Your behavior appears to be a little unusual. Please verify that you are not a bot.


Archives

Marconi Prize for 2016 goes to Brad Parkinson

May 31, 2016 - By

The Marconi Society has awarded its 2016 Marconi Prize to Bradford Parkinson. The $100,000 prize, given annually, recognizes major advances in the field of information and communication science which benefit humanity. Parkinson’s contributions to the development of GPS helped create the vast global utility that provides positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) information to the world and is a vital part... read more

This article is tagged with , , , and posted in GNSS, Latest News

GLONASS launches No. 53 to replenish constellation

May 31, 2016 - By

On May 29 a Soyuz-2.1b with upper stage Fregat and a GLONASS-M satellite (No. 53) successfully lifted off from Plesetsk Space Center. The satellite was placed into its preprogrammed orbit and registered by the facilities of the Titov Main Test and Space Systems Control Centre. Ground control established communications with it. The stable telemetry link shows that onboard satellite systems... read more

This article is tagged with , , , and posted in GNSS, Latest News

Connected Car: Speaker line-up announced for June 16 webinar

May 31, 2016 - By

GPS World has announced the speaker line-up for its “Connected Car: Cutting edge research aimed at implementing connected car and driverless car technology” webinar, sponsored by u-blox. Date: Thursday, June 16 Time: 10:00 a.m. Pacific / 1:00 p.m. Eastern / 7:00 p.m. Central European Time Duration: 60 minutes Speakers: Chaminda Basnayake, Principal Engineer, V2X Systems John Kenney, Director and Principal Researcher,... read more

This is posted in Transportation

Lidar drone market will be worth US$144.6 million by 2022

May 27, 2016 - By

According to a new market research report published by MarketsandMarkets, the Lidar drone market was valued US$16.1 million in 2015 and is estimated to reach US$144.6 million by 2022 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 35.2% between 2016 and 2022. The full report is titled “Lidar Drone Market by Product (Rotary Wing, and Fixed Wing), Component, Application (Corridor Mapping, Archaeology, Construction,... read more

This article is tagged with , , , and posted in GIS News, Lidar, Mapping, Technology, UAS/UAV

DJI challenge: Improve drone search and rescue

May 27, 2016 - By

Drone-maker DJI and Shapeways, a 3D printing service and marketplace, are challenging designers to create unique 3D printed accessories for drones to improve search-and-rescue products and make it easier to help save lives. DJI wants to encourage creativity and enable its customers to design their own products through its Software Development Kit. Since 2013, drone enthusiasts have used Shapeways to... read more

This article is tagged with , , , , , and posted in GIS News

TerraGo partners with high-accuracy Positioning Solutions

May 26, 2016 - By

TerraGo is partnering with Positioning Solutions International (PSI), a provider of high-accuracy positioning solutions for infrastructure, land management, agriculture and related industries. PSI is an authorized reseller of TerraGo Edge software and offers a full range of turnkey systems and services that combine mobile data-collection software from TerraGo with high-accuracy GNSS receivers from CHC Navigation. “What’s great about TerraGo Edge is that... read more

GPS anti-jam technology on board Schiebel UAS ensures mission success

May 26, 2016 - By

NovAtel’s compact GAJT anti-jam antenna is now on-board Schiebel’s Camcopter S-100 unmanned air system (UAS). The Vienna-based manufacturer Schiebel is focused on the development, testing and production of the Camcopter S-100UAS, as well as innovative mine detection equipment, and is a long-time customer of NovAtel’s high-precision GNSS positioning technology. In 2015, Schiebel was evaluating NovAtel’s GAJT antenna as an option... read more

GNSS jam-proof test range ready for customer testing

May 25, 2016 - By

A new dimension in real-world PNT testing has arrived. One of the most critical things to predict for chips, receivers and devices using alternative or back-up PNT technologies is how they will actually perform without GPS. Filling this need, the U.S. Air Force 746th Test Squadron has declared Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for its new truth reference, the Ultra High-Accuracy... read more

This article is tagged with , , , , , and posted in GNSS, Opinions