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New Product Trends in UAV, Survey, Mapping, and Geospatial Data Collection and Analysis

July 15, 2016 - By

Sponsored by: NavCom Broadcast date: Thursday, October 16, 2014 On-Demand Available Until: Friday, October 16, 2015 Speakers: Alan Cameron, Group Publisher, GPS World and Geospatial Solutions, and Eric Gakstatter, Editor, Survey Scene & Geospatial Solutions Monthly Summary: UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) are taking over the surveying industry, thanks to their ever-improving sensors and the fact that they are getting lighter and can... read more

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Indoor Location with SiRFusion from CSR

July 15, 2016 - By

Sponsored by: CSR Broadcast date: Thursday, December 4, 2014 On-Demand Available Until: Friday, December 4, 2015 Speakers: Dave Huntingford, Director of Product Management for Location, CSR; Dimitri Rubin, Senior Director of Emerging Technologies, CSR; Murray Jarvis, Consultant, CSR Summary: Indoor location has become a hot topic, carrying the promise of ubiquitous location and user context. Set to take social networking,... read more

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WorldView-4 satellite heads to Vandenberg for September launch

July 13, 2016 - By

Final preparations are underway at Lockheed Martin to ship DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-4 Earth imaging satellite to Vandenberg Air Force Base for a Sept. 15 launch. The Lockheed Martin team is completing final satellite testing and checkout before shipment. Testing includes calculating the weight and center of gravity of WorldView-4, completing a health check of major systems, and testing out image collection... read more

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Hexagon showcases geospatial enterprise solutions at ISPRS 2016

July 13, 2016 - By

Hexagon AB, a global provider of information technologies, will showcase its geospatial enterprise solutions at XXIII ISPRS (International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) Congress 2016, July 12-19 in Prague, Czech Republic. Hexagon’s technologies encompass the complete geospatial information life cycle — from data capture to industry-specific information delivery. Its portfolio includes sensors for capturing data from land and air, as... read more

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White House seeks public input on plan for civil Earth observations

July 13, 2016 - By

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is seeking public input on development of the second U.S. National Plan for Civil Earth Observations, the 2017 National Plan for Civil Earth Observations. Today, the Federal Register posted OSTP’s Request for Information (RFI) on the development of the plan, which will build upon the priorities and supporting actions identified... read more

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BeiDou industry on path similar to GPS

July 13, 2016 - By

The domestic Chinese satellite navigation industry is thriving, based on the growing availability of Beidou signals combined with the baseline GPS constellation. read more

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The GPS Update Syndrome

July 13, 2016 - By

The I-want-free-advice syndrome was once called the “Doctor Syndrome” or “Expert Syndrome.” I have recently heard it referred to as the “unsolicited advice” syndrome, because there is a new version that involves shaming the expert in to giving free advice. Occasionally those of us with expertise in an area of interest, which certainly include doctors and lawyers, are faced with... read more

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Movie preview: ‘The Night GPS Failed’

July 13, 2016 - By

Editor-in-Chief and Group Publisher Alan Cameron gives a preview for a fictitious movie he devised called "The Night GPS Failed," based on the true story "What Happens If GPS Fails." read more

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