Marine vessels to use Oceaneering C-Nav positioning

Oceaneering C-Nav Positioning Solutions to provide C-Nav5000 GNSS receivers for select SEACOR marine vessels The C-Nav5000 GNSS receiver. (Photo: Oceaneering) Oceaneering C-Nav Positioning Solutions has been selected by SEACOR Marine to supply C-Nav5000 GNSS receivers for a select number of…
GMV to develop autonomous vehicle positioning for BMW

GMV has been awarded a contract for development of a precise GNSS positioning system with integrity for the new generation of autonomous vehicles of the German carmaker BMW Group. The Spanish multi-national’s technology solution is going to be developed for…
Anatomy of a centimeter-level precise point positioning service

By Markus Brandl, Xiaoming Chen, Herbert Landau, Carlos Rodriguez-Solano and Ulrich Weinbach This article updates a July 2012 feature in GPS World, “Real-Time Extended GNSS Positioning: A New Generation of Centimeter-Accurate Networks.” The Trimble CenterPoint RTX correction service, enabling centimeter-level…

By Urs Niesen, Jubin Jose, Xinzhou Wu, Qualcomm Technologies Inc. Emerging automotive applications require reliable but at the same time low-cost positioning solutions. In this paper, we present such a solution by fusing the measurements from several consumer-grade sensors using…
Commentary: High-precision positioning is going mainstream

Guest column by Peter Fairhurst, Director, Product Line Management, Product Center Positioning, u-blox Peter Fairhurst, Director, Product Line Management, Product Center Positioning, u-blox. (Photo: u-blox) A new generation of GNSS hardware and pioneering new correction data services are enabling cheaper,…
Racelogic introduces VBOX indoor positioning system at ION GNSS+

VBOX indoor positioning beacon atop a car. (Photo: Racelogic) Racelogic will demonstrate a new VBOX solution for accurate position and velocity in the absence of any GNSS signals, such as indoors, at the ION GNSS+ exhibition. VBOX data acquisition systems are…

TerraStar X is aimed at autonomous vehicles and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). Hexagon’s Positioning Intelligence division has successfully deployed TerraStar X GNSS correction technology, which enables instant lane-level accuracy for autonomous automotive planning programs, the company said. “In partnership with…