Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Riegl is making the remapping of the world happen faster by bringing its gold-standard UAS LiDAR technology to lower price points and more user communities. Speaking in Stuttgart at InterGEO 2024, My-Linh Truong, Riegl Division Manager Unmanned Laser Scanning, said, “This year, we are really excited to expand our fleet of UAS [unmanned aerial system] payloads, with the addition of the VUX-100.”
By Peter Gutierrez
OpenStreetMap (OSM), the free geographic database, celebrated its 20th anniversary in August 2024. Updated and maintained by a community of volunteers, via open collaboration, OSM has grown by leaps and bounds over the past two decades, playing a role in the changing geospatial data landscape.
By Peter Gutierrez
After an in-depth assessment and test campaign, Jan De Nul, the offshore energy, dredging and construction firm, has selected Navsight-Apogee by SBG Systems for integration into its unmanned bathometric survey vessel.
By Peter Gutierrez
Swift Navigation and Bad Elf have announced a partnership to deliver a complete, turnkey solution for high volume and high precision GIS data collection. GIS data enables workers across industries to create precise digital maps (showing the location of buried infrastructure, for example) that improve worker safety and efficiency in construction, utilities, and environmental management.
By Inside GNSS
Taoglas, a provider of antennas and IoT components, has announced the launch of Inception, a new GNSS L1/L5 ultra-low-profile “patch-in-a-patch” antenna. The HP5354.A offers dual-band stacked patch performance in a single 35 x 35 x 4mm form factor. This design integrates the second antenna within the first, eliminating the need for stacking parts and reducing the antenna height by 50%.
By Inside GNSS
Mosaic has introduced the Meridian Mobile Mapping System at Geo Business in London, aiming to enhance geospatial and surveying technologies. This system integrates the Mosaic X camera with an INS/Lidar device from Inertial Labs, offering high-accuracy mapping at a more accessible price point compared to traditional systems.
By Inside GNSS
Topcon Positioning Systems has announced strategic partnerships with Bentley Systems and Worldsensing to embed its advanced GNSS technology into their software and connectivity solutions, enhancing geospatial data accuracy and operational efficiency across industries.
By Inside GNSS
Mosaic and Movella have announced a partnership that combines Mosaic’s mobile mapping cameras with Movella’s inertial sensor solutions. This collaboration aims to improve GIS platform integration and enable more precise 3D reconstruction in mapping projects.
By Inside GNSS
On February 12, 2024, in Denver, during Geo Week, Trimble announced the integration of its Applanix POSPac CloudⓇ PPK GNSS positioning service into DroneDeploy’s drone mapping and data collection platform. This collaboration aims to improve the precision of drone-based reality capture by utilizing advanced GNSS technology for post-processed kinematic (PPK) positioning.
By Inside GNSS
The ESA-funded SSRoverDAB+ project delivered its final results in June 2023.
By Peter Gutierrez
Identifying seismic signals in GNSS reference stations using machine learning.
By Inside GNSS
In the wake of the latest COP session on international climate change, and as the world continues to deal with the effects of a warming planet, researchers say more and better data can help ameliorate the damage and provide answers on how to respond to it.
By Brett Davis
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
