Trimble BD982 is an RTK GNSS receiver for guidance and control applications. It is designed to allow OEMs and system integrators to add centimeter-level positioning and heading to specialized or custom hardware solutions. The receiver is based on a pair of Trimble’s advanced 220 channel Maxwell 6 chips, which allow dual antenna inputs and the …

There was a test done with two OmniSTAR 9200G2 running parallel for 2 days, restarting every hour. One receiver was used with Glonass and GPS. The other receiver did only have GPS corrections. The Glonass enabled receiver converged on average within 10 minutes, while it took the receiver with only GPS 13 minutes to converge …

Vexcel Imaging GmbH, announced its partnership with PCI Geomatics, an industry leader in geo-imaging products and solutions. The partnership is designed to leverage the strengths of the two organizations to produce an end-to-end image processing system developed specifically for customers of Vexcel Imaging’s UltraCam series of highresolution digital aerial cameras and UltraMap photogrammetric software.
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GMV was selected by Putrajaya Corporation to supply a GPS based fleet control system for the city of Putrajaya, Malaysia. In a consortium with Raisevest Sdn Bhd, GMV’s fleet management experience for urban passenger transportation will make Putrajaya the first city in Malaysia to operate one of today’s most advanced urban-transportation systems for giving real-time passenger information.
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SPOT 4 operations resume
SPOT 4 satellite operations have been resumed after orbital parameters corrections after it was suspended in December 2009. An orbital manoeuvre of SPOT 4 was required due to the approach of two …

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Bentley delivers 3D City GIS Software
Bentley Systems just-released V8i versions of Bentley Map, Bentley
Descartes, Bentley Geospatial Server, and Bentley Geo Web Publisher further
extend this portfolio to include new 3D City GIS capabilities.
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China ensures a map …

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Satellite Navigation Event
Galileo Application Days, 3-5 March, kicks off the competition with a conference
and an ‘Application Village’, where demonstrations will occur. The annual
ESNC competition, or ‘Galileo Masters’ as it is also known, is designed to …

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Boeing ships GPS IIF satellite for launch
Boeing has shipped the first GPS IIF satellite aboard a Boeing-built C-17
Globemaster III airlifter. The new navigation spacecraft is now set to begin
final preparations for launch. Space Vehicle 1 …

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u-blox acquires patents for lowpower real-time GPS
u-blox has purchased 15 patents and patent applications from UK-based Air Semiconductor Ltd. The patents expand the company’s technology portfolio of lowpower GPS solutions.
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Rockwell Collins tracks …

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ISO gives car industry new interface
As the car navigation industry has grown so has incompatibility between navigation systems and the databases that store important location information. Additionally, there is a need to more easily develop …