By JoAnne Castagna U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hurricane Sandy led to one of the largest-scale U.S. evacuations in recent history, according to Edward Schneyer, director of Emergency Preparedness, Suffolk County (N.Y.) Office of Emergency Management. “During Sandy, we rescued 250 people from their flooded homes, evacuated two major hospitals and several adult care homes,” Schneyer said. Schneyer was able to... read more
GPS to the power of PNT. Or, as I like to think of it, GPSPNT. We are rapidly entering — or we have already entered — the era in which we say “GPS” but we really mean so much more. We mean GNSS: GPS + GLONASS + Galileo + BeiDou. We mean all of the above plus satellite-based augmentation systems (SBAS), now... read more
Carlson SurveyGNSS, Carlson Software’s data post-processing software, is now available in a 2016 version. Designed for surveyors and positioning professionals, Carlson SurveyGNSS post-processing software achieves high-accuracy results for computing quality vectors and resultant positions. SurveyGNSS works with Carlson SurvCE and SurvPC data collection software, and with Carlson’s office design software. New features include a second-generation post-processing engine, which now accepts... read more
TomTom has signed a global, multi-year agreement to provide maps and traffic data for the Uber driver app. TomTom’s advanced map-making technology, combined with its traffic information, will ensure Uber has a seamless navigation experience, accurate arrival times and efficient journeys in more than 300 cities around the world, according to a TomTom news release. “We are excited to provide... read more
In the novel The Martian, an astronaut must navigate around a duststorm using his wits. By Tracy Cozzens Managing Editor Last year on my way home from ION GNSS+, I spotted a bright orange book in the San Francisco airport. The Martian, by Andy Weir, is now a major motion picture — a wonderful movie, but one that left out a... read more
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, will host the Esri Middle East and North Africa User Conference (MENAUC) Nov. 17–19 to commemorate the emirate’s success and propagate the smart government model throughout the region. For nearly a decade, Abu Dhabi, has typified smart government — primarily due to its wide application of geographic information system (GIS) technology across the enterprise — according to a... read more
In the temperate rainforest of the Los Lagos region of Southern Chile, where rainfall annually exceeds 1,500 millimeters and two-thirds of the days are rainy, the dense forest canopy poses a huge challenge for GNSS receivers. Motivazion, a survey firm based in Puerto Montt, just below the rainforests, makes its living surveying in the rugged terrain under the densely canopied... read more
Avago Technologies Ltd. will move ahead with its merger with Broadcom Corporation, following a shareholder meeting Nov. 10 where shareholders overwhelmingly approved the business transaction. Avago and Broadcom announced their merger agreement on May 28. The companies have received clearance on the proposed merger from the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States and antitrust authorities in the United... read more
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