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 military signal
Rockwell Collins has achieved live satellite M Code tracking with its new GPS receiver for the Modernized User Equipment (MUE) program. The MUE receiver card development program is developing the military user equipment portion of the next-generation GPS system that incorporates a new military signal and security architecture. It offers enhanced integrity, exclusivity and improved antijam capabilities. M Code, which stands for Military Code, is a key element in the modernization of military GPS. While it is transmitted on the same L1 and L2 frequencies used by the legacy P(Y) Code, it will significantly improve the security of military GPS.
www.rockwellcollins.com
Leica Zeno GIS handhelds & software
Leica Zeno GIS offers professionals multifunctional and easiest GNSS/GIS solution with superior performance. It provides a one-click automated workflow between the field and office. It provides a color graphic display in portrait format and a numeric keypad. Leica Zeno 15 comes with a full QWERTY keyboard and a display in landscape format. The Field software is an OEM version of ESRI ArcPad 8 and also provides a full range of functions to easily control the integrated GNSS receiver and to manage the data collection process such as GNSS raw data logging, easy handling of GNSS real-time configurations, feature accuracy management etc.
www.leica-geosystems.com
ECIL contract for Rockwell Collins
Rockwell Collins was awarded a contract for Electronic Counter-Counter Measure (ECCM) radio modules by Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. The component hardware card sets will be integrated into ground-based UHF for Defence use. The contract also includes GPS hand-held receivers.
www.rockwellcollins.com
Quadrifilar Antenna for precision GPS L1/L2 Band
Maxtena’s dual band L1/L2 quadrifilar antenna, the M1227HCT22A uses Advanced Helicore™ Technology to achieve greater than +2.5dBic performance in both GPS L1 and L2 bands for “dual-frequency” Precision GPS applications. It has axial ratio typically 0.5 dB, upper-hemisphere efficiency >40%, and high-linearity LNA.
www.maxtena.com
Broadcom’s new GPS Receiver Solution for Mobile Devices Sets
Broadcom Corporation single-chip GPS solution for mobile devices sets new standards in performance and low power consumption with state-of-the-art sensitivity and navigation performance.
www.broadcom.com
Ashtech introduces ProFlex™ Lite
Ashtech ProFlex Lite is a GNSS sensor that allows OEMs and system integrators to easily integrate RTK positioning into their applications. It is a positioning solution that delivers enhanced real-time precision ranging from sub-meter down to centimetre level. It is scalable and available in a variety of configurations from L1 GPS+GLONASS+SBAS up to L1/L2 GPS+GLONASS+SBAS.
www.ashtech.com
New FARO Scene Software
FARO Scene 4.7 is the latest version of its scan processing software for its Laser Scanner. It features more efficient point cloud handling and visualization due to the new 64 bit architecture which extends the usable memory. The new Web-Share functionality is natively built into it and requires no additional software to publish the scan data on the web.
www.faro.com
Topcon FC-250
The FC-250 has the operating system power of the latest Windows Mobile® Version 6.5. The PC performance with 806MHz processor and 256MB SDRAM is designed to significantly speed up data collection in the field. It also has a built-in Bluetooth® modem and wireless LAN capability as standard features.
www.topcon.eu
Sokkia new series Total Stations
Sokkia 50RX reflectorless total stations are the high-temperature models and are newly added for use in the heat of up to +60°C (+140°F) without compromising the lowest operating temperature of -20°C (-4°F). The IP66 protection shuts out powder dust, sand, mud, snow, dripping water, or driving rain. The range is extended to 400m (1,310ft.). Also the variation of measurement time due to different ranges and object types are reduced by 30% to increase total measurement speed.
www.sokkia.com
Tests of BlueSky Positioning’s A-GPS technology
EMT has completed its initial field testing of BlueSky Positioning’s A-GPS technology. The tests were conducted using both GPRS and USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Services Data) for retrieving assistance data in a live 3G network. EMT Estonia is the first network operator to test a USSD connection for assistance data, allowing BlueSky Positioning’s A-GPS solution to be used with ordinary mobile phones, even if the model does not support GPRS.
www.blueskypositioning.com
Blom awarded NOK 20 million contract in Mongolia
Blom has been awarded a consultancy services contract in Mongolia by the Millennium Challenge Account – Mongolia (MCA-M), as part of the Property Rights Project. Blom will provide full business analysis and recommendations on improving registration information technology systems, processes and procedures; develop management tools and guidance documents; digitize registry data; develop interconnection of 13 separate offices; incorporate property registry processes and information into IT systems; establish data flow connections between property rights data and the National Land Information System; and cooperate with architectural design firm, monitoring and evaluation contractor and IT and equipment provider.
www.blomasa.com
Tallysman Wireless launches new GPS
Tallysman Wireless TW120 GPS Inline Amplifier is an industrial-grade lownoise, low-power amplifier with 25dB gain, the TW120 is specially designed to tightly filter and boost weak GPS L1 signals, while maintaining low antenna noise figures.
www.tallysman.com
MicroSurvey releases PointCloud CAD
PointCloud CAD 2010 is a CAD, Surveying, and Point Cloud system. It includes the same rendering engine that is used in products like 3DStudio, Solidworks, Pro Engineer, and Microstation. It lets you analyze, edit, and build compelling surfaces, drawings, and animations with ease.
www.microsurvey.com
Septentrio AsteRx3 Product Series
Septentrio AsteRx3™ product series is designed for integration in precision positioning, navigation, and automation applications such as land and maritime survey, machine control, UAV payloads, amongst others. To support these applications an embedded suite of algorithms called GNSS+™, which provides users with tools for achieving the benefits of simultaneously receiving all modernized GNSS signals as soon as they are made available.
www.Septentrio.com
Aftek’s Integrated Device Controller
Aftek launched its touch-screen enabled GPS / GRPS / WiFi / GSM enabled Integrated Device Controller (IDC) which offers seamless integration with a variety of peripheral devices, such as taxi fare meter, receipt printer, credit card payment terminal, smart card reader for automated fare collection and more.
www.aftek.com
Infoterra launches interactive 3D city mapping service
Infoterra launched Skape, a 3D city mapping service designed for architects, planners, local authorities and surveyors. It enables users to manipulate urban landscapes online by combining high resolution 3D textured city models with 2D mapping and terrain data. With Skape, new buildings can be imported into a city and viewed in context with their surroundings, whilst existing buildings can be instantly removed and replaced.
www.infoterra.co.uk
First responders using DeLorme GIS Software
As many as 500 responders and relief workers in Haiti are now using GIS software, GPS receivers and crucial map data provided by DeLorme. A combination of DeLorme XMap mapping software, Earthmate PN-Series GPS devices and DeLorme Digital Map Data for Haiti have proven invaluable to a variety of first responding organisations during the early phase of the earthquake recovery efforts.
www.delorme.com
Timble News
EZ-Sync™ solution
is a wireless data transfer capability that provides enhanced information management for growers and agribusinesses. It is compatible with Trimble® Juno™ SC or Trimble Nomad™ 800XC. This makes it possible to wirelessly send GPS maps such as soil sampling, field scouting, and boundary maps from the field to the office.
4D Control software
is the core of Trimble monitoring solutions that combines GNSS and optical technologies for real-time deformation monitoring applications like monitoring dams, bridges, buildings, pipeline etc.
TS835 Mechanical Total Station
enables contractors to increase point layout productivity and accuracy while reducing rework and project expenses. It offers 5-second accuracy and a fast, long-range EDM with precision optics.
www.trimble.com
India News
GIS blueprint to combat Maoist
The Indian government want to use an integrated GIS synchronised with GPS in the battle against Maoist.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
GIS based applications in e-Panchayat
e-Governance Project for Panchayati Raj institutions (e-Panchayat) in India includes decentralised database and planning, budgeting and accounting, implementation and monitoring of central and state sector schemes, citizen-centric services, unique codes to Panchayats and Individuals and essential GIS based applications. Under this project, Internet connectivity will be provided to all 236,000 panchayats in the country across 31 states and Union Territories. The project will focus on three activities— identification of information and services needs of all stakeholders, process reengineering and preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Mission Mode Project (MMP).
www.igovernment.in
Haryana selected for SIS-DP project
Haryana in India is selected under the major remote sensing and GIS application project entitled ‘Space-based Information Support for Decentralised Planning’ (SIS-DP) of ISRO. The project would provide ICT enabled geospatial platform involving local bodies to carry out developmental activities under the Panchayati Raj in a decentralised, fast and transparent manner. The project would include thematic mapping of the state on 1:10 K scale.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com |
SNIPPETS AT A GLANCE
MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
►Genasys signs agreement with Telefonica Int to market LBS in 13 countries of Latin America.
►Bentley acquires Enterprise Informatics,Inc and Exor Corp.
►Leica global reseller of MicroSurvey’s PointCloud CAD mapping software.
►Leica HDS and INOVx to jointly develop software for converting laser scan data into intelligent plant models.
►PBBI will use Tele Atlas map data across its entire line of solutions.
►Trimble acquires Pondera Engineers LLC
►Terenzio Mariani is the primary reseller of Vexcel Imaging GmbH, in Italy.
►IDV Solutions and Competitive Innovations, LLC enters into partnership.
►GyPSii and Telmap to introduce location-based social networking
►Beijing Siwei Spatial Data Technology Co. is the first reseller for Ultracam photogrammetric products in China
►ScanEx Research & Development Centre and PCI Software, India sign reseller agreement.
MISCELLANEOUS
►SuperPad 3 now supports German, Spanish, and Japanese also
►New Century Software and LandWorks to integrate their respective software
►1.4 million downloads for Nokia Ovi maps
►Apple bans location-based iPhone advertisements.
►PND shipments will continue to slow, stagnating at 48 million by 2015, ABI Research.
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