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GNSS is still key to guiding

(Photo: Trimble) Transportation continues to be a key application area for GNSS and related technologies — both directly, as with receivers on trains, and indirectly, as in airport construction. For this month’s cover story, I chose three transportation-related projects that…

The Global Earth Observation Decentralized Network (GEODNET) Foundation — the organization governing the blockchain-based global navigation network GEODNET — has introduced GEO-PULSE, a GPS navigation device to enhance positioning accuracy for everyday drivers. <p>With the global vehicle count reaching 1.4…
GNSS clocks prove to be invisible and indispensable

Photo: Safran; Getty Images: JTSorrell / iStock / Getty Images Plus (background), TommL / E+ (tv), yangphoto /E+ (power grid), Torsten Asmus / iStock / Getty Images Plus (finance), Michal Krakowiak / E+ (plane) In the early 19th century, as…