The Central and Southern Andes GPS Project (CAP) team led by Mike Bevis at Ohio State University have computed the coseismic displacement field associated with the recent M 8.8 Maule earthquake in south-central Chile. Peak measured displacement is 3.04 meters near the city of Concepcion, Chile.
While the CAP results were obtained from processing days worth …

Teck Coal, Canada has recently upgraded the computer navigation system on its fleet of 30 Caterpillar D-10 and D-11 dozers with Ashtech® MB 500 GNSS boards for more efficient performance. The new MB 500 boards improve dozer efficiency and uptime, at the company’s four mining operations in the Elkford valley, by delivering more comprehensive satellite …

The GPS program will be revising the Ground Control Segment (OCS) software to the 5.5.0 D version. This software upgrade does not modify the content of the broadcast navigation message and should therefore be transparent to all users. All testing has been completed for this version of the software and confidence is very high that …

VXL Technologies Ltd has launched the DAT or Distress Alert Transmitter, a GPS based search and rescue beacon, which promises to strengthen India’s maritime safety and security system.
In case of distress at sea caused by inclement weather, ill-health of crew, onboard fires or boat capsize, a simple flick of a switch on the DAT fitted …

Professor Kibe, Head of the Indian GNSS programme at ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) will deliver a lecture and update on the status of the Indian GNSS programme. The Indian government have recently committed to investing excess of 300 million USD in strengthening their capability in GNSS including GAGAN (GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation-Technology Demonstration …

Roscosmos has confirmed a successful launch of the GLONASS-M satellites. “In the first communication session with the satellites, telemetry data was obtained that confirmed that the state of all systems of the spacecraft is normal and corresponds to the flight program,” Roscosmos said in a statement. This launch was the Block 40 GLONASS launch postponed …

The forewarning of Pacific Rim nations before the Chilean tsunami arrived was proof that tsunami alerts are doing their job, said Reinhard Kind of the German earth sciences institute GFZ at Potsdama German who is building a similar system in the Indian Ocean.
Apart from ravaging the coast of Chile, the tsunami does not appear to …

NXP Semiconductors and IBM announced the final results of a landmark road pricing trial conducted in the Netherlands, which demonstrated that with the help of technology, drivers can be motivated to change their driving behaviour, reducing traffic congestion and contributing to a greener environment. The six-month road pricing trial, conducted in the city of Eindhoven, …

Satellite navigation is having an enormous impact on our daily lives. In practical terms it means the only place left to get lost is indoors, where satnav signals fail to reach. But one ESA project is changing that. The DINGPOS (Demonstrator for Indoor GNSS Positioning) project combines a highly-sensitive receiver capable of picking up GPS …

The World Wildlife Fund has warned that days are numbered for much of the sensitive Sunderbans eco-system and in 60 years vast tracts of the rare mangrove forests, home to the Bengal tiger, will be inundated by the rising sea. A study, focussed on Sunderbans in Bangladesh, says the sea was rising more swiftly than …