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  • Houston Airport Marks Arrival of GBAS to Increase Flight Capacity

    Apr 23, 2013 2 Comments

    Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) became fully operational with the first precision approach flown by a United Airlines aircraft using Honeywell’s SmartPath Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS) on April 22. IAH is one of two airports in the country participating in ...

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  • Applanix Introduces POSPac MMS v6.2 Software for Mobile Mapping

    Apr 23, 2013 No Comments

    Applanix has introduced POSPac MMS v6.2, its latest generation of software for directly georeferencing mobile mapping sensors using GNSS and inertial technology. Featuring new Applanix IN-Fusion Multi-Single-Base Processing, POSPac MMS V6.2 is designed to improve the productivity and accuracy of map...

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  • Navevo Announces Satnav-Based Truck Cyclist Alert Feature

    Apr 18, 2013 No Comments

    Navevo specialists in satellite navigation solutions for heavy-goods vehicles (HGV) drivers, now offers the ProNav HGV Cyclist Alert. Supplied as standard on the new ProNav PNN420 satnav for truck drivers and soon to be rolled out across all current ProNav systems, the safety feature provides juncti...

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  • Riegl and Applanix Take Flight on UAV

    Apr 18, 2013 No Comments

    Riegl Laser Measurement Systems and Applanix Corporation announced today that the Applanix AP50 GNSS-inertial sensor system was successfully integrated with Riegl’s VQ-820-GU topo-bathymetric airborne laser scanner on board the Schiebel Camcopter S-100 UAV. The Riegl VQ-820-GU is specifically desi...

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  • Trimble Offers Improved Version of RealWorks Software

    Apr 17, 2013 1 Comment

    Trimble RealWorks version 8.0 software will include a new 3D database engine, automated targetless registration and Web viewing capability incorporating RealWorks’ Scan Explorer interface. The new version is due to be released in June. The new enhancements will allow surveyors, contractors, en...

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  • GNSS Constellation Update

    Apr 17, 2013 1 Comment

    Original Broadcast Date: 10/25/12 Summary: This month, a new GPS satellite was launched, India launched a new SBAS satellite, and two Galileo satellites are scheduled to launch. Last month, China launched two more BeiDou satellites. There’s a lot of activity of the satellite navigation industry....

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  • Locata Positioning to Underpin Crash Avoidance Research

    Apr 16, 2013 1 Comment

    Locata Corporation announced today that the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) plans to install a Locata network as the core positioning technology in a $30 million upgrade soon to be underway at its Vehicle Research Center near Washington, D.C. A LocataNet will provide the vitally import...

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  • Comments Sought on Future User Needs for Nationwide DGPS

    Apr 16, 2013 No Comments

    The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), in partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard, is seeking public comments on  current and future user needs for the Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System (NDGPS). The agencies want to know...

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