Q: How will safety issues raised by increasing autonomous traffic — in the air and on roads — affect the GNSS industry? Sanchit Agarwal, VP, Field Operations, Nearmap A: Due to increasing autonomous traffic, the GNSS industry will have…
Multiple injuries and fatalities have been reported after an Amtrak train derailed Dec. 18 on the inaugural run of a new high-speed service linking Seattle and Portland. Train 501 was going south when it derailed while crossing a bridge over…
Above: The constructed 3D model for 26 buildings; below: illustration of the direction of recording of surfaces. Click to enlarge. By Nesreen I. Ziedan, Zagazig University, Egypt / Presented at ION GNSS+ 2017, September 2017 Multipath is a major source…
It is the best of times, it is the worst of times. GPS modernization, once gasping for breath by the side of the track, is back in the race and pulling ahead. Relentless innovation in user equipment and newly opened…
Drone operational rules have quite a few restrictions, largely aimed at keeping unmanned aircraft away from manned and commercial aircraft operations. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has set a boundary limit for UAV operations to stay a minimum of 5…
Topcon Positioning Group and Bentley Systems announce the kick-off date of their collaborative Constructioneering Academy initiative. The first session is scheduled for Feb. 13, 2018, in Livermore, California. Topcon and Bentley have joined efforts to provide opportunities designed to allow…
BAE Systems and the University of Manchester has successfully completed the first phase of flight trials with MAGMA — a small-scale unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that uses a blown-air system to maneuver. The UAV design paves the way for future stealthier aircraft…
For his leadership in setting up the routine production of the Galileo satellites leading to Galileo constellation deployment, including thequadruple Ariane 5 launch in November 2016, Wolfgang Paetsch was named the winner of the 2017 Satellites Leadership Award. Since he…
The first advanced GPS III satellite successfully established remote connectivity and communicated with the next-generation Operational Control System (OCX), further validating the U.S. Air Force’s modernized GPS is ready to launch its first satellite. On Nov. 2, GPS III Space…
