U.S. Coast Guard issues testing notice on GPS Week Number Rollover. The GPS Directorate has released a Federal Register Notice announcing plans to execute a test in February to investigate legacy receiver week roll-over behavior and analyze any off-nominal behavior exhibited, according to a U.S. Coast Guard notice. The GPS week number rollover occurs in the GPS legacy navigation (LNAV)... read more
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has awarded $46,301,702 in grant funding for 11 projects in 10 states to assist with deploying positive train control (PTC) systems. This marks the second selection of PTC systems deployment projects under the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act and via the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program, collectively totaling $250 million... read more
Abstract submissions are open for the 7th International Colloquium on Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of GNSS until March 31. The event, which is organized by the European Space Agency and ETH Zürich, will take place Sept. 4-6 in Zürich, Switzerland. The event will bring together members of the European scientific community and their international partners involved in the use of... read more
Emlid co-founder and CEO Igor Vereninov gives GPS World a rundown on the company’s Reach RS+ GNSS receiver at Intergeo 2018 in Frankfurt, Germany. According to Emlid, Reach RS+ was designed to create survey projects to manage data collection. Background image: iStock.com/imaginima read more
Sokkia introduced the latest addition to its GNSS integrated receiver line — the GRX3. According to the company, the GRX3 is designed to provide a smaller, lighter and fully integrated GNSS solution. “The multi-constellation GRX3 receiver is built to offer a complete and versatile solution to provide best-in-class positioning performance for a wide variety of precision applications,” said Alok Srivastava,... read more
Topcon Positioning Group released a new workflow bundle designed to modernize concrete FFL (floor flatness and levelness) applications. A new ClearEdge3D development and sales partnership with a leader and pioneer in 3D laser scanning software for construction QA/QC, Rithm, is prominently advancing the Topcon concrete application offering with a new hardware and software bundle option. It is part of the... read more
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