Category: GPS

Seven Solutions sets new record for long-distance White Rabbit high-accuracy time-over-fiber link The White Rabbit link has an approximate distance of 1,350 km (840 miles) and was deployed in collaboration with Optiver U.S., a financial company, to connect Chicago and…

Orolia has been awarded €70 million in two contracts to provide atomic clocks for the first 12 satellites of the Galileo Second Generation System (G2S). The first was from the European Space Agency (ESA) and the second from Leonardo. Each…

Orbit Logic’s SpyMeSat mobile app (available via the Apple App Store and Google Play) now includes an augmented reality (AR) interface for better awareness of overflying imaging satellites. The AR view overlays the orbit and position of satellites that can…

TRX Systems was awarded funding through the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program (PSIAP) to test, validate and harden the TRX NEON Personnel Tracker solution to support wide-scale public safety deployment. TRX is partnering…
The surveyor and augmented reality – ready for the future

Photo: ipopba/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images The surveying profession has experienced a plethora of advancing technology over the past two decades and it does not look like there will be a slowdown any time soon. From robotic total stations…
Inertial Labs explains lidar, GPS-aided INS and data management

A new blog offered by Inertial Labs discusses the scope of work to turn lidar point-cloud data collection into actionable deliverables. The blog, “Providing Actionable LiDAR Point Cloud Deliverables and the Inertial Labs RESEPI” by Luke Wilson, is also available…
61st CGSIC meeting scheduled for Sept. 21

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center (NAVCEN) will hold the 61st meeting of the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC) on Sept. 20-21. The meeting will be conducted at the St. Louis Union…
NV5 Geospatial adds lidar system for highway-speed mapping

Photo: Riegl NV5 Geospatial has acquired the new Riegl VMX-2HA dual-scanner mobile mapping system. The system will initially deploy in utility and transportation projects and enable NV5 Geospatial to collect highly accurate, feature-rich data at highway speeds. The flexibility, ease…

A roundup of recent products in the GNSS and inertial positioning industry from the July 2021 issue of GPS World magazine. OEM GNSS/INS Sensors Photo: Septentrio Five receivers in new product line The AsteRx-i3 product family provides an array of next-generation receivers,…