In the July and August issues of the magazine, the “Out in Front” editorials held forth on the perfection or lack thereof in the GPS signal and service. Now it’s your turn! Give us your opinion at gpsworld.com/17augustpoll and we’ll publish the results in the September issue. And you’ll gain entry to a random drawing for a $50 gift card.... read more
OEM Automobile module Supports integration of telematics, managed services The LE940A9 automotive-grade smart module supports LTE Advanced Category 9 (Cat 9) networks. It comes in three multi-band, multi-mode variants, including Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE), and is optimized for automobile manufacturers to deploy next-generation connected car technology in world markets. It features worldwide GNSS support including GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou and QZSS. The... read more
Water, Water, Where? WaterOne found itself stuck in the past. The independent public utility knew that its workflow for collecting geospatial data was broken. WaterOne serves a 272-square-mile area on the Kansas side of the Kansas City, Missouri, metropolitan area, which has a population of 420,000, 145,000 metered accounts and 2,685 miles of water pipes. The survey/geospatial staff consisted of... read more
UNICEF and the Vanuatu government have selected Martek Marine to demonstrate UAV use for vaccine delivery. Martek will fund the trial, which will take place on Efate Island Aug. 21–25. Vanuatu is an archipelago of 83 islands — 65 of which are inhabited — that stretch 1,600 kilometers. Many islands are only accessed by boat, and mobile vaccination teams are frequently... read more
u-blox, Bosch, Geo++ and Mitsubishi Electric are establishing the joint venture Sapcorda Services to bring high-precision GNSS positioning services to mass markets, including autonomous driving. Bosch, Geo++, Mitsubishi Electric and u-blox have created Sapcorda Services GmbH, a joint venture that will bring high-precision GNSS positioning services to mass-market applications. The four companies recognized that existing solutions for GNSS positioning services... read more
Three of six new Lockheed Martin-developed state-of-the-art receivers are now deployed to help the U.S. Air Force maintain the accuracy of GPS satellite signals. In June, the first new Monitor Station Technology Improvement Capability (MSTIC) receiver became operational at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The upgrades continued at U.S. Air Force monitoring stations on the Kwajalein Atoll and Hawaii.... read more
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