GPS relies on faint radio signals from satellites about 12,000 miles away, requiring a quiet spectrum neighborhood to operate. (Photo: NASA) By Alex Damato Acting Executive Director GPS Innovation Alliance From its humble beginnings in the 1970s to its expanded…
What better way to beat the hot summer heat than with ice cream? We’re not the only ones who crave this sweet treat. In fact, of all the dishes searched on Google Maps in the U.S., ice cream is the…
Photo: InifiDome The national time system at Israel’s National Physics Laboratory (INPL) in Jerusalem is now protected by a GPSdome unit for cyber protection of GPS/GNSS signals, according to Israel’s Homeland Security, a private company established in 2012. Microchip partner…
Raytheon Company has signed a strategic agreement with AirMap, an airspace intelligence platform for drones, to collaborate on projects to safely integrate unmanned aerial systems (UAS) into the national airspace system. This will help unlock the positive economic and social…
On Dec. 4, President Trump signed the Frank LoBiondo U.S. Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018. Included in that bill was the National Timing Security and Resilience Act of 2018. The act tasks the Secretary of Transportation with establishing a…
This report covers a number of UAV topics, including the news of another U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) program to advance drone integration in the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS); an initial effort towards Type Certification for a larger UAV/UAS;…
The base of the channel was just wide enough (12 feet) to fit the John Deere machine for grading the 2:1 slope. With GNSS, the operator did not have to reference grade stakes or stop for grade checks. (Photo: Topcon)…
GPS Technology Drives Global Treasure HuntNational Geographic"I go out with my five-year-old and nine-year-old as a family," said geocacher Rich Ness, assistant manager of Bloomington, Minnesota's REI outdoor-gear store (GPS coordinates: latitude 44° 51.6' N, longitude 93° 17.3' W). "I…