Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Applanix is pleased to invite you to its upcoming 2017 Airborne Workshop, a FREE one day educational and networking workshop. The workshop will be held at the Marriott San Francisco Airport Waterfront in Burlingame, California.
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NavtechGPS has been a leader in GPS/GNSS education and training since 1984, and their GPS courses are taught by some of the top technical professionals in the industry. All courses can be taught on-site at students’ locations — select a specific class or a combination of classes to be tailored to your needs. Additionally, NavtechGPS offers their most requested courses at different public venues during the year, including the following courses in the Washington, DC area in early December.
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The importance of geospatial data being harmonized across Europe via a common coordinate system was stressed at the recent EUREF 2017 Symposium in Wroclaw, Poland, where the European GNSS Agency (GSA) discussed Galileo’s role in helping the mapping and surveying sector.
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Trimble Catalyst software-defined GNSS receiver for Android devices. Photo source: Trimble.Trimble just announced that its Trimble Catalyst software-defined GNSS receiver for Android devices is now available through the company’s global distribution network. Customers can now access Positioning-as-a-Service to collect geo-location data with Trimble or third-party apps on smartphones, tablets and mobile handhelds.
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Iridium Communications’ recent successful second launch of its next-generation network, Iridium NEXT, has further implemented a space-based automatic dependent surveillance–broadcast (ADS-B) developed by Aireon. This payload of 10 satellites deployed into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) approximately one hour after a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Sunday, June 25.
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Sygic has added a new augmented reality (AR) feature to its advanced GPS navigation app. Photo source: Sygic.Bratislava, Slovakia-based Sygic has added a new augmented reality (AR) feature to its advanced GPS navigation app. More than 200 million Sygic users worldwide can now engage with AR for an improved navigation experience on the road, the company said.
Sygic’s new AR feature uses a smartphone’s GPS and camera to implement an augmented reality-powered GPS navigation system. With the AR feature, drivers no longer need to follow a map on their phones. Instead, they’re guided by a virtual path on the smartphone camera preview.
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The NeoRTK System from Tersus GNSS Inc. Tersus GNSS Inc. has launched the NeoRTK System with multi technology integrated for surveyors.
The NeoRTK System is described as a new generation system by the company and is applied with multi-constellation and a multi-frequency GNSS engine and various communication protocols which aim at providing high performance and stable signal reception to meet surveyors’ demands. Featuring a high-end GNSS antenna inside, the NeoRTK can speed up the Time to First Fix (TTFF) and improve the capability of anti-jamming.
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Main gate of ESOC at Robert-Bosch-Straße in Darmstadt, Germany with the new building and the ESA member state flags. Wikimedia Commons photo by Christian Weickhmann.Organized by the German Institute of Navigation, the CERGAL 2017 conference has been established as a cross-border information exchange and discussion platform for system and application developers, operators, approval authorities and many different users.
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Applanix will provide WatCAR with its POS for testing autonomous guidance and control systems in real-world conditions. Photo source: Applanix.Applanix, a Trimble Company, announced this week that it is collaborating on advanced research for autonomous vehicle guidance and control systems with the University of Waterloo Centre in Ontario, Canada for Automotive Research (WatCAR). Applanix will provide WatCAR with its Positioning and Orientation System (POS) for testing autonomous guidance and control systems in real-world conditions. Applanix will also provide the Trimble GNSS-Inertial board set for integration with car systems and sensors to enable precise positioning.
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Assertions by Virginia-based Ligado that its GPS interference issues were largely resolved were called into question by statements made by two key agencies and fresh opposition to a related spectrum request from nearly two dozen companies and associations.
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Spectrac Compliance testing capabilities needed by all automotive manufacturers selling into the European Union market. Photo source: Spectracom. Orolia, through its Spectracom brand, has introduced built-in scenarios for testing eCall In-Vehicle Systems compliance to the GNSS requirements of the regulation as an option with its latest Spectracom GSG Simulator products.
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The LE910C1-NS LTE Cat 1 module. Photo source: Telit. Sprint has announced that Telit is to start commercial deliveries of the LE910C1-NS LTE Cat 1 module upon conclusion of Sprint certification, expected this month. The product is an embedded industrial Internet of Things (IoT) LTE module delivering up to 10 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload speeds.
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OSA 5405 SyncReach with Dual Antenna GNSS Technology. Photo source: Oscilloquartz.Oscilloquartz, an ADVA Optical Networking company, recently launched the OSA 5405 SyncReach, an integrated PTP grandmaster and GNSS receiver with a patent-pending dual antenna and receiver to enable the mass roll out of small cells.
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