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SkyTraq Launches RTK Receiver for UAVs, Mobile

September 28, 2015 - By

SkyTraq Technology, a fabless GNSS positioning technology company, is introducing the S2525F8-BD-RTK, a cost-effective, low-power single-frequency RTK receiver for unmanned aerial systems and mobile platforms requiring centimeter-level position accuracy. The S2525F8-BD-RTK multi-constellation RTK receiver supports GPS, BDS, QZSS, and SBAS, simultaneously tracking up to 28 satellites. With its 25 x 25 millimeter form factor, 300-mW power consumption and 3 gram... read more

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Galileo Satellites Handed over to Operator

September 28, 2015 - By

News courtesy of the European Space Agency   Europe’s latest pair of Galileo satellites has passed its initial check out in space, allowing control to be handed over to the main control centre and join the growing fleet. “This was a beautifully smooth start to the mission,” said ESA mission director, Richard Lumb. “From liftoff through to handover to the constellation operator... read more

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Drone Industry Experiences Giddy Enthusiasm

September 24, 2015 - By

Last week, I attended the INTERGEO exhibition in Stuttgart, Germany. It’s the largest geospatial conference in the world with more than 17,000 attendees from 92 countries flooding the exhibition halls. It’s quite different from other conferences I attend in that there are very few technical presentations to distract the attendees, so they swarm the exhibition halls like bees to a... read more

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Gakstatter Speaks! At Commercial UAV Conference

September 24, 2015 - By

The editor of the Geospatial Solutions monthly newsletter, Eric Gakstatter, has two speaking engagements at the upcoming Commercial UAV Expo, which will be held Oct. 5–7 in Las Vegas. See him live at Caesar’s Palace! On Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 4:10 p.m. he will address “GPS/GNSS Technology Options for Commercial UAV.” There are several flavors of GPS/GNSS technologies to choose from when... read more

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Avenza Adds USGS US Topo Maps to PDF Maps App

September 24, 2015 - By

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) continues to support the delivery of its digital maps through Avenza Systems Inc.‘s PDF Maps app. It has widened the selection to more than 120,000 US Topo topographic maps on its digital mapping platform, which provides digital users access to USGS’ rich map content and extends its reach with a growing base of mobile consumers. The... read more

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Esri Launches Photo Survey Web App for Property Surveys

September 24, 2015 - By

Many local governments use large teams of volunteers to evaluate property conditions and identify structures that may be abandoned or in disrepair. Property surveys may take several months to complete and are hard to maintain over time. To simplify survey data collection Esri has partnered with the City of New Orleans (NOLA) to create Photo Survey, an ArcGIS for Local Government solution. Photo... read more

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Beast Mode RTK from JAVAD GNSS

September 24, 2015 - By

By Matt Sibole With a name like beast mode RTK it better be something pretty impressive. I think we are all looking for ways to become more productive and more efficient in the course of our fieldwork. I think the analogy could be made that beast mode RTK is to GNSS as what the EDM was to the steel tape.... read more

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JAVAD GNSS 5 Hz “Beast Mode” RTK Base Station Corrections Reduce the Time to Acquire a Fix by 72 Percent

September 24, 2015 - By

by Matt Johnson In another industry first, JAVAD GNSS has added the ability to transmit and process RTK base station corrections at rates greater once per second (1 Hz). The current industry standard has been to transmit and process corrections once per second. The JAVAD GNSS RTK engineering team recently hypothesized that increasing the rate of corrections would reduce the... read more

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