As the dust from this year’s AUVSI Xponential show, which took place May 1-4 in Denver, begins to settle, we complete the overview we began last month and wrap up our coverage of the show. Septentrio Septentrio introduced its AsteRx-i…
The Open Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has released a call for participation to solicit proposals for the its Indoor Mapping and Navigation Pilot Initiative. According to OGC, the Indoor Mapping and Navigation Pilot Initiative, sponsored by the Public Safety Communications…
TerraStar X is aimed at autonomous vehicles and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). Hexagon’s Positioning Intelligence division has successfully deployed TerraStar X GNSS correction technology, which enables instant lane-level accuracy for autonomous automotive planning programs, the company said. “In partnership with…
An increasingly bitter political and economic argument between the United Kingdom (U.K.) and the European Union (EU) has alternately stalled and unfrozen progress on Galileo. Why does this matter from a defense and security viewpoint? Because it’s all about access…
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) has issued a request for information (RFI) in preparation for the procurement of EGNOS geostationary navigation payload services. The EGNOS space segment is provided by commercial satellite operators on the basis of service contracts. The GEO-1,…
The International Association of Institutes of Navigation (IAIN) will be accepting abstracts through June 30 for its 16th World Congress, which will take place Nov. 18-Dec. 1 in Chiba, Japan. According to IAIN, all submitted abstracts will be reviewed by…
A U.S. soldier preparing his Blue Force Tracker before departing Camp Victory, Iraq in 2005.(PHOTO: Petty Officer 1st Class Brien Aho, U.S. Navy) A free GPS World webinar, sponsored by Orolia and taking place at 1 p.m. EDT on Thursday,…
China will launch 11 more BeiDou-3 satellites by the end of 2018, according to Xinhua News Agency, the official state-run press agency. China has already launched eight BeiDou-3 satellites for its domestic BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS). The satellites will…
The frequently updated multi-spectral imagery is available through the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World. Esri is releasing Sentinel-2 Image Services to all Esri users for no additional cost. Sentinel-2 is an Earth Observation Satellite that provides multi-spectral imagery for…
