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Trimble GCSFlex Offers GPS Guidance for Flexibility in Excavation

April 17, 2012 - By

Trimble today introduced a new system configuration for its GCSFlex Grade Control System. The addition of GPS guidance extends the system's functionality and allows a contractor to work faster and with more freedom than other traditional laser-referenced grade control systems for excavators, Trimble said. With the benefit of GPS guidance and in-field design templates created directly from the cab on the Trimble CB450 Control Box, an excavator operator can accurately dig to a desired depth, slope or alignment without creating a digital design in the office, Trimble said. There's little prep work before the job and no grade checking after. read more

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Launch of Two Beidou-2/Compass Satellites Could Be April 23

April 16, 2012 - By

Web chatter indicates that the launch of a pair of BeiDou-2/Compass medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center will take place around April 23. This will be the first time that a pair of BeiDou-2/Compass satellites is launched on a single rocket. The satellites are designated M3 and M4. M1 is already in orbit, and M2 and M5 are expected to be launched in June. read more

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Mobile Devices Galore

April 13, 2012 - By

Few, if any, technology products reach a worldwide audience hotter than mobile devices. I’m talking about smartphones, tablets, handhelds, and even notebooks to some extent. When’s the last time you bought a desktop computer? As I mentioned in my March 23 Geospatial Solutions column, at the GIS in Action conference I asked a Google presenter if he thought the mobile phone... read more

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Safe Software Announces FME Store

April 13, 2012 - By

Safe Software announced the creation of the FME Store, a online portal for access to specialized FME components that increase workflow efficiency and broaden the possibilities of what can be achieved with the software in the use and distribution of spatial data. read more

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Symmetricom Offers GPS Disciplined Atomic Oscillator Modules and High-Frequency Source Modules

April 12, 2012 - By

Symmetricom, Inc., precision time and frequency technology company, today announced the company will sell GPS disciplined oscillator (GPSDO) modules and high-frequency source modules from Jackson Labs Technologies, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of cutting-edge precision time and frequency products. GPSDOs provide time and frequency reference signals that have the same long-term accuracy as the GPS signal itself, and also provide a "holdover" capability to maintain system synchronization when GPS reception outages occur, Symmetricom said, adding that this new set of solutions provides Symmetricom's customers with a broader range of product options, supporting a variety of price and performance levels. read more

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ESA Launches Navipedia, a Sat-Nav Wiki

April 12, 2012 - By

The European Space Agency (ESA) has introduced a wiki-based information source, Navipedia, a technical wiki open to the public. Written and reviewed by experts, there are more than 400 articles on the site covering the fundamental principles of satellite navigation, how receivers operate, the various systems in current or future operation around the globe, and GNSS-related services and applications. read more

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Spirent E911 and LBS Testing Keeps Pace with Evolving Wireless Networks

April 12, 2012 - By

Noting that the arena in which cellular emergency calling (E911) and location-based services (LBS) must be delivered has grown significantly more complex, Spirent Communications has expanded its LBS LTE test solution to support long-term evolution (LTE) positioning protocol (LPP) and observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA). read more

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Survey/GIS Editor Eric Gakstatter to Conduct GPS/GNSS Workshop at East Carolina University May 10, 2012

April 11, 2012 - By

GPS World Survey/GIS editor Eric Gakstatter will conduct a one day workshop at the East Carolina University Center for Geographic Information Science in Greenville, NC on May 10, 2012. The workshop is suited for professional GPS/GNSS users in GIS, land surveying, engineering, construction, agriculture, and other high precision applications. read more

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