The Arctic-PNT team’s testing was based around a robotic car crammed with sensors and recording equipment. Called Martti, the vehicle was supplied by Finland’s VTT Technical Research Centre. (Photo: ESA)

ESA-supported project tests autonomous vehicles in Finland

January 21, 2021

News from the European Space Agency (ESA) An ESA-supported project is testing autonomous vehicles on an intelligent road […]

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Use of autonomous vehicles in mining and farming touted at CES 2021

January 20, 2021

After years of testing and hype, not a lot of companies can say there are real applications for […]

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The drive to autonomy: Companies gear up with sensors, strategies

January 5, 2021

For the past decade, widespread deployment of autonomous vehicles (AV) has been just over the horizon — that […]

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This article is tagged with autonomous vehicles, digital cameras, inertial navigation system, lidar, precise point positioning, radar, real-time kinematic, Trimble and posted in From the Magazine, Transportation

Map plot from live tests in London show the route of a vehicle driven through Canary Wharf. It shows the difference between the position provided by a standard smartphone GNSS chip (red line) and the same data run through Focal Point Positioning's Supercorrelation software (blue line). (image: u-blox)

U-blox signs deal with UK start-up for cutting-edge GNSS technology

December 4, 2020

U-blox has signed a deal with the award-winning U.K.-based technology company Focal Point Positioning to integrate technology that […]

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This article is tagged with autonomous vehicles, fitness, fitness wearables, Focal Point Positioning, GNSS devices, GNSS spoofing, internet of things, IoT, multipath interference, Smart Cities, supercorrelation, u-blox and posted in Latest News, OEM, Transportation

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Trimble RTX corrections now transmitted through Sirius XM

December 3, 2020

Trimble RTX GNSS corrections are now being transmitted through the SiriusXM satellite radio network, specifically through Sirius XM […]

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This article is tagged with ADAS, autonomous vehicles, connected vehicles, Gen8 satellite chipset, RTX GNSS corrections, satellite radio network, Sirius XM, SiriusXM broadcasts, Trimble RTX, V2X and posted in Latest News, Transportation

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Hexagon’s ‘RTK from the Sky’ brings instant GNSS accuracy worldwide

November 19, 2020

New service provides PPP convergence for centimeter-level accuracy on land, air and marine applications around the world Research […]

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TDK launches Trusted Positioning as independent software business

November 5, 2020

TDK Corp. has announced that Trusted Positioning Inc. (TPI), a TDK Group Company focused on creating and selling […]

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This article is tagged with autonomous vehicles, independent business unit, indoor location, RIDE, TDK, TPI, Trusted Positioning, VENUE and posted in Latest News, Mobile, Transportation

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Swift Navigation’s SSR service now available across 2 continents

October 28, 2020

Swift Navigation has launched its production-grade SSR (state space representation) service across Swift’s coverage areas. Swift is a […]

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This article is tagged with autonomous vehicles, GNSS corrections, internet of things, mobile, OSR format, precise positioning service, production-grade SSR, SSR Tile Distribution Server, Swift Navigation and posted in Latest News, Mobile, Transportation