The Mobile Frontier in Field Data Collection The mobile phone business is going nuts. Makers are introducing powerful phones in groves. The sleek and stylish Motorola Razor is almost an antique now. A...
Read More →Is Dual-Frequency GPS — As We Know It — Becoming Obsolete? On Friday, May 16, 2008, the Office of Space Commercialization issued a Notice for Public Comment. In it, the U.S. Department of Defense...
Read More →So, You’ve Been Hearing About L5 It seems in the world of high-precision GPS, there is always something new to consider. A new satellite launched … a new signal being broadcast … a new whiz-...
Read More →What’s up with Galileo Given some recent events, it’s about time to check in with you regarding Galileo, Europe’s attempt at creating a satellite navigation system similar to GPS. There’s also...
Read More →MSAS: SBAS in the Land of the Rising Sun Quietly, the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) has been developing that country’s MTSAT Satellite-Based Augmentation System (MSAS) over the years. MS...
Read More →RTK Crops Up in Precision Agriculture Take a look at the major manufacturers of multi-frequency GNSS equipment and the markets they serve. Obviously, surveying is an important market; construction is ...
Read More →From A to B with PND I covered this subject a while back, but I think it’s time to revisit it. Personal navigation devices (PNDs) are still selling like crazy. If you don’t have one, someo...
Read More →Catching Up There has been a lot of activity on both the civilian and military sides of GPS/GNSS these past few weeks. Instead of a central theme to this newsletter, I’m going to comment on thre...
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