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Nearmap delivers new 3-D content and oblique imagery

July 31, 2017 - By

Nearmap has announced a national survey program providing true, high-resolution oblique imagery and derivative 3-D products. Nearmap provides cloud-based subscription access to up-to-date 2-D orthomosaic aerial imagery. Using its patented HyperCamera2 technology, Nearmap is applying the same access model to the oblique aerial imagery market. Because this new camera system provides a high degree of overlap from different angles, Nearmap can reconstruct... read more

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NovAtel technology featured in Baidu Apollo Project

July 31, 2017 - By

At the Baidu Create conference in Beijing, Baidu named NovAtel’s partner, AutonomouStuff, as a member of its autonomous driving ecosystem, Project Apollo. Project Apollo has been initiated to provide an open, comprehensive and reliable software platform for Baidu’s partners in the automotive and autonomous driving industries. Partners can use the Apollo open software platform together with the reference hardware platform... read more

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How Galileo satellites are tested before launch

July 31, 2017 - By

Each Galileo satellite must go through a rigorous test campaign to assure its readiness for the violence of launch, the vacuum of space, and temperature extremes of Earth orbit, reported the European Space Agency. Each one is despatched to a unique location in Europe to ensure its readiness before launch: a 3,000-square-meter cleanroom complex nestled in sandy dunes along the... read more

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Harxon introduces all-constellation GNSS antenna for surveying and mapping

July 31, 2017 - By

Harxon has released the all-constellation GNSS antenna GPS1000, receiving GPS L1/L2/L5, BDS B1/B2/B3, GLONASS L1/L2, Galileo E1/E2/E5a/E5b and L-band signals. GPS1000 can be used in land survey, marine survey, channel survey, seismic monitoring, bridge survey and agriculture applications, providing consistent performance across the full bandwidth, the company said. The antenna has high gain and wide beam width to ensure the... read more

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MEMS and wireless options: User localization in cellular phones

July 28, 2017 - By and

Integrations of MEMS sensors with signal conditioning and radio communications form “motes” with extremely low-cost and low-power requirements and miniaturized form factor. Now standard features in modern mobile devices, MEMS accelerometers and gyros can be combined with absolute positioning technologies, such as GNSS or other wireless technologies, for user localization. Navigation has been revolutionized by micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) sensor development,... read more

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L3 system selected by Airbus Helicopters for militaries

July 28, 2017 - By

L3 Technologies’ WESCAM division has received an order from Airbus Helicopters to provide 37 MX-15 electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) imaging systems for installation on multiple fleets of H225M Caracal helicopters. The systems will be installed in France before being delivered to two foreign governments for military deployment. “This order expands L3’s international business base while creating a new market opportunity... read more

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Martek deploys Centrik aviation management for BVLOS UAVs

July 28, 2017 - By

Martek Marine has deployed the Centrik system to manage its UAS operation, the same system used by major airlines. Centrik is a cloud-based aviation management software solution specifically tailored for RPAS/UAS operations. It encompasses all aspects of operations: safety, quality, compliance and risk management, while providing comprehensive reporting functions, the company said. Centrik gives visibility of every single electronic flight... read more

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Harxon releases rover radio for RTK surveying and GNSS positioning

July 28, 2017 - By

Harxon has introduced an advanced, high-speed, Bluetooth-enabled wireless rover radio. The HX-DU1603D, designed for GNSS/RTK surveying and precise positioning, will be showcased this September at the Intergeo trade show in Berlin, Germany. The HX-DU1603D is a lightweight, ruggedized UHF receiver designed for data communications between 410 MHz and 470 MHz in either 12.5 KHz or 25 KHz channels, which can be... read more

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