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FAA expands online UAV registration to commercial users

March 31, 2016 - By

Starting March 31, owners of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) used for commercial, public and other non-model aircraft operations will be able to use the FAA’s new, streamlined, web-based registration process to register their aircraft. The web-based process will significantly speed up registration for a variety of commercial, public use and other users. Registration for those users is $5, the... read more

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South Korea issues warning over suspected North Korean GPS disruption

March 31, 2016 - By

South Korea issued a warning Thursday after detecting satellite signal disruptions that appeared to be coming from North Korea, according to the Korea Herald. The capital city of Seoul appeared to be the target. Officials said North Korea discharged a large amount of radio waves to jam GPS signals in the region. “We’ve detected signs that North Korea has been... read more

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Free report offered on UAVs in precision agriculture

March 31, 2016 - By

Numerous factors will impact the economics and logistics of how farmers and growers will use drones in 2016 and beyond, according to a new report offered by the Commercial UAV Expo. In “Above the Field with UAVs in Precision Agriculture,” author Jeremiah Karpowicz examines factors such as: Potential impact of new FAA regulations Capabilities created or augmented with new sensor... read more

KVH delivers TACNAV systems for US Army’s new AMPV Fleet

March 31, 2016 - By

KVH Industries has begun shipping the first order of tactical navigation systems to BAE Systems for a prototype program designed to produce a new fleet of U.S. Army Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicles (AMPVs). KVH’s TACNAV systems are designed to provide the vehicles with such critical elements as continuous heading and pointing data output and extremely accurate navigation regardless of GPS availability. Deliveries... read more

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Nuxeo integrates with Google Cloud Vision API for automated image recognition

March 31, 2016 - By

The Nuxeo Platform is integrating with the Google Cloud Vision API, a new service providing information and insights automatically detected within images. The plugin is now available to download directly from the Nuxeo Marketplace, which offers optional packages to easily add new features to the Nuxeo Platform. The Nuxeo Platform enables organizations to manage complex digital content at massive scale. Using the plugin,... read more

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Surveying app designed for parcel boundaries

March 31, 2016 - By

cc4w is offering a new surveying app, Parcel Boundaries. With the app, a legal description, subdivision lot boundary and results of a survey can be calculated for the perimeter, area, error of closure, ratio of closure, closing course and the Northing and Easting differences. The results can be emailed to others for review, comment and documentation. One feature is the plotting of... read more

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Hexagon acquires optical 3D metrology provider

March 31, 2016 - By

Hexagon AB has acquired AICON 3D Systems, a provider of optical and portable non-contact 3D measuring systems for industrial manufacturing. Founded in 1990 and based in Braunschweig, Germany, AICON has been providing measurement systems for automotive manufacturers and companies in the aerospace, shipbuilding, renewable energy and mechanical engineering markets for more than 25 years. Its technology portfolio includes portable coordinate measuring machines for... read more

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Mining the magic ‘More’ menu

March 30, 2016 - By

By Tracy Cozzens Managing Editor In our redesign of the GPS World website, which coincided with our magazine redesign in November 2015, we endeavored to make the website even easier to use. Part of that effort consolidated some of our most popular features under the More dropdown menu. The little word appears at the far right of the menu row... read more