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|  | U-blox supplying GPSS for Longcheer chinese handsetsChinese mobile phone designer Longcheer Holdings Ltd will integrate  Swiss chip maker u-blox’ single chip UBX-G5010 GPS receiver into a  series of handsets. The models built incorporating the device, the  G600, G800, and G630 have just become available while the G801 and G900  are expected to begin shipments to the Chinese market later in this  quarter. www.u-blox.com |  | 
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| Leica Geo parent acquires Renix TechnologyLeica Geosystems’ parent company, Hexagon Group, has acquired  Australian company Rinex Technology, which specializes in GPS hardware  and software for agriculture equipment guidance and implement control.  Leica will market and sell the existing Rinex product line, which will  work with the current mojoRTK auto-steer system and will be serviced by  Leica’s Virtual Wrench technology. www.hexagon.se |  |  | 
|  | Infoterra launches new high definition land cover mapping productInfoterra Ltd, has launched LandBaseTM, its new high definition land  cover mapping product. It combines the latest object based  classification technology and digital aerial imagery to provide a land  cover product, which allows viewing down to 1:5000 scale/property  level. This enables the extraction of meaningful land cover data for a  range of applications including; environmental and habitat management,  change detection, flood modelling and infrastructure planning.  www.infoterra.co.uk |  | 
|  | Spirent Communications supports Quazi Zenith Satellite system Spirents GSS80000 RF constellation simulator now supports the Japanese  Quasi Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) in addition to GPS, Galileo,  GLONASS and SBAS. Support will be initially for L1 C/A code and L1 SAIF  QZSS signals. www.spirent.com |  | 
|  | Gaardian Consortium Wins GPS/eloran integrity research projectGAARDIAN (GNSS Availability, Accuracy, Reliability and Integrity  Assessment for Timing and Navigation) a business and academic  consortium led by Chronos Technology has received a grant from the  government sponsored Technology Strategy Board for a £2.2m research  project that will improve the safety and security of location based  applications such as marine navigation and road transportation. Over  the next 30 months, the consortium will be developing a system for  mission and safety critical applications that will certify the  accuracy, reliability and integrity of Positioning, Navigation and  Timing systems. www.chronos.co.uk |  | 
|  | DAT/EM Systems International introduces TouchPad and TouchScreen DAT/EM Systems has released new TouchPad and TouchScreen key devices,  which will allow operators to quickly and efficiently issue command  sequences during map compilation. The touch-responsive interface, which  has no moving parts, can either display a virtual keypad or work with  existing DAT/EM Keypad overlays. Easily programmable, the Touchpad can  display key diagrams both horizontally and vertically. www.datem.com |  | 
|  | SOKKIA releases GSRSR2700 ISSX Firmware V3.500/2.120SOKKIA TOPCON, has released the GSR2700 ISX firmware V3.500/2.120 and  the GSR Family Config Tool V8.4.2 for the Allegro CX™ data collector,  which features improved network RTK support for third-party reference  networks and advanced ambiguity resolution under multipath. It provides  GPS and GLONASS satellite tracking capabilities, now in additional  languages for audible notifications. www.sokkia.com |  | 
|  | TerraGo® and BAEE Systems extend the reach of Image Analysis Software TerraGo Technologies and BAE Systems, announced a collaborative  agreement under which BAE Systems’ SOCET GXP® v3.0 customers can now  create, mark up and export geographically rich image data and maps to a  GeoPDF® file directly from the SOCET GXP workspace. www.terragotech.com |  | 
|  | CARIS Survey Processing Software for ItalyThe Italian Hydrographic Institute has selected CARIS HIPS and SIPS  software for its hydrographic survey processing. IIM will now have  access to integration of Geocoder in HIPS and SIPS for processing  multibeam backscatter, which will enable users to produce better  quality mosaics. www.caris.com |  | 
|  | Autodesk : Incheon as Second City of its Digital Cities InitiativeAutodesk is working with the Incheon Free Economic Zone and the Incheon  Urban Development Corporation to cooperate in the creation of Asia’s  first Digital City for Incheon, Korea. The Digital City is created  around a detailed 3D city model that allows users from the public, city  government, construction and business communities to leverage  technology solutions so they can visualize, analyze, and simulate  real-world city scenarios to improve decision making and provide a  common environment for sharing information. www.autodesk.com |  | 
|  | NovAtel: rugged GPSS, GLONnASSSS antenna for agricultural marketNovAtel Inc. has unveiled its Smart-AG antenna, an L1 GPS and GLONASS  receiver plus antenna system housed in a single, low-profile, rugged  enclosure. The Smart-AG can achieve consistent sub-meter accuracy and  is designed for both manual guidance and auto steer installations in  agricultural applications. www.novatel.com |  | 
|  | PCI Geomatics completes acquisition                                         of Geospace Inc.PCI Geomatics has acquired Geospace  Inc., a provider of geospatial  information and solutions. Both will  create a greater product offering to  consumers. www.pcigeomatics.com |  | 
|  | Trimble introduces Juno Series of                                        economical GPS HandheldsJTrimble has introduced lightweight field  computing devices with integrated GPS  technology – the new Trimble Juno SB and  Juno SC handhelds. It include wireless  LAN and Bluetooth connectivity, a 3  Megapixel camera, a 533 MHz processor,  128 MB of onboard memory, a MicroSD/  SDHC memory card slot, an all-day battery  and a 3.5 inch display. Both can achieve  2 to 5 meter GPS positioning accuracy  postprocessed or in real-time with SBAS,  EGNOS, and MSAS. www.trimble.com |  | 
|  | Miniature MEMS inertial sensing                                        technologyXsens Technologies has released MTi  and MTi-G, its miniature MEMS  based Attitude and Heading Reference  Systems. The MTi is a miniature, gyro-  enhanced Attitude and Heading Reference  System (AHRS). Its internal low-power  signal processor provides drift-free 3D  orientation as well as calibrated 3D  acceleration, 3D rate of turn, and 3D  magnetic field data. The MTi-G includes  an integrated GPS and static pressure  sensor as well, which makes it better  suitable for orientation measurement in  situations with (long term) accelerations. |  | 
|  | Stora Enso releases EnsoMOSAIC 7.1Finland-based Stora Enso has released  version 7.1 of EnsoMOSAIC automatic  image processing software for digital aerial  cameras. Visual quality of orthomosaics  is improved by applying seam lines for  mosaic resampling. A stand alone Seam  Line Editor was released simultaneously  with the core software. EnsoMOSAIC v7.1  links with EnsoMOSAIC 3D, which is  capable for stereoscopic data extraction for  elevation models, contours, 3D digitizing  and visualization. www.ensomosaic.com |  | 
|  | OnPOZ Precision Positioning releases                                        its new GNSS Post-Processor.OnPOZ Precision Positioning, a VGI Solutions division, announces its new  EZSurv™ GNSS Post-Processing version  that offers full compatibility with Glonass satellite signal. EZSurv™ is compatible  with most of the raw GNSS data formats  on the market. It computes high accuracy  geodetic results. The software allows seamless data post-processing between  different receiver brands. It also offers a survey and GIS data collection software to  record reliable raw GNSS data in the field. |  | 
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