Image: Inertial Labs Inertial Labs and BayesMap have partnered to release PCMasterPro software updates for Inertial Labs’ Resepi. The collaboration aims to provide users with fast, automated point cloud alignment to enhance UAV lidar systems. The software is designed to…
Image: Xinhua News Agency China has launched two satellites into medium-Earth orbits (MEO) for its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, reported the China Satellite Navigation Office. The satellites were carried by a Long March 3B rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch…
Deep Sand Technology (DST), an autosteering and precision agriculture company, and the GEODNET Foundation have partnered to bring precision agriculture real-time kinematic (RTK) services to rural North America. GEODNET-compatible RTK bases will be immediately available, which support centimeter-accurate operations without…
“Seen & Heard” is a monthly feature of GPS World magazine, traveling the world to capture interesting and unusual news stories involving the GNSS/PNT industry. Photo: Milos Bjelica/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images Drawing with GPS According to Guinness World Records, a 982.53-mile, seven-day…
It may be hard to remember — or imagine — life without the Global Positioning System (GPS). From finding the nearest Dunkin’ Donuts to making ATM withdrawals, GPS is part of everyday life. It makes global finance possible, first responders…
Figure 1. Initial GLONASS FDMA signals spectrum in L1 band. Image: Sergey Karutin GLONASS remains a core of Russia’s positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) system and is utilized by people around the world. Annual shipments of new GLONASS/GNSS receivers for…
Image: Trimble Trimble and Sabanto have partnered to integrate Trimble’s BX992 dual antenna with Trimble CenterPoint RTX into Sabanto’s autonomous solutions. Farming requires a high level of uptime and reliability to avoid service disruption. By using Trimble’s BX992 GNSS receiver…
Image: savvy navvy logo savvy navvy has partnered with ProtectedSeas to bring ProtectedSeas Navigator data to boaters through the savvy navvy app. After eight years of research and development, boaters and watersport users worldwide can now have access to comprehensive…
Matteo Luccio When Boston Light — an 89 ft-high, white lighthouse on Little Brewster Island in Boston’s outer harbor — opened in September 1716, it was the first one in the Thirteen Colonies. Sally Snowman, who has been its keeper…
