Thoughts on the Spherically Challenged Did you know Australia doesn’t exist? (Sorry, Aussies.) The entire continent is part of a massive conspiracy designed to confuse you. Anyone who says they’re from Australia is an actor (paid by NASA, probably.) And all the airline pilots are “in on it,” flying people to a carved out section of South America. The “rationale”... read more
East View Geospatial (EVG) is offering a new version of MapVault, a streaming service that brings together maps from around the world. According to the company, MapVault provides access to more than 500,000 geo-referenced map sheets from more than 1,000 authoritative map series, which can save organizations the costs of procuring, storing and digitizing physical maps. MapVault users have access to... read more
A roundup of recent products in the GNSS and inertial positioning industry from the July 2018 issue of GPS World magazine. read more
More Is BetterThe PPP technique is making inroads in the positioning industry. By using a multi-system, multi-carrier-frequency approach, instantaneous centimeter-level PPP can be achieved. read more
Recent changes in hardware and standards make one-meter accuracy possible, in some cases as soon as this year. The transcript of a talk given to Android developers earlier this year, this article gives a short overview of location in smartphones, introduces Wi-Fi round-trip time technology and standards, and then explains the Wi-Fi application programming interfaces. By Frank van Diggelen, Roy... read more
This editorial comes to you live from the control console of GPS World’s June webinar, “Defense PNT in Challenged Environments.” I’m impressed, as always, by the engagement of our webinar audience. Questions are pouring in about the speakers’ presentations, in addition to knowledgable queries submitted before the webinar began. These events strike me as, hour for hour, the best professional... read more
Click on the icon in the top left hand corner to choose the video you’d like to watch. The GPS World and Geospatial Solutions staff reported live from the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s (AUVSI’s) Xponential 2018 April 30-May 3 in Denver. Check out videos from the event above. Check out news, photos and more from the show here. read more
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