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IFEN GmbH announced tat its GNSS RF navigation constellation simulator NavX®-NCS has been awarded the official certificate of the TÜV SÜD stating the conformance concerning high precision signal generation and Galileo OS SIS ICD conformance of signal characteristics and signal quality.
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Optech’s Cavity Monitoring System, the CMS V400 is a scanning solution for dangerous and inaccessible cavities, offering improved safety in standard mining operations: the CMS measuring head is extended into hazardous or inaccessible areas while the user stands clear. Mine operation efficiency is increased by using CMS data to gain accurate insight into the mine’s …

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Locate Mobiles announced the launch of three new personal mobile GPS location tracing products, a watch, a PC pen, and the rechargeable GPS matchbox.
A consumer device, the GPS watch is fitted with a rechargeable Li-Ion battery and has 2-band GSM antenna for pinpoint accuracy. It is designed for those with children, elderly parents, or to …

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East View Cartographic announced it has become an official reseller of paper and digital geospatial products produced by the National Land Agency in Jamaica. This agreement allows EVC to sell digital raster versions of the 20 sheet 1:50,000 topographic map series and the 1:250,000 single sheet map sheet that covers the entire country. EVC has …

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Leica Geosystems’ announced the availability of the complete new Leica Zeno GIS products within the Leica Viva family targeting the data collection market. The Leica Zeno GIS offers a multi-functional and easy GNSS/GIS solution. Leica Zeno GIS provides a one-click automated workflow between the field and office.
The Leica Zeno 10 provides a colour graphic display …

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South Africa has received the first images from its Sumbandila satellite. Sumbandila means “lead the way” in one of South Africa’s indigenous languages, Tshivenda. Using that theme, South Africa’s Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor said South Africans must never be shy to compete against the best countries in the world. She was …

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PCI Geomatics announced the availability of an upgrade to its remote sensing and image processing software Geomatica®. Version 10.3.1 is the latest release available which includes imaging tools for GIS as well as additional satellite and aerial sensor support.
Satellites fully supported in this release include THEOS (Thailand Earth Observation System), GOSAT (Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite), …

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Defining civil PNT requirements

John W Lavrakas

MISSION 2020: Land Titling Project

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The Global Positioning System(GPS) (Brown and Hwang 1997; Farrell and Barth 1999; Gelb 1974) and inertial navigation system (INS) have complementary operational characteristics and the synergy of both systems has been widely explored. An integrated GPS/INS system is typically carried out through the extended Kalman filter (EKF). The EKF is the approximate nonlinear filters which linearizes the system…

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Honeywell announced that its Bendix/King by Honeywell AV8OR handheld GPS is now available for helicopter operators. The AV8OR is a portable touch-screen GPS for use in the car or in the air, with real-time weather capability, moving-map navigation and video-in capability.  Its large 4.3-inch screen can display weather, from Honeywell’s KDR 610 or the WxWorx …