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April 9, 2009
GPS L5 Signal Goes on the Air April 10

Stanford “Big Dish” Antenna U.S. Air Force officials are moving quickly to turn on the new civil GPS L5 signal after lengthy delays…

By Inside GNSS


April 9, 2009
earthmine Launches 3D Mapping System Driven by GPS, Inertial

John Ristevski Privacy rebellions such as recently drove a Google Street View crew from Broughton, England, or security-oriented legislation that would require blurred…

By Inside GNSS


March 31, 2009
NavCom Technology Partners with Astrium Services in Europe

NavCom Technology Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Deere & Company, and Astrium Services have formed a strategic partnership to deliver precise positioning…

By Inside GNSS


March 31, 2009
An Expanding CAST Navigation Moves to New Facilities

CAST Navigation LLC is relocating to expanded facilities as a result of increased demand for the company’s GPS simulators, GPS/INS navigation test equipment,…

By Inside GNSS


March 30, 2009
Geotagging: u-blox Buys Geotate

Typical implementation of geotagging in camera. Source: Geotate In a €5.5-million cash deal, u-blox AG, of Thalwil, Switzerland, has acquired Geotate B.V. and…

By Inside GNSS


March 26, 2009
European Court of Auditors Lambastes Galileo Satellite Navigation Program

European Court of Auditors, Luxembourg Here’s an interesting document: Preliminary observations on “The management of the Galileo programme’s development and validation phase,” adopted…

By Inside GNSS


March 25, 2009
Kai Borre

Originally graduated as a chartered surveyor, Kai Borre obtained his Ph.D. in geodesy from Copenhagen University, and a Doctor of Technology  degree from…

By Inside GNSS


March 24, 2009
SSTL Leads Team Developing GNSS-Based Remote Sensing of Sea State

Sea State Monitoring Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) will lead a British project to exploit signals from GPS and other GNSS satellites that…

By Inside GNSS


March 24, 2009
OnPOZ Offers Free ArcPad GNSS Driver Extension

Montreal, Quebec, Canada–based OnPOZ Precision Positioning has released, GNSS Driver for ArcPad, a new extension to the ESRI product that allows GNSS post-processing…

By Inside GNSS


March 24, 2009
GPS Satellite with L5 Payload Launches Successfully

Block IIR-20(M) launch from Cape Canaveral. Photo by Carleton Bailie, United Launch Alliance. GPS program managers and users — especially the U.S. civil…

By Inside GNSS


March 23, 2009
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Compass: What GNSS Race? What Competition

(This story appears in the "GNSS World" department in the March-April 2009 issue of Inside GNSS.) Munich’s high-level satnav summit the first week…

By Inside GNSS


March 19, 2009
Hemisphere GPS Reports Record Revenues

Steve Koles, Hemisphere GPS president & CEO Hemisphere GPS has reported a 35 percent increase in revenues in 2008 — to a company…

By Inside GNSS


March 18, 2009
More Problems with GPS IIF; IIR-(20)M Is L5’s Plan B

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water . . . Discovery of a power anomaly in signal…

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March 16, 2009
Space Weather Workshop 2009

This annual program sponsored by NOAA/Space Weather Prediction Center covers space weather impacts on communications, navigation, spacecraft operations, aviation, and electric power. The…

By Inside GNSS


March 16, 2009
International Conference on Precision Agriculture 2010

The tenth International Conference on Precision Agriculture will take place July 18-21 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Tech Center in Denver, Colorado USA….

By Inside GNSS


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