The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration (IRCA) has commissioned the Norwegian UAV manufacturer Acecore to map the extent and aftermath of the Eldvörp-Svartsengi volcanic system eruption using its high-end UAV solutions. Grindavík, a fishing village on the Reykjanes Peninsula in…
In February 2024, Vision Pro, Apple’s long-awaited extended reality (XR) headset, hit stores. It is Apple’s stab at the consumer XR market, but XR is not how Apple describes it. Instead, when it was announced last summer, Apple CEO Tim…
Image: Exail Exail has launched the Atlans 3, its new Inertial Navigation System (INS) dedicated to land and air mobile mapping applications. The technology was unveiled at INTERGEO 2023. The Atlans 3 is an all-in-one positioning and orientation system integrating…
Image: ComNav Technology ComNav Technology has released the second product of its Universe series of GNSS receivers, the Mars Laser RTK real-time kinematic (RTK). The Mars Laser RTK is suitable for surveying, mapping, and geographic information system applications. The…
A roundup of recent products in the GNSS and inertial positioning industry from the July 2023 issue of GPS World magazine. TIMING PTP Firmware To synchronize accurate time from GNSS The 7.09.00 firmware with a precise timing protocol (PTP) feature…
The ocean off the Gulf of Mexico is undergoing a marine heat wave that could pose a threat to coral reefs, as water temperatures reach 90°F. A coral reef watch map, provided by the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information…
Smoke from the Canadian wildfires continues to pollute the air across the United States, mainly affecting cities in the northeast, including Pittsburgh, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit and Buffalo. According to the New York Times, in early June, the level of particulate…
Image: SimActive Sharper Shape has used SimActive software’s distributed processing capabilities to complete utility corridor base maps in Montreal, Canada. In 2022, more than eight million images were collected in SimActive’s Correlator3D software to generate orthomosaics and colorized point clouds.…
