירי מדידה בע״מ". מפתח התקציב (in Hebrew).
  2. 1 2 3 4 "التميمي يفتتح شركة اكسيس للحلول الهندسية الرائدة في مجال معدات المساحة في مدينة الخليل" (in Arabic). وكالة قدس نت للأنباء. 26 July 2018.
  3. ↑ هندسة المساحة وأياد محلية بتقنيات عالمية. صباحنا غير (in Arabic). قناة مساواة الفضائية. 6 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "AXIS-GPS Providing Applanix Products, Solutions for Land and Air Survey Customers in Israel". Inside GNSS. 24 January 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 "AXIS GPS & Surveying Instruments Ltd". Dun's Guide Israel.
  6. ↑ "سلطة الأراضي توقع عقد مشروع تطوير الإطار المرجعي الجيوديسي الوطني الفلسطيني" (in Arabic). وكالة الأنباء والمعلومات الفلسطينية (وفا). 10 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "جامعة النجاح تنظّم ورشة عمل تدريبية عن عالم الـ GNSS ومراقبة جودة العمل". الأيام (in Arabic). 15 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "رام الله: أكسيس تختتم مؤتمرها الرابع حول تسوية الأراضي وشبكات الإسناد". كل العرب (in Arabic). 23 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "الإعلان عن إطلاق المؤتمر السادس للمساحة وتكنولوجيا المعلومات" (in Arabic). وزارة الاتصالات والاقتصاد الرقمي.
  10. ↑ "نقابة المهندسين تطلق أولى ورش العمل الهندسية المتخصصة حول التحول الرقمي في القطاع الهندسي" (in Arabic). نقابة المهندسين – مركز القدس.
  11. ↑ "مجموعة اكسيس للحلول الهندسية تتبرع بأجهزة مساحة حديثة ولصندوق الطالب لصالح "البوليتكنك"" (in Arabic). وكالة معا الإخبارية.