Leica Geosystems prepares for the 24th Winter Olympics in China 2022

Author: Jacob Hesselbjerg

北京将于2022年首次举办一场真正出色的冬季运动会，将成为有史以来第一个举办夏季和冬季奥运会的城市。

Several of the venues from the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics will be repurposed for skating games, but entire new snow resorts are right now under construction in the mountainous Chongli district, approximately 200 kilometres north-west of Beijing.

Located in the Chongli district,云顶秘密加尔省enSnow Parkwill become the venue for the freestyle skiing and snowboarding events. The area is characterised by frosty temperatures and generally a lack of snow; therefore, the use of technical snow will be required.

Preparing with the Leica iCON alpine solutions to the games

The new ski resort in Genting Secret Garden Snow Park.

For this major event, Leica Geosystems’ long-term partner Prinoth AG won the contract of supplying 50 snow groomers.

“Genting Secret Gardens中的完整舰队将配备Leica Ready套件和Prinoth Fleet Management软件，为度假村提供最佳条件，以配备他们需要的车辆，以进行课程设计和坡度准备工作,” explains John Calverley, area sales manager responsible for the Olympic Games at Prinoth AG.

Leica Icon Alpine 3D雪测量解决方案是一套全面的工具套件，可在Snow Gromer的Cabin显示屏上提供实时数据。该解决方案显示了刀片下方的确切积雪深度，使操作员能够立即响应雪的条件，并根据3D参考模型完美准备斜坡。

为奥运会的准备工作提前几年开始，因此，Leica Geosystems与Prinoth AG合作，从计划的早期阶段就参与其中。

中国安装的第一个Leica Icon Alpine解决方案

The base station from Leica Geosystems is installed on top of the newly built Genting Grand Hotel.

2019年11月，中国的第一个Leica Icon Alpine解决方案安装在云顶秘密花园度假村的Prinoth Bison X雪地美容师上。安装高山解决方案的第一个重要步骤是在度假村上设置基站。基站是GNSS天线的实时使用，将卫星信号纠正到雪地美容机上的机器控制解决方案。此外，基站确保面板上的3D GNSS信息是正确的，可以正确测量机器上的雪深度以进行准确的机器指导。

The installation requires 360-degree access from the antenna to the sky and the team need to ensure that the data from the base station and terrain model on the machine control solution is established in the same coordinate system.

Leica ConX – solving the Chinese cloud technology challenge

Equipping the snow groomers with machine control for the 2022 Winter Games also required the smooth running of the web-based cloud solution,Leica ConX，在中国工作。Leica Conx支持Prinoth雪地美容师的车队管理工具，并允许：

• File transfer of design models to the machine control solutions.
• Transferring as-built documentation from the snow groomers.
• 办公室和机器之间的远程通信。

Leica ConX also allows for a complete management system,alpinePRO，对度假村的基础设施，积雪计算和纠正雪分配的分析和管理。当使用技术雪时，这一点尤其重要。

After locally hosting the database and implementing the solution in November 2019, Leica ConX is now smoothly running in China.

The Olympic Games boosts ski sports in China

The renovated ice and snow parks are already available to residents in the area, and winter sports are gaining popularity in China. The Chinese national skiing team is already training in the Genting Secret Garden resort.

“We are ready to promote the Leica iCON alpine solutions for snow groomers in China, and we hope to see a rise in the market,”北京Leica Geosystems机器控制业务部的经理Lu Xing说。