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Russian State Bank to Support GLONASS Projects

October 27, 2014 - By

Russian companies looking to develop GLONASS products and services can soon tap into an 8-billion-ruble fund. Russian state development bank Vnesheconombank (VEB) plans to offer financial support for projects using GLONASS, pending government approval, according to the Russian news agency Ria Novosti. VEB’s sister fund, VEB Innovations, will set up the GLONASS Fund in the fourth quarter of this year, with funds made available by next February-March. The... read more

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Eric Gakstatter Gives InterGeo 2014 Synopsis

October 27, 2014 - By

Eric Gakstatter, contributing editor for GPS World and Geospatial Solutions, gives an overview of InterGeo 2014, held October 7-9 in Berlin. read more

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Stonex Showcases S10 GNSS Receiver at InterGeo

October 24, 2014 - By

Mauro Colombi, vice president of operations for Stonex, discusses the new S10 GNSS Receiver while at InterGeo 2014, held October 7-9 in Berlin. The S10 features a new generation of smart and open GPS, where a user can install custom applications directly on the receiver. read more

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Eighth GPS IIF Set to Launch Wednesday

October 23, 2014 - By

The Air Force is set to launch the eighth GPS IIF satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on October 29. The 18-minute launch window opens at 1:21 p.m. EDT. An Atlas V 401 will launch the GPS IIF-8 mission for the U.S. Air Force. The live webcast will begin at 1:01 p.m. EDT. As described by the Air Force, GPS IIF-8 is... read more

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Fleet Remains Strong Worldwide Location Market

October 23, 2014 - By

Because of nonstop government regulation, which can help and hinder the trucking industry, the mobile resource management market will continue to be one of the strongest location segments. In other news this month, while it doesn’t get much bigger a deal in the location industry than a $2.5 billion purchase, as in the case of Qualcomm buying CSR, one smaller... read more

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South Surveying Launches New Dual-Frequency GNSS Receiver at InterGeo

October 23, 2014 - By

Hyman Huang of South Surveying & Mapping Instrument Co. talks with GPS World about the company’s new dual-frequency GNSS Receiver and its tablet counterpart while at InterGeo 2014, held October 7-9 in Berlin. View our YouTube playlist for more InterGeo videos. read more

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Mapping Our Inner GPS

October 22, 2014 - By

How does our brain understand where our body is in space, and navigate us from home to work? The components of Google Maps are easy for us to discern. We readily understand the mix of GPS location, an extensive map and a sophisticated way-finding algorithm. Our ability to understand our body’s innate relationship to location is far more complex. Discovery... read more

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OGC Calls for Participation in Major Interoperability Testbed

October 22, 2014 - By

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has issued a Request for Quotation/Call for Participation (RFP/CFP)in the OGC Testbed 11 Interoperability Testbed. Testbed 11 sponsors have documented interoperability requirements and objectives for this testbed activity. Organizations selected to participate in Testbed 11 will develop solutions based on the sponsors’ use cases, requirements and scenarios, which are described in detail in the CFP. Participants’... read more

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