 | PNT Office Publishes GPS E-Newsletter August 24, 2010
The National Coordination Office for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing has begun publishing GPS Tracker, an electronic newsletter about GPS and related policy issues.More>> |
| Updated GPS Interface Specifications Available at GPS.gov August 19, 2010
The new IS-GPS-200E, IS-GPS-705A, and IS-GPS-800A documents were approved for public release last Friday, according to Rick Hamilton, CGSIC Executive Secretariat, USCG Navigation Center. More>> |
 | DeLorme Unveils New GPS Lineup August 3, 2010
DeLorme is showcasing its newest PN-Series GPS receivers and related products at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market trade show in Salt Lake City this week. Also on display is DeLorme Topo North America 9.0 GPS maps and PC software, and DigitalGlobe worldwide aerial and satellite imagery for display...More>> |
| Topcon GRS-1 Now Aids in Vegetation Management July 30, 2010
Topcon Positioning Systems, Aerotec LLC, and Laser Technology, Inc., have created a joint vegetation management solution designed to allow utility foresters to use GPS to identify and locate conductor-vegetation clearance problems quickly and accurately, Topcon said.More>> |
 | Topcon Releases Spatial Factory Software for Managing IP-S2 3D Mobile Mapping Data July 13, 2010
Topcon Positioning Systems has announced the release of Spatial Factory software. According to Topcon, the simple interface of this software allows users of the IP-S2 3D mobile mapping system to easily work with the combination of point cloud, trajectory, and panoramic image data that comes from...More>> |
 | Juniper Launches Mesa Rugged Notepad July 13, 2010
Juniper Systems, Inc. has introduced at the ESRI International User Conference the Mesa Rugged Notepad. Juniper says it's as the latest addition to its lineup of rugged handheld computers, and ships later this year. The Geo models have integrated real-time SBAS and an accuracy of 2 to 5 meters, as...More>> |
 | Trimble Introduces Mobile Spatial Imaging System July 13, 2010
Trimble introduced today the Trimble MX8 Mobile Spatial Imaging System, an advanced mobile data capture system that combines imaging and laser scanning capabilities to measure objects in 3D to produce 3D, 4D, and 5D data sets for spatial imaging projects. The new Trimble MX8 Mobile Spatial Imaging...More>> |
 | Ashtech Unveils MobileMapper 100 at ESRI Conference July 13, 2010
Ashtech is unveiling today at the ESRI International User Conference a GIS handheld for high-precision mobile mapping and data collection. The MobileMapper 100 is the newest generation of Ashtech GNSS handheld mapping solutions; it complements the well-known MobileMapper family that includes the...More>> |
 | Two GIS Pioneers Honored with National Geographic's Bell Medal July 13, 2010
The National Geographic Society has awarded Alexander Graham Bell Medals to two visionary geographers and geographic information systems (GIS) pioneers — Dr. Roger Tomlinson, known as “the father of GIS,” and Jack Dangermond, a trailblazer in spatial analysis methods.
The Alexander Graham...More>> |
| Space Policy Subverted. Or Not. Maybe. July 12, 2010
News By: Alan Cameron Twelve days after National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) administrator Charles Bolden told Mideast satellite news audiences that President Barack Obama personally instructed him that one of NASA’s “foremost" charges is to engage in diplomacy with Muslim countries, the White House...More>> |
