GPS World magazine recently conducted the 2018 State of the Industry survey, an online polling of the GNSS community. It has become an annual feature, probing for the technical and business challenges that are drawing attention this year, how executives, managers…
The Trimble RTX GNSS corrections technology can now achieve horizontal accuracies of better than two centimeters, according to Trimble. Start-up times, commonly referred to as convergence, have also improved. (Photo: Trimble) Users can now achieve full accuracy in less than…
A roundup of recent products in the GNSS and inertial positioning industry from the Augut 2018 issue of GPS World magazine. OEM IP Solution With multi-constellation GNSS for internet of things (IOT) devices Dragonfly NB2 design. (Diagram: Ceva) The Dragonfly…
Komatsu America Corp. and Propeller Aero Inc. are partnering to boost the efficiency of construction job sites using drone-powered mapping and analytics software. With drones becoming an increasingly common worksite tool, Komatsu has identified aerial mapping and analytics as a…
Brig. Gen. John E. Shaw is Director of Strategic Plans, Programs, Requirements and Analysis, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. (Photo: USAF) The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Coast Guard Navigation Center have announced preparations…
The BYes “GetYourSpace” service collects and analyzes lighting in urban environments using a GIS-based approach and the Trimble MB-TWO GNSS module. One of the most visible services provided by cities and municipalities is the illumination of streets and public spaces.…
Ford has applied for a patent that would send a drone to dock with an autonomous vehicle and act as a surrogate sensor if one of the car’s sensors failed. The UAV then uses its own sensors to guide the car…
News from the European Space Agency Four more Galileo satellites were launched today by an Ariane 5. Their arrival in orbit brings the Galileo constellation to 26 satellites, extending the global coverage of the constellation. Ariane 5 flight VA244, operated…
Javad GNSS, makers of the Triumph-LS Rover receiver and the Triumph-1 and -2 base units, offers a time-saving software procedure called Cluster Averaging, which takes advantage of Javad’s six different RTK engines and the J-Field receiver firmware. While a typical…
