Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
EPFL Campus, Lausanne and Lake Geneva (photo A. Herzog)The 2017 European Navigation Conference (ENC 2017) will take place on the EPFL campus in the new Swiss Tech Convention Centre (STCC) on the shores of Lake Geneva in Lausanne, Switzerland from May 9 – 12, 2017.
The call for papers is now open. The submission deadline is January 8, 2017. Registration and conference program will be available soon.
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Rob Hranak, Swift Navigation vice president of business development, talks about Piksi Multi at InterGEOThis year’s InterGEO in Hamburg, Germany, featured the latest in geospatial wizardry including new navigation and positioning components and boards not only driving progress in the surveying and mapping industries, but also feeding into the wider GNSS user community.
San Francisco-based Swift Navigation came into InterGEO brandishing the all-new Piksi Multi, described as the world’s first affordable multi-band and multi-constellation receiver.
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This webinar has already taken place. A recorded version is available for free viewing on demand.
View the recorded version here. (You may need to register, if you have not done so for this webinar previously.)
Sponsored by NovAtel, this free technical webinar addressed safety standards for positioning autonomous cars, using lessons from civil aviation.
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It’s official. The Department of Defense is sticking with its current GPS ground system development program and with its current prime contractor Raytheon — although the details of how it will realign the program remain unclear.
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Terrebonne, Canada-based Eos Positioning Systems has released its Arrow Gold Bluetooth GNSS receiver. Arrow Gold is the first iOS, Android, and Windows Bluetooth GNSS receiver to work with GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS), and the Atlas correction service, the company said.
The palm-sized Arrow Gold receiver provides centimeter-level accuracy on iOS, Android, and Windows devices. Arrow Gold, which costs $4,395, works with such data collection systems as Esri’s Collector/Survey123 and others.
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Hemisphere GNSS and Carlson Software have released the Hemisphere S321 and Carlson BRx6 receivers for land surveying, construction fieldwork, and marine operations.
The lightweight and compact new receivers work with GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, and Galileo, the company said. The receivers also incorporate real-time kinematic (RTK) and L-band corrections, including optimization for Hemisphere’s subscription-based Atlas GNSS global correction service, Hemisphere said.
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Swift Navigation’s Piksi Multi with evaluation boardUpdated: San Francisco, California–based Swift Navigation has announced its newest product, the Piksi Multi, a multi-band, multi-constellation, real-time kinematic–capable OEM GNSS receiver module with a unit price of $600.
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Sydney, AustraliaThe 2016 IGNSS Conference will take place on December 6-8, 2016 at UNSW Australia’s Sydney campus in Sydney, Australia.
Registration is now open.
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Trimble has released the SX10 scanning total station that merges high-speed 3D scanning, imaging technology, and total station measurements for surveyors, the company said.
"This is the top one or two [products] we have launched in the 20 years I’ve been here," said Ron Bisio, Trimble geospatial division vice president, at a media day in Westminster, Colorado, October 5.
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European GNSS Agency illustrationThe European GNSS Agency (GSA) has released a report it says will help users and manufacturers to understand receiver technology and trends.
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Air Force Space Commander Gen. John HytenThe Department of Defense (DoD) is less than three weeks away from a decision on whether to retain, cancel, or change its contract to develop a new GPS ground system.
A source familiar with the program said they believe the Air Force will stick with the program but will recast it to fit more closely with DoD’s budget realities.
By Dee Ann Divis
Harris Corporation has delivered the first of 34 receivers to support the GPS Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX). The receiver was shipped to Raytheon Company, the prime contractor, in Aurora, Colorado, after it passed an electromagnetic interference test, Harris said.
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Spirent Communications plc’s Positioning Technology Unit has announced the GSS200D Interference Detection and Analysis solution, developed as part of Spirent’s partnership with Nottingham Scientific Limited.
The GSS200D comprises field-based hardware and a secure data server for automatic capture and analysis of GNSS radio frequency interference. According to the Paignton, UK–based company, deployments of GSS200D probes provide users with a thorough understanding of the RF interference (RFI) environment at sites of interest.
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