HERE Mapmaking allows users to create detailed interactive maps of private sites, outdoors and indoors. This includes sites not covered by public maps, such as warehouses, yards, farms, mines and ports. (Photo: HERE Technologies) Location-based services (LBS) are software services…
Click to read the full Innovation article, “ESA’s multi-modal space mission to improve geodetic applications” Innovation Insights with Richard Langley In the beginning of the space age, there was only one space-based positioning technique: satellite Doppler. Shortly after the launch…
Photo: oneNav oneNav has released the results of a test evaluating the resilience of its technology to widespread GPS interference. The testing was conducted in and around Haifa, Israel and focused on the performance of its L5-direct GPS receiver compared…
GPS vulnerabilities have been widely reported in the press. What steps have been taken to back up GPS use in U.S. critical infrastructure? Jules McNeff “President Biden on April 30 issued a National Security Memorandum on Critical Infrastructure Security and…
Image: 1Spatial 1Spatial, a location master data management (LMDM) software and solutions provider, has secured a three-year contract with a leading Distribution System Operator for electricity and gas networks in Belgium. 1Sparial plans to support the utility company in developing…
Image: HERE Technologies On Jan. 6, HERE Technologies, a location data platform, announced its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), a leading cloud platform. This collaboration will deliver improved performance for indoor and outdoor positioning capabilities, enabling AWS third-party developers…
Early Open Services delivered by the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN) are now live in Australia and New Zealand, improving location-based capabilities for the Australasia region. SouthPAN provides accurate, reliable and instant positioning services across all of Australia and New…
Photo: Ekkasit919/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images According to Fact.MR, a market research and competitive intelligence provider, the global surveying and mapping services market was worth US$ 9 billion in 2021 and is expected to expand at a CAGR of 3% during…
Yang Changfeng is BeiDou’s Chief Architect. (Photo: BeiDou Navigation Satellite System) Construction of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS-3) has been completed. The system was formally commissioned on July 31, 2020. In 2021, BDS continued to improve performance, expand applications…
