Garmin Licenses Intermap’s High Quality 3D Terrain Models
Monday, March 15, 2010
Intermap Technologies, a worldwide 3D digital mapping and geospatial solutions company, today announced it has signed an agreement with Garmin Ltd., a global leader in satellite navigation. Under the terms of the three-year agreement, Intermap will furnish accurate 3D elevation data for the United States [...]
Here’s an inspirational story and video about Mike Hanson, who is an avid outdoorsman, GPS user, and happens to be blind. Despite his disability, Mike plans on hiking the entire Appalachian Trail solo only with the help of his GPS to guide him.
That’s right; he plans on hiking the entire 2,174 mile Appalachian Trail solo [...]
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Leica Geosystems Launches SmartNet North America
1 March 2010
(Norcross, GA., 1 March 2010) – Leica Geosystems, Inc. is proud to announce the launch of SmartNet North America. SmartNet is a subscription based service offering GNSS Network RTK corrections throughout North America with Leica Geosystems directly operating, managing, and maintaining all segments of the network. From the [...]
The U.S. Air Force chose Raytheon to develop a new element of the Global Positioning System (GPS), called the Advanced Control Segment (OCX), which will improve the accuracy of information from GPS satellites.
February 25, 2010
The U.S. Air Force selected Raytheon for a contract of $886 million to develop a new element of the Global Positioning [...]
New Version of Trimble GCS900 Grade Control System Increases
Flexibility and Ease of Operation
New Version Offers Faster Switch Between Sensor Configurations and Less Downtime Setting Up Machines
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 24, 2010 — Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) today introduced its Trimble® GCS900 Grade Control System version 11.2, which improves data collection and makes the industry-leading machine control system [...]
Monitor Movement in Real Time with New Trimble 4D Control Software
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 26, 2010 — Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) introduced today a new version of its Trimble® 4D Control software, the core of Trimble monitoring solutions, that combines Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and optical technologies for real-time deformation monitoring applications. The software is ideal for [...]
Yesterday, January 18, 2009, Reuters India reported from Beijing, China that over the past weekend China launched the third BeiDou (Big Dipper) or Compass satellite in an effort to build its own global satellite positioning (GPS) system. This latest satellite is part of a proposed constellation of 35 Chinese GPS satellites to be in orbit by the year [...]
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Coast Guard announces publication of notice of intention to terminate the Long Range Aids to Navigation (Loran-C) signal
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard’s Director of Prevention Policy announced Thursday publication in the Federal Register of plans to cease broadcasting the North American Loran-C signal Feb. 8.
As a result of technological advancements during the last 20 [...]
Trimble Introduces New Additions to its Optical Total Station Portfolio
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 12, 2010 — Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) introduced today a wide range of new additions to its innovative portfolio of optical survey systems, giving surveyors a comprehensive selection of solutions for surveying and engineering applications.
“Surveying firms require flexible and integrated solutions to stay competitive. This [...]
Brussels, 7 January 2010
Commission awards major contracts to make Galileo operational early 2014
The European Commission announced today the award of three of the six contracts for the procurement of Galileo’s initial operational capability. The contract for the system support services is awarded to ThalesAleniaSpace of Italy , that for a first order of 14 satellites [...]
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