Editorial Advisory Board PNT Q&A: Keeping data safe

What is the best way to protect data centers and mobile devices from spoofing and jamming? Ellen Hall “After speaking to our head of engineering, Roger Hart, he explained this as something akin to ‘What’s the best way to achieve…
Allystar releases multi-band GNSS raw data chip and module

Allystar Technology Co. Limited, headquartered in Shenzhen, China, has released a multi-band multi-GNSS chipset, the HD9310. The new product is based on the Cynosure III architecture integrating multi-band multi-system GNSS RF and baseband. A multi-band, multi-system system-on-chip, it supports BeiDou-3…
Skycatch GNSS base station processes drone data in the field

Skycatch has announced an on-premise data processing and GNSS base station, the Skycatch Edge1, manufactured in partnership with DJI and now available worldwide. Edge1 base station. (Photo: Skycatch) Tested and optimized for the Skycatch Explore1 and DJI Phantom 4 RTK…

Caliper has released a free average annual daily traffic (AADT) map layer for Maptitude 2018 users. The latest version includes fields with total AADT traffic count, semi-trailer truck count, single-unit truck and bus count, number of through lanes, and road…
Esri acquires ClearTerra location data extraction technology

New Capabilities Provide Support for Unstructured Data in the ArcGIS Platform Spatial analytics company Esri has acquired technology from ClearTerra, a company that offers geospatial and activity-based intelligence tools. The acquisition will provide ArcGIS platform users the ability to easily discover and extract…

Airbus has launched near real-time satellite imagery capabilities together with its 24/7 Emergency Image Delivery Service to aid those facing emergency situations. By leveraging the Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) polar ground station in Svalbard, Norway, Pléiades and SPOT constellation images…
Esri tech to help power UN’s new global data hub

Esri and the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) are working with a number of member states to utilize a data hub that will allow countries to measure, monitor and report on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a geographic context.…