Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Trimble and PTx Trimble have announced the availability of Trimble IonoGuard for the precision agriculture industry. IonoGuard is a next-generation technology engineered to enhance RTK GNSS signal tracking and hardware positioning performance.
By Inside GNSS
Finnish researchers have presented an affordable, multi-sensor solution to enable high-precision positioning and alignment of agricultural equipment. It is being developed under the ESA-funded PAALI project (‘Precision agriculture – high precision coordinate and alignments transfer’).
By Peter Gutierrez
Silicon Sensing’s DMU11 inertial measurement unit has been selected by BBLeap B.V. for its LeapBox retrofittable, crop sprayer technology. The DMU11 all-silicon, six-degree-of-freedom IMU, will be used to precisely determine both the turning speed and heading of the sprayer.
By Inside GNSS
In the summer of 2024, France’s Center for the Study of the Biosphere from Space (CESBIO), working in collaboration with the French Space Agency (CNES) and Toulouse-based geolocation specialists M3 Systems, launched an airborne data collection campaign leveraging GNSS reflectometry to estimate forest biomass and soil moisture.
By Peter Gutierrez
u-blox, a provider of positioning and wireless communication technology and services, and Nordian, a precision location technology company providing GNSS hardware solutions and services for the South American market, have announced the further expansion of the PointPerfect Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) correction service in Brazil by enabling L-band satellite delivery.
By Inside GNSS
In April 2024, Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, announced the launch of its new iCON 120 Machine Smart Antenna, designed to deliver highly scalable and flexible machine control solutions for construction professionals.
By Peter Gutierrez
Santa Clara, CA-based startup Anello Photonics has announced a GNSS INS module that it says is the world’s smallest optical gyro inertial navigation system for GPS-denied navigation and localization. It is powered by the company’s optical gyroscope technology and AI-based sensor fusion engine, the combination engineered to deliver high-accuracy positioning and orientation for applications in the agriculture, construction, robotics, and autonomous vehicle space.
By Kevin Jost
Recent bipartisan legislation aims to make satellite communication and PNT services more available to farmers.
By Brett Davis
The ESA-funded SSRoverDAB+ project delivered its final results in June 2023.
By Peter Gutierrez
LIVERMORE, Calif.—Topcon Agriculture has introduced Transplanting Control, a new system for specialty farmers. Designed to reduce labor, boost efficiency and increase production, the turnkey system provides global navigation satellite system (GNSS) based guidance, auto-steering and control, benefitting producers of permanent and perennial trees, fruits and vegetable crops, the company said.
By Inside GNSS
Hemisphere GNSS’s new Vega 34 OEM heading and positioning board enables users to upgrade to multi-frequency GNSS without changing pinouts. Integrators who use predecessor Hemisphere 34-pin products such as Crescent Vector H220 and Phantom 34 OEM boards can now transition to improved positioning performance and satellite tracking capabilities of the Vega series.
By Inside GNSS
The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) has published its Earth Observation (EO) & GNSS Market Report, an outgrowth of its annual GNSS Market Report now that the agency has also taken on Earth observation among its administrative responsibilities. The Report is compiled and written for all those making these technologies part of their business plan and developing downstream applications.
By Inside GNSS
Case New Holland (CNH), a global provider of equipment and services in precision agriculture and construction, has selected the Tallysman VeraChoke antenna for the modernization of its high-precision European GNSS Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) network.
By Inside GNSS
