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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.
www.bentley.com
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.
www.u-blox.com
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 …

The Denver Maptek office donated more than $12,000 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado. The Maptek Denver employees participated in a “Growvember” contest, which encouraged male participants to grow the best beard while raising money for Make-A-Wish Foundation. All of the 66 staff (bearded or not) joined in the fundraising effort, raising more than $7,000 …

Leica Geosystems introduced the AR10 wideband GNSS antenna with integrated radome and large ground plane. The AR10 uses an all new antenna technology to provide signal tracking, phase centre accuracy and multipath suppression.  With its integrated radome, rugged construction and light weight the AR10 is ideal for reference station, monitoring and campaign applications.
Designed from the …

The U.S. Air Force has selected Raytheon Company for an initial contract of $886 million to develop a new element of the GPS to improve the accuracy of information from GPS satellites. The contract represents the first two development blocks of the advanced control segment (OCX), which will have a significant impact on GPS capabilities. …

prestigious contracts by NGA, USA The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, U.S. has awarded three indefinite delivery indefinite quantity multiple award contracts for commercial satellite synthetic aperture radar imagery, data products and direct downlink services to MDA Geospatial Services, Inc, EADS and Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company. GMV awarded contract for GAGAN GMV has been awarded a contract with Raytheon Company to develop a prototype algorithm for