Leica Geosystems’ GNSS Networks Now Support Galileo, QZSS

Leica Geosystems has released Leica Spider v7.0 software suite, which supports Galileo and QZSS constellations as well as the GPS-L5 signal for improved network RTK correction services.

Abstracts Now Being Accepted for ION ITM & PTTI 2018

Submit your abstract today for the ION International Technical Meeting (ITM) and the Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI) Systems and Applications Meeting. The co-located conferences will take place January 29 – February 1, 2018 at the Hyatt Regency Reston in Reston, Virginia.



Abstracts are due October 10, 2017.



Trimble Adds Galileo Support to VRS Now Correction Service 

Trimble announced that its Trimble VRS Now networks — powered by Trimble Pivot Platform software — can now process Galileo observation data in its network-modeled Virtual Reference Station (VRS) solution. As a true five-constellation technology using GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, QZSS and now Galileo observations, Trimble VRS Now delivers even better real-time positioning performance for customers using Trimble networks throughout much of Europe, the company stated.

Altair Demonstrates Global Navigation/Location System of New ALT1250 IoT Chipset

Altair Semiconductor demonstrated on June 13 GNSS functionality integrated in its new ALT1250 narrowband CAT-M1 and NB1 (NB-IoT) chipset. The ALT1250 is said to be the only narrowband cellular internet of things (IoT) chipset in the market today that incorporates GNSS/GPS functionality.

CNES Offering Two New Android Apps for GNSS

French Space Agency CNES – with support from its subcontractor C&S – has made available two Android applications on the Google Play store, compatible with Android Nougat and validated on a Nexus 5X device.

Third Edition of GPS/GNSS Book Now Available from Artech House

Artech House has announced the publication of Understanding GPS/GNSS: Principles and Applications, Third Edition by Elliott D. Kaplan and Christopher J. Hegarty. This thoroughly updated third edition of an Artech House bestseller brings together a team of leading experts providing a current and comprehensive treatment of GNSS that readers won’t find in other resources.

Microsemi’s Updated TimeProvider 5000 Grandmaster Clock Supports IPv6, Multi-GNSS

Microsemi Corporation announced the hardware on its TimeProvider 5000 IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) grandmaster clock has been updated to support Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) and multi-GNSS constellations to ensure better reception and higher security in a wide variety of telecommunications network applications.