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Trimble acquisitions increase VRS network in Canada, New Zealand

December 3, 2019 - By

Trimble has acquired Cansel Survey Equipment’s Can-Net and AllTerra New Zealand’s iBase networks. The acquisitions significantly increase the global footprint of Trimble-owned Virtual Reference Station (VRS) networks by adding key geographies in North America and New Zealand. Subscription-based VRS correction services are now accessible to more customers around the world who rely on high-accuracy corrections to increase productivity and reduce... read more

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GPS pioneers honored with Queen’s award at Buckingham Palace

December 3, 2019 - By

On Dec. 3, four U.S. engineers were awarded the 2019 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace for their work creating the first truly global, satellite-based positioning system, GPS. The QEPrize is the world’s most prestigious engineering accolade, a £1 million prize that celebrates the global benefit of engineering innovation on humanity. The honorees were announced... read more

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Aceinna discusses OpenIMU at ION GNSS+ 2019

December 3, 2019 - By

Mike Horton, CTO at Aceinna, gives GPS World an overview of OpenIMU, the company’s open-source inertial navigation platform, at ION GNSS+ 2019 in Miami. read more

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GIS Surveyor app now includes ED-50 zone

December 2, 2019 - By

GIS data collection application GIS Surveyor now includes the ED-50 zone, reports maker Polosoft Technologies. ED-50 is a geodetic datum. The ED-50 zone includes a different datum shift for the Universal Transverse Mercator grid. Germany, Netherlands and Belgium lie in the ED-50 zone. The ED-50 UTM zone is a coordinate reference system (CRS) for large- and medium-scale for topographic mapping and... read more

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UKspace ‘manifesto’ recommends post-Brexit UK GNSS

December 2, 2019 - By

A new post-Brexit GNSS “must be secured,” according to the UKspace trade association. On Nov. 21, UKspace published its manifesto for a future British government to consider, which includes actions that will enable Britain to compete in the “new space race.” Among the recommendations is a satellite system to provide navigation services. “The UK’s post-Brexit participation in a new global satellite... read more

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US efforts pointing to coherent, resilient PNT architecture

December 2, 2019 - By

DoT remarks follow China announcement on “comprehensive PNT” The U.S. Department of Transportation “…is seeking the best solutions to ensure that America has a combination of  PNT [positioning, navigation and timing] systems which, when used together, will be difficult to disrupt” according to remarks made at a recently concluded conference. Diana Furchtgott-Roth is the department’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research... read more

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