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October 30, 2010
ABI Research: Mobile Phone GPS Navigation Grows Substantially But PNDs Still on Top

ABI Research says that a recent survey revealed that, although portable navigation devices (PNDs) remain the most used form factor, the number of…

By Inside GNSS


October 25, 2010
Galileo Master, Winner of the 2010 European Satellite Navigation Competition

A Salzburg, Austria–based start-up company, Mobilizy, took home the €20,000 grand prize in the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2010 (ESNC 2010) for its…

By Inside GNSS


October 25, 2010
Local Oscillator Phase Noise

FIGURE 1: Block-diagram of a GNSS direct-conversion receiver For the complete story, including figures, graphs, and images, please download the PDF of the…

By Inside GNSS


October 25, 2010
Military PNT — The Way Ahead

FIGURE 1: The three foundations of C2 and how they are “changing the game” in an electronic battlespace: spectrum (communications media), yellow; computers…

By Inside GNSS


October 25, 2010
eVOTZ: Mobilizing Voters

Figure 1: An overview of the eVOTZ location-based voter solution architecture The votes are in and the USA Challenge 2010 award goes —…

By Inside GNSS


October 18, 2010
Augmented Reality Navigation System Nabs Galileo Master Award in Satellite Navigation Competition

A Salzburg, Austria–based start-up company, Mobilizy, took home the €20,000 grand prize in the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2010 (ESNC 2010) for its…

By Inside GNSS


October 18, 2010
Mobile Voting Application Wins USA Challenge

A secure mobile application that enables secure voting and polling from location-capable mobile devices has won the 2010 USA Challenge — the North…

By Inside GNSS


October 18, 2010
Topcon Adds Mapping System

Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS), Livermore, California, has announced the addition of the IP-S2 HD Mapping System to its line of mobile mapping solutions….

By Inside GNSS


October 18, 2010
Spirent, AGI Announce Joint Software Integration

Spirent and Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI) have announced the integration of AGI’s STK (Satellite Tool Kit) and Spirent’s SimGEN software. Spirent says the…

By Inside GNSS


October 12, 2010
OlinkStar Offers GNSS Products Using Current Compass/Beidou-2 Signals

OlinkStar CC100-BG Beidou-GPS module Despite the absence of official published specifications for China’s Compass/Beidou-2, a number of GNSS companies have announced plans to…

By Inside GNSS


October 11, 2010
Trimble Acquires Terralite Line from Novariant

Trimble has acquired the Terralite assets from Novariant, Inc., to expand the Sunnyvale, California–based company’s portfolio of positioning solutions.

By Inside GNSS


October 5, 2010
GAO on GPS (Again): Challenges in Sustaining and Upgrading Capabilities Persist

A new report on the GPS program from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds the situation considerably improved from last year, when its…

By Inside GNSS


October 4, 2010
NovAtel, Hemisphere GPS Launch Rival Products

Calgary, Alberta: Canadian high-tech center and home to rivals NovAtel and Hemisphere GPS Two Canadian companies — NovAtel and Hemisphere GPS — that…

By Inside GNSS


October 2, 2010
USA Challenge GNSS Applications Contest Picks Five Finalists

[UPDATED Oct. 21, 2010] Contestants from all over the United States and the world have sent in their new GNSS apps to the…

By Inside GNSS


October 1, 2010
GNSS Hotspots | October 2010

One of 12 magnetograms recorded at Greenwich Observatory during the Great Geomagnetic Storm of 1859 1996 soccer game in the Midwest, (Rick Dikeman…

By Inside GNSS


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