Category: GNSS

  • Leica Geosystems Introduces The Latest Version 4.2 Of Its Leica Spider Software Suite For GNSS Networks and Reference Stations

    Leica Geosystems Introduces The Latest Version 4.2 Of Its Leica Spider Software Suite For GNSS Networks and Reference Stations

    Leica Geosystems introduces the latest version 4.2 of its Leica Spider Software Suite for GNSS Networks and Reference Stations Leica Geosystems is pleased to release the new version 4.2 of its market leading Leica Spider software suite.  The globally used solution for GNSS RTK networks is being continually enhanced and developed following the market needs…

  • LightSquared Bankruptcy Now A Possible Option For Investor Phil Falcone

    LightSquared Bankruptcy Now A Possible Option For Investor Phil Falcone

    Phil Falcone, who invested around $3 billion in LightSqaured through his hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners, is now considering placing the troubled broadband wireless company in bankruptcy.

  • Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup March 4, 2012

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup March 4, 2012

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup: What Is The Major Challenge Facing Professional Land Surveyors Today? 3 Tools to Get Your Professional Land Surveying Business Paid Faster AutoCAD Civil 3D How To Insert Geo-Referenced Images Video New Leica Digicat 600i and 650i For Safe and Fast Location of Underground Services Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup February…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup February 26, 2012

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup February 26, 2012

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup: Topcon Introduces The PN-A5 GNSS Antenna AutoCAD Civil 3D How To Convert A 3D Polyline To A 2D Polyline Video Land Surveying 911: Which Land Surveyors Should I Layoff And Which Should I Keep? Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup February 19, 2012 Hemisphere GPS and Carlson Software Establish Strategic Alliance…

  • Topcon Introduces The PN-A5 GNSS Antenna

    Topcon Introduces The PN-A5 GNSS Antenna

    Topcon introduces the PN-A5 GNSS antenna Innovative convex impedance ground plane, improved multipath mitigation LIVERMORE, Calif. – February 23, 2012 – Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) announces the new PN-A5 GNSS antenna that combines the company’s TA-5 full spectrum GNSS antenna element with a newly designed semi-hemispherical convex impedance ground plane.

  • Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup February 19, 2012

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup February 19, 2012

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup: Hemisphere GPS and Carlson Software Establish Strategic Alliance Announcing New Land Surveying 911 Series for Professional and Business Solutions Eric D. Colburn, PLS Now Offering Virtual Consultation Services With Easy Online Appointment Scheduling Extract AutoCAD Civil 3D Surface Border Video Topcon OS Total Station Series Introduces Multiple Technologies Description Keys…

  • Hemisphere GPS and Carlson Software Establish Strategic Alliance

    Hemisphere GPS and Carlson Software Establish Strategic Alliance

    Hemisphere GPS and Carlson Software Establish Strategic Alliance SCOTTSDALE, AZ, Feb. 16, 2012 /CNW/ – (TSX: HEM) Today, Hemisphere GPS and Carlson Software announced a strategic alliance. This alliance will provide a roadmap for new, integrated solutions for land survey, mapping, construction, mining and other key machine control markets. Carlson Software is a leading developer of field…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup February 12, 2012

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup February 12, 2012

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup: Congress Told LightSquared Network Would Cripple GPS Air Traffic Navigation System William J. Beitler, PLS Named Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors’ (PSLS) Surveyor of the Year Topcon Precision Ag TV Spot Video New Rugged Trimble Juno Series Puts GIS Field Work in Your Pocket Autodesk Technology Makeover Contest for Small…

  • Congress Told LightSquared Network Would Cripple GPS Air Traffic Navigation System

    Congress Told LightSquared Network Would Cripple GPS Air Traffic Navigation System

    THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION HEARING EXAMINES GPS USE IN AVIATION INDUSTRY On Wednesday, February 8, The Subcommittee on Aviation held a hearing to review of issues associated with protecting and improving our nation’s aviation satellite-based global positioning system infrastructure. Here’s are interesting statements by the Honorable John Porcari, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation: GPS…

  • Topcon Precision Ag TV Spot Video

    Topcon Precision Ag TV Spot Video

    Topcon Precision Ag TV Spot Topcon Precision AG Ad featured on US Farm Report — 8 Weeks, Feb. 11 and 18; Mar. 10 and 17; Apr. 7, 14, 21 and 28 – 30+ States on 150+ Stations To see where it plays in your area go to: http://www.agweb.com/usfr/stations

  • New Rugged Trimble Juno Series Puts GIS Field Work in Your Pocket

    New Rugged Trimble Juno Series Puts GIS Field Work in Your Pocket

    New Rugged Trimble Juno Series Puts GIS Field Work in Your Pocket SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 8, 2012—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today a new generation of GNSS devices for GIS field applications—the Trimble® Juno® 3B and 3D handhelds. With the new Trimble Juno series, mobile workforces ranging from public utilities to municipalities are empowered with rugged,…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup February 5, 2012

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup February 5, 2012

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup: Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup February 5, 2012 LightSquared Causes Falcone’s Harbinger Hedge Fund 47% Loss in 2011 Trimble MX8: Inside Look Video Create AutoCAD Civil 3D Parcels From Objects Video National Museum of Surveying: A Tour of the Only Museum of Its Kind Video Linkedin Poll: In 2012, What…

  • LightSquared Causes Falcone’s Harbinger Hedge Fund 47% Loss in 2011

    LightSquared Causes Falcone’s Harbinger Hedge Fund 47% Loss in 2011

    Falcone’s Harbinger Hedge Fund Lost 47% in 2011

  • Trimble MX8: Inside Look Video

    Trimble MX8: Inside Look Video

    Trimble MX8: Inside Look Video An animated look inside the Trimble MX8 mobile spatial imaging system for mobile mapping and survey Watch The Video

  • Carlson Software’s New Supervisor+GPS Tablet – aka The SuperG Video

    Carlson Software’s New Supervisor+GPS Tablet – aka The SuperG Video

    Carlson Software introduces their new PC based tablet field computer, The Supervisor+GPS Tablet or SuperG. The SuperG has the option to add when purchased or upgraded later, an internal RTK GNSS receiver board, GPS+GLONASS. RTK corrections can be configured via internal GSM or CDMA radio or external UHF, 900mhz or other via BlueTooth or serial…

  • LightSquared Lets Loose Lowly Yowl of Government Bias, Collusion, and Conspiracy Theories

    LightSquared Lets Loose Lowly Yowl of Government Bias, Collusion, and Conspiracy Theories

    LightSquared Lets Loose Lowly Yowl of Government Bias, Collusion, and Conspiracy Theories Today, LightSquared latest a press release, Government Committee’s Refusal to Continue Testing Highlights Systemic Pattern of Bias and Collusion, decries its perceived treatment by the Federal Government, particularly by the National Executive Committee (EXCOM) and Advisory Board for the Space-based Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT).…

  • More Bad News for LightSquared From Sprint and President Obama

    More Bad News for LightSquared From Sprint and President Obama

    The Bad, The Ugly and The LightScrewed News from around the web today was not good for LightSquared. Earlier this week, I wrote Sprint Grants LightSquared 30 More Days for FCC Approval, Has Another Wheel Fallen Off LightSquared’s Wagon?, and today it seems that possibly the Lightsquared wagon’s axle is now broken too. The bad news…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup January 1, 2012

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup January 1, 2012

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup: ArcGIS Online Overview Video Video-Has The Land Surveying Industry Let You Down? Carlson Takeoff R5 Speeds Up Converting PDF Files & Much More Trimble’s Kirkland to Discuss LightSquared Issue in MAPPS Winter Meeting Keynote Address 4 Ingredients for a Successful Professional Land Surveyor Business Web Presence Professional Land Surveyor Survey-Has…

  • Trimble’s Kirkland to Discuss LightSquared Issue in MAPPS Winter Meeting Keynote Address

    Trimble’s Kirkland to Discuss LightSquared Issue in MAPPS Winter Meeting Keynote Address

    Trimble’s Kirkland to Discuss LightSquared Issue in MAPPS Winter Meeting Keynote Address MAPPS (www.mapps.org), the national association of private sector geospatial firms, today announced that Jim Kirkland, vice president and general counsel of Trimble and a leader in the effort to defend GPS users from interference by the LightSquared system proposal, will be the keynote…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup December 25, 2011

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup December 25, 2011

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup: Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup December 25, 2011 Video Overview of AutoCAD Civil 3D CHC Introduces New Cost-Effective GNSS X900 Receiver Carlson Survey 2012 Embedded AutoCAD Now Available New Outlook Report Forecasts Rise in Investment in Equipment and Software in 2012 Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup December 18, 2011 LightSquared…