For all the three pillars of space geodesy (the geometry of the Earth surface and its displacements, the orientation of the Earth axis and its rotation speed, and the Earth’s gravity field and its time variations), well-defined, highly accurate and stable global Earth-fixed and celestial reference frames are of primary importance. Over the last decade considerable changes took

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New Survey Aircraft
RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems and Diamond Aircraft Industries introduced their next generation survey aircraft. RIEGL airborne laser scanner LMS-Q680i fully integrated into the “Universal Nose” of the Diamond DA42 Multi Purpose Platform, an efficient overall system for surveying missions is …

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All-in-one Vehicle Telematics System
Masternaut has launched a new type of vehicle tracking system based around a single intelligent mobile communication unit. It comprises a Mobile Communication Centre combining vehicle tracking, GPS satellite navigation, hands-free mobile communications and real-time job scheduling and messaging …

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Winners of 2010 Be Inspired Awards
Bentley Systems announced the winners of the 2010 Be Inspired Awards and Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards. The awards honor the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving and sustaining the world’s infrastructure. A total of 24 award …

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Air Force rebuts auditor’s concerns about GPS
A report from the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, said the latest GPS satellite was launched almost 3½ years behind schedule, and further delays could leave the system with fewer than the 24 …

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Global Earthquake Model
Global Earthquake Model Foundation (GEM) has selected OpenGeo to support its development of open source earthquake modeling tools. OpenGeo will be developing enhancements for GeoServer and GeoTools to expand the capabilities for collaboration on hazard, risk and socio-economic impact models …

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Norway signs Galileo agreement with Commission
Norway and the European Commission have signed a cooperation agreement on satellite navigation. Norway is an important participant in the Galileo programme: Norwegian industry is involved since the beginning of the programme, two important ground stations are …

Gianluca Falco, Fabrizio Dominici, Gianluca Marucco, Antonio Defina

The integration of navigation and communication functionalities is one of the key elements exploited in new location-based systems and services

GNSS technologies are progressively becoming one of the key elements in most of innovative wireless applications. Most location-based services and systems are in fact …

Global Positioning System (GPS) provides precise timing, position, and velocity information by utilizing the constellation of satellites and a remote receiver that uses range measurements to the satellites and spatial trilateration techniques. In addition, more navigation satellite systems including Russia’s GLONASS, Europe’s Galileo, and PRC’s Compass will be available for the coming years. Those systems will form the mainframe of future Global Navigation Satellite System…

After the euphoria over the successful Chile mine rescue it is time to analyze the incident and ponder on the lessons learned.

Mines and accidents have been intertwined since time immemorial. But the Chile mining accident has become a watershed. Not because of the accident itself – this was no different from the many that have …