Sunflowers — soniashnyk in Ukrainian — have been grown in Ukraine since the mid-18th century. Besides being a popular snack, growing the flower for export helps fuel Ukraine’s economy. Before the war, Ukraine and Russia supplied up to 80% of the world’s sunflower oil exports. With the Russia invasion, however, sunflower and other crops have suffered, with growth of spring... read more
Here is how to use the Google Smartphone Decimeter Challenge data in Kaggle to test your own position algorithms. First, register as a Kaggle user and log into SDC 2021 or SDC 2022. Download data You have two options. Option 1. Go to “Data” session. click “Download All” at the bottom of the webpage. Option 2. Execute these commands in... read more
Something big happened to GPS service in the Denver area on Jan. 21. On that day, Air Traffic Control issued a notice advising pilots of problems with GPS reception spanning about 8,000 square miles in the Denver area. The advisory, posted at 10:33 p.m. Denver time, said GPS was unreliable within a 50-nautical-mile radius of the Denver International Airport. Interference... read more
Trimble has released the Trimble TerraFlex Premium edition, a new tier of Trimble’s flagship geographic information system (GIS) data-collection software. The edition provides customers with offline GNSS corrections. The new automated service works exclusively with Trimble GNSS receivers — including the Trimble DA2 receiver for the Trimble Catalyst positioning service — to provide high-accuracy GIS data capture in a wider... read more
By Nabeel Khan, Regional Application Marketing Manager, Americas, u-blox Once only accessible to large commercial farms, technological innovation is beginning to bring the benefits of precision agriculture to everyone else. Fuel and fertilizer prices are at all-time highs, as farmers the world over are scrambling to find ways to stay financially afloat. Large commercial farms have long had a leg... read more
Funding continues to flow into companies developing and testing electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) drones — both piloted and unpiloted. Plus, the potential for clearing landmines using drones is being investigated by a team at Oklahoma State University. Air taxis advance with funding In early September, United Airlines committed to a $15 million investment in Eve Air Mobility, giving the air taxi... read more
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak will join Trimble CEO Rob Painter on the stage for the 2022 Trimble Dimensions+ keynote presentation. Trimble Dimensions+ is a three-day user conference providing education, showcasing innovation and offering networking opportunities with Trimble users, customers and product experts from around the world. This year, the conference will be held in-person for the first time since 2018,... read more
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