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NovAtel Introduces SMART-MR10 GNSS Receiver/Antenna for On-Machine Environments August 31, 2010
NovAtel Inc., an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of precise positioning technology, today introduced the latest addition to their SMART antenna line. The SMART-MR10 is the first in a new family of GPS+GLONASS L1+L2+L-band integrated receiver and antenna products. Housed in a rugged enclosure,...More>>
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Hemisphere GPS, Summit Liability Solutions Sign Agreement to Provide Customized Outback S3 Systems August 12, 2010
Today, Hemisphere GPS announced a multi-year agreement to supply S3-S Navigator – a customized Outback S3 precision guidance system — for Summit Liability Solutions. The S3-S Navigator uses Hemisphere GPS’ Crescent receiver technology in combination with Hemisphere's eDriveTC for tilt control...More>>
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Out in Front: Welling Up July 1, 2010
One of the first industrial uses of GPS came in survey and seismic exploration for offshore oil, as evidenced by the cover story of this magazine’s September 1992 issue. A salient passage from that 18-year-old “Quality Control For Differential GPS in Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration” article:...More>>
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Averna Offers 3x50 MHz Wideband Record & Playback for Precision GNSS June 25, 2010
Averna (Palo Alto, California) has released the URT 5.2 test platform, which includes a commercially available 3x50 MHz Wideband Record & Playback solution targeting precision GNSS markets such as survey, agriculture, and earthworks.More>>
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Mining Boom Spurs New Positioning Solutions May 19, 2010
Open-pit mining (also called open-cut, open-cast, and strip mining) has historically been an early and innovative adopter of new positioning technologies. Some of the earliest examples of fitting GPS to heavy earth-moving machinery occurred in the U.S., Australian, and Canadian mining industries in...More>>
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NovAtel Announces New OEMStar Models May 18, 2010
NovAtel has introduced five new models to its low-cost, L1 OEMStar receiver card product line and four new models to the OEMStar supported FlexPak-G2 enclosure product line.More>>
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NOAA Reports that Modernizing Positioning System is Vital May 13, 2010
NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey – the official U.S. government source for determining precise latitude, longitude and elevation – announced it is undergoing a modernization effort that takes into account advances in GPS and other technologies.More>>
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OmniSTAR Speeds Convergence with GLONASS April 27, 2010
OmniSTAR announced results of a receiver test in which two OmniSTAR 9200G2 receivers ran in parallel for two days, restarting every hour. One receiver processed OmniSTAR proprietary SBAS-supplied corrections for both GLONASS and GPS. The second receiver only worked with GPS corrections.More>>
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Geneq Integrates DGPS Beacon inside SXBlue II GPS April 23, 2010
Geneq Inc. announced it has integrated a DGPS Beacon receiver inside their SXBlue II GPS product. Named the SXBlue II-B GPS, it expands the SXBlue II GPS sub-meter mapping performance to over 38 countries around the world wherever a DGPS beacon transmitter is broadcasting.More>>
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National Geodetic Survey Releases RTK User Guidelines April 23, 2010
NOAA's National Geodetic Survey announced the approval and release of a document titled "National Geodetic Survey User Guidelines for Single Base Real-Time GNSS Positioning." More>>
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