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Oct 2019 | No Comment

Development of positioning technology for autonomous vehicles by GMV
GMV has announced the award of an important contract for development of a precise satellite-based (GNSS) positioning system with integrity for the new generation of autonomous vehicles of the German carmaker BMW Group.
The Spanish multinational’s technology solution is going to be developed for the first …

Oct 2019 | No Comment

FARO® introduces 3D Solutions for AEC Industry
FARO® is previewing an innovative set of 3D solutions specifically developed for AEC professionals.
The FARO Indoor Mobile Scanning solution enables kinematic 3D scans to be completed up to 7X faster than a series of traditional, fixed point scans over comparable areas. Thus, projects that took days can …

Oct 2019 | No Comment

Dr Santiago Perea Diaz receives Parkinson award
The Institute of Navigation’s (ION) Satellite Division presented Dr. Santiago Perea Diaz with its Bradford W. Parkinson Award September 20, 2019 at the ION GNSS+ Conference in Miami, Florida.
Dr. Perea Diaz was recognized for graduate student excellence in Global Navigation Satellite Systems in his thesis, “Design of an …

Oct 2019 | No Comment

Spatial ETL with Talend
Disy Informations systeme GmbH has enriched the Spatial ETL plugin „GeoSpatial Integration for Talend“ with new functionalities to suit the latest Talend version 7.2. Companies and authorities using the linear reference system for calculations and map presentations can now use the Talend platform, including the spatial add-on for calculations, in the data …

Sep 2019 | No Comment

Spirent Sim3D – Realistic multipath simulation
Spirent Communications plc has announced the availability of its innovative multipath simulation solution, Spirent Sim3D. It enables the testing of realistic multipath and obscuration effects on GNSS signals in a true-to-life synthetic environment.
Historically, researchers and developers of GNSS receivers have had to rely on statistical models and time-consuming fi eld …

Sep 2019 | No Comment

BasicAI OnPrem data labeling platform
BasicAI has announced the availability of a suite of enterprise software designed to enable organizations to directly manage the often complicated and time-consuming data annotation process in their own secure environments, either on-premises or in a private cloud deployment.
BasicAI OnPrem represents a groundbreaking approach to proprietary labeled data set creation and …

Sep 2019 | No Comment

FlytGCS Enterprise for remote drone fleet operations
FlytGCS, is a cloud-based remote operations solution for drone operators and service providers. As the commercial drone market matures, professional drone operations are maturing to enterprise ones – with corporations across the world building in-house drone fleets and programs, runnings PoCs and pilots for multiple use-cases, and investing in …

Sep 2019 | No Comment

NASA and METI release ASTER Digital Elevation Model Version 3
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) of Japan jointly released Version 3 of the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM), recently. The ASTER GDEM is available at no …

Sep 2019 | No Comment

US Space Command established
In a move to enhance the United States’ space superiority capabilities, President Donald J. Trump, Vice President Mike R. Pence, Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper and Air Force Gen. John W. Raymond formally established the United States Space Command during a ceremony held Aug. 30 at the White House.
At the …

Sep 2019 | No Comment

UN-GGIM recommends establishing a Global Geodetic Centre of Excellence
The UN-GGIM Subcommittee on Geodesy has recommended establishing a Global Geodetic Centre of Excellence to strengthen the capacity to implement the UN General Assembly resolution. The subcommittee is presenting the second iteration of the position paper defining appropriate governance arrangements.
The Global Geodetic Reference Frame (GGRF) is in …