My last column highlighted some of the feedback provided by guest presenters at the NGS’ 2017 Geospatial Summit held on April 24-25 in Silver Spring, Maryland. That column also provided a discussion on the approximate differences between NAPGD2022 and NAVD 88 (and NGVD 29) at a national and local level. It was mentioned that to prepare for the new datums... read more
Trimble Earthworks for Excavators and Earthworks for Dozers brings integrated 3D aftermarket excavator automatics capability to machine control. A new dozer configuration moves the receivers from the blade to the roof of the cab. Reengineered from the ground up, Trimble’s next-generation grade-control platform features intuitive software that runs on Android. Android System. The Trimble Earthworks grade-control application is built on... read more
OEM Narrowband cellular chipset With integrated GNSS The ALT1250 narrowband CAT-M1 and NB1 (NB-IoT) chipset includes GNSS functionality. Its extreme level of integration eliminates the need for most external components required to design a cellular Internet of Things (IoT) module. Less than 100 x 100 square millimeters, the ALT1250 module features support for both Release 13 standards — CAT-M1 and... read more
StepInside and partner Flowscape to help Sweden HQ team easily find available workspace and colleagues The Senion StepInside indoor positioning system has been deployed in the 500,000-square-foot Kista (Stockholm) headquarters of telecom company Ericsson. Using personal or work-issued smartphones, more than 4,000 employees working throughout 20 floors distributed over four buildings can now use a corporate app to easily find available... read more
Aircraft to Provide Wildfire Measurements in Support of NOAA Fire Weather Forecasting The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has selected a small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) for wildfire measurements and observations in support of its FIREX field mission and the fire weather forecasting initiative. Black Swift Technologies will deliver to NOAA a tightly integrated system consisting of an... read more
TomTom‘s Kenneth Clay highlights traffic features the company offers with its mapping services. TomTom exhibited at the 2017 Esri User Conference, which took place July 10-14 in San Diego, California. read more
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