This column will address why users will be required to perform GNSS occupations when submitting a leveling project to the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) after 2022. It will highlight a section of NGS Blueprint for 2022, Part 3, “Working in the Modernized NSRS,” that discusses the process of performing leveling projects after 2022. My October 2017 column briefly discussed NGS’... read more
Tracing Location Contact tracing can help stem the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. It involves tracking the movement and interactions of infected individuals to identify others at risk. National and regional responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have included containment through quarantine and restriction of movement. When properly implemented, these solutions limit spread of the contagion to prevent it from overwhelming... read more
Brazilian geoscience services company OceanPact Geociências has chosen deep-water positioning technology from Sonardyne Brasil Ltda. to support its geophysical, geotechnical and environmental research operations across the region. Ranger 2 ultra-short baseline (USBL) systems have been installed on board OceanPact’s research vessel Seward Johnson and RSV Austral Abrolhos to precisely track the location of underwater equipment and sensor packages deployed from... read more
By Airman 1st Class Jonathan Whitely, 50th Space Wing Public Affairs News from Schriever Air Force Base The 2nd Space Operations Squadron performed the first station keeping maneuver on a GPS III satellite to Satellite Vehicle Number 75 on May 14 at the Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado. The maneuver set a new standard for how GPS maneuvers should... read more
SLAM-based mobile mapping with integrated 360° color is a rugged, geo-enabled, high-density and versatile workhorse Kaarta, an innovator of real-time mobile 3D reality capture, has announced beta testing on Stencil Pro, a versatile professional-grade mobile mapping platform with dimensional and visual fidelity. According to a Kaarta press release, “Whether on the road or on a job site, in a warehouse... read more
A roundup of recent products in the GNSS and inertial positioning industry from the June 2020 issue of GPS World magazine. OEM GPS Tester Compact antenna testing for mobile deployments The ZonuSkyShot is designed for quick testing during the critical installation phase of an antenna at a new site build or small-cell integration. The compact tester is designed for integrating... read more
Kolmostar’s ultra-low power, instant cold boot GNSS module JEDI-200 is now ready to sample. Specially designed for IoT applications such as pet and personal object tracking, livestock tracking, fixed and nomadic logistics, infrastructure tracking and shared economy, JEDI-200’s reduced level of power consumption and optimized efficiency with LPWAN solve IoT endpoint deployment’s pain-point of needing frequent recharges or a large... read more
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