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Boundless Releases OpenGeo Suite 4.6 to Improve Performance

May 12, 2015 - By

Boundless, a provider of spatial IT solutions, has released OpenGeo Suite 4.6, the newest version of its powerful enterprise geospatial software platform. OpenGeo Suite 4.6 is open-source geospatial software that powers web, mobile and desktop maps and applications across large and small organizations. New capabilities and enhancements in Version 4.6 include: Enhanced OpenGeo Suite Composer, which allows anyone to build and... read more

FAA Selects Mississippi State as Center of Excellence for UAS

May 8, 2015 - By

After a rigorous competition, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected a Mississippi State University team as the FAA’s Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (COE UAS). The COE will focus on research, education and training in areas critical to safe and successful integration of UAS into the nation’s airspace. The team brings together 15 of the nation’s leading... read more

ESA Aims to Map Sea Surfaces with GNSS Radio Occultation

May 8, 2015 - By

A new concept that involves mounting an instrument on the International Space Station and taking advantage of signals from navigation satellites could provide measurements of sea-surface height and information about features related to ocean currents, benefiting science and ocean forecasting. read more

UAV Product Showcase

May 7, 2015 - By

Featuring the latest in UAVs from QuestUAV, NovAtel, Riegl, Sensefly, and C-Astral, from GPS World magazine's May issue. read more

Satnav Augmentation Systems Settle on Common Channels Post-2020

May 7, 2015 - By

The 28th Satellite-based Augmentation Systems Interoperability Working Group endorsed the "message definition" for a new secondary SBAS channel — to be known as L5, along with the current L1 — for the planned second-generation SBAS systems, which will utilize dual-frequency multi-constellation signals. read more

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Geodetics Teams with Velodyne for Real-Time Mobile Mapping Systems

May 7, 2015 - By

Geodetics Inc. has teamed up with Silicon Valley’s Velodyne Lidar. Velodyne and Geodetics will work on a variety of initiatives to enhance each others technologies and products with the goal of offering a small-size integrated inertial navigation and LiDAR-based mobile mapping payload for UAVs and other autonomous platforms. Payloads will include Velodyne’s HDL-64E, HDL-32E and VLP-16 real-time LiDAR systems combined... read more

Hemisphere GNSS Releases Next-Generation GNSS RTK Engine

May 7, 2015 - By

Hemisphere GNSS has released Athena, its next-generation GNSS engine. Offering significantly enhanced performance, Athena provides Hemisphere with a new, future-oriented foundation providing strong performance, flexibility and reliability, according to the company. Athena has yielded outstanding performed in virtually every environment where high-accuracy GNSS receivers can be used, the company stated. Hemisphere customers have tested Athena’s performance in long baseline, in open-sky environments, under... read more

TerraGo Edge: Every Soldier a Data User and Data Collector

May 7, 2015 - By

TerraGo has made another geospatial technology leap, doing for geospatial data collection what the company did for geospatial data display. It has streamlined and sped up geospatial data collection with its new product, TerraGo Edge. With the app, field personnel can rapidly collect enterprise data using a PC, tablet or smartphone with very little training and no additional software. read more