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Topcon features latest software at Intergeo 2017

November 6, 2017 - By

Topcon Positioning Systems’ Scott Langbein discusses the company’s Magnet Collage software at Intergeo 2017, which took place Sept. 26-28 in Berlin, Germany. According to the company, Magnet Collage provides data processing of otherwise disparate data sets into one 3D environment that can accommodate laser scanner, mobile scanning and mapping, road resurfacing scanners and photogrammetric point clouds. read more

GPS World advisor honored with ION award

November 6, 2017 - By

Shortly after GPS World’s 2017 Leadership Awards ceremony during ION GNSS+ week, the Institute of Navigation rolled out its own distinguished panel of award recipients at a conference luncheon. ION’s Satellite Division presented Terry Moore with the Johannes Kepler Award, its highest honor. It is perhaps a bit of editorial license to call Terry Moore “one of our own,” but... read more

Swift Navigation offers Piksi Multi firmware update

November 3, 2017 - By

Swift ​​Navigation​, ​​a ​​San ​​Francisco-based ​​tech ​​startup ​​building centimeter-accurate ​​GPS ​​technology ​​to ​​power ​​a ​​world ​​of ​​autonomous ​​vehicles, ​​released ​​the second ​​major ​​firmware ​​upgrade ​​to ​​its ​​flagship ​​product ​​​Piksi Multi ​​GNSS ​​module​​​. ​​ The ​​upgrade ​​is available ​​at ​​no ​​cost ​​to ​​Piksi ​​Multi ​​users ​​and ​​provides ​​initial ​​support ​​for ​​a ​​new ​​constellation ​​(GLONASS), as ​​well ​​as ​​increased ​​functionality ​​and ​​improved... read more

U.S. Air Force accepts delivery of GPS OCX baseline

November 2, 2017 - By

The Space and Missile Systems Center announced that the United States Air Force has accepted delivery of the GPS Next Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX) Launch and Checkout System (LCS) baseline from Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems. Also known as Block 0, LCS demonstrated conformance through test and analysis with all contractual requirements. OCX Block 0 is the foundation for... read more

DOT plans 3-year, 5+ participants for drone pilot program

November 2, 2017 - By

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao provided further details of the department’s new Drone Integration Pilot Program at a public event held Nov. 2 at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) headquarters in Washington, D.C. Chao was joined by hundreds of drone operators, industry leaders, members of the public, law enforcement and first responders, and local, state, tribal and federal officials.... read more

Microsemi’s TimeProvider 4100 provides for 4G and 5G base stations

November 2, 2017 - By

Microsemi Corporation has launched the TimeProvider 4100, a flexible IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) grandmaster clock designed to scale from the edge to the aggregation layers of both mobile infrastructure and access networks. The TimeProvider 4100 is a gateway clock, a new class of synchronization product which accepts multiple inputs from GNSS, Synchronous Ethernet (SyncE), 1588 PTP and E1/T1 digital... read more

CAST releases GPS wavefront generator

November 1, 2017 - By

CRPA and Attitude Determination Receiver Testing The CAST-5000 by CAST Navigation produces a single coherent wavefront of GPS RF signals to provide repeatable testing in the laboratory environment or anechoic chamber. The system generates up to seven independent, coherent simulations that reference a single point. With an intercard carrier-phase error of less than one centimeter, the CAST-5000 is extremely accurate, the company... read more

Launchpad: The latest in GNSS, survey and UAV products

November 1, 2017 - By

The latest in GNSS, survey, transportation and UAV products from the November print issue of GPS World, including Javad GNSS, Tallysman, Sokkia, Hemisphere GNSS and more. read more