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Quectel-Swift partnership now includes RTK corrections

Published By Tracy Cozzens

Quectel Wireless Solutions is partnering with Swift Navigation to deliver Quectel’s Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) Correction Solution, which enables cost-effective, centimeter-level positioning accuracy for a new generation of IoT applications. In January, the companies announced integration of Swift’s Skylark Precise Positioning Service with Quectel’s high-precision GNSS modules. The collaboration allows Quectel to simplify the complexities of high-precision […]

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The domestic departures terminal of the Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi. (Photo: Creative Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0)

Transportation

India increases efforts to collect GNSS spoofing data

Published By Tracy Cozzens

India’s aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), is collecting data on GPS interference and spoofing to have a better understanding of the situation, reports several news outlets in the country. The urge to collect data comes after the Delhi airport experienced issues in the past few days. Following a circular issued by […]

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Transportation

RIN updates navigation system guide for small craft

Published By Tracy Cozzens

The Royal Institute of Navigation Small Craft Group has released Version 2 of a free navigation guide for small and leisure craft. “Electronic Navigation Systems: Guidance for safe use on leisure vessels” is offered as a free digital download and as a hard copy for purchase from Bookharbour. The RIN website is asking those who […]

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Heat and rain has caused an antenna casing to crack, filling the inside with water and causing it to stop working. (Photo: Mike Steckler)

Space & Earth Mapping

Researcher recounts adventure updating GNSS stations in Bangladesh

Published By Tracy Cozzens

The challenge of repairing GNSS stations in Bangladesh is recounted in a Nov. 6 article by Mike Steckler, a researcher with Columbia Climate School. Steckler has been conducting research in the country for 25 years. He previously installed a continuously operating reference station (CORS) network in the southern region of the country. Data from the […]

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After arriving at the California launch site, the two HydroGNSS satellites were carefully prepared for liftoff. (Photo: ESA}

Space & Earth

ESA’s HydroGNSS Scout satellites ready for launch

Published By Tracy Cozzens

Two European Space Agency (ESA) microsatellites will soon be launched to study climate variables linked to water using GNSS reflectometry. The twin HydroGNSS satellites arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at the end of September, from where they will be launched later this month. The HydroGNSS twins are the European Space Agency’s first […]

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