Fitness wearables disconnected for one day and counting Garmin fitness devices have been disconnected for nearly a day after the company suffered a major outage, reports the Verge. The outage may be caused by a ransomware attack. The outage was first reported by Garmin July 23. It affects Garmin wearables, apps and call centers, which has made customer support impossible.... read more
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) has decided to convert AUVSI Xponential 2020 to a virtual event. It will still take place Oct. 5-8. “For decades, the unmanned systems industry has reshaped critical missions and business operations by meeting challenges head-on with innovation and resolve,” said Brian Wynne, president and CEO of AUVSI. “Our commitment to supporting the... read more
A roundup of recent products in the GNSS and inertial positioning industry from the August 2020 issue of GPS World magazine. OEM RTK motion sensor Provides Centimeter positioning The MTi-680G is an integrated GNSS/inertial navigation system (INS) module that features an integrated real-time-kinematic (RTK) GNSS receiver, as well as providing synchronized 3D attitude and heading outputs. Its firmware accelerates the module’s... read more
Thirty years ago, more than a decade before most people had even heard of GPS, receiver manufacturers and surveyors were already improving on it by providing and using correction services to compensate for errors in the system—including clock drift, orbit errors, signal errors, atmospheric errors and multipath. Today, dozens of public and commercial correction services enable users to achieve accuracies... read more
Empowered by a high-precision inertial measurement unit (IMU) on the Ultimate version, the Oscar from Tersus GNSS is a new generation of tilt survey receiver. Its calibration-free tilt compensation is immune to magnetic disturbances — holding the survey pole upright is no longer necessary. Powered by Tersus ExtremeRTK GNSS technology, Oscar can provide high accuracy and stable signal detection. The built-in... read more
When someone imagines the Australian outback, they’re picturing Australia’s largest state, Western Australia (WA), which occupies an entire third of the continent. Nearly all WA residents live in Perth, with the rest of WA reminiscent of the United States’ historic Wild West — sparsely populated towns with little infrastructure. That wild beauty and remoteness can also make surveying a less-than-beautiful experience.... read more
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