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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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Lightning Warning Application Sends Users Timely Alerts June 25, 2010
Coinciding with Lightning Safety week, June 21-June 27, Weather Central's MyWeather.com division launches 2010 PinPoint Lightning, an iPhone application with live lightning strike data and alert notifications. 2010 PinPoint Lightning registers cloud-to-ground lightning strikes within 30 miles of a...More>>
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USAF Announces Initial Test Transmissions of L5 Signal from GPS IIF Satellite June 10, 2010
Officials from the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Global Positioning Systems Wing announced today that the first GPS IIF satellite, launched May 27, has begun test transmissions of the new Safety-of-Life (L5) navigation signal.More>>
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DeLorme to Preview Earthmate with Spot Communicator Emergency Help June 2, 2010
DeLorme will demonstrate pre-release models of its Earthmate PN-60w with Spot Satellite Communicator at the 2010 Teva Mountain Games, scheduled for June 3-6 in Vail, Colorado. Actual product release is expected in July.More>>
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Block IIF Successfully Launched from Cape Canaveral May 28, 2010
The U.S. Air Force successfully launched the first GPS IIF satellite carried aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket at 11:00 p.m. EDT May 27 from Pad 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Update: The first on-orbit signals from the satellite indicate that it is functioning...More>>
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Volunteers Using GPS to Help Clean Gulf Oil Spill May 14, 2010
Eyewitness volunteer reporters with camera- and GPS-enabled phones are helping to map the effects of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, an effort supported by the Louisiana Bucket Brigade. The non-profit volunteer group has created an "Oil Spill Crisis Map" that will allow Gulf Coast residents to report...More>>
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Tallysman Wireless Launches TW2400 Magnet Mount GPS/GLONASS Antenna April 29, 2010
Tallysman Wireless Inc., of Ottawa, Canada, has released the TW2400 Magnet Mount GPS/GLONASS Antenna. The TW2400 is a professional-grade GNSS antenna covering the GPS L1, GLONASS L1 and SBAS (WAAS, EGNOS & MSAS) frequency band (1574 to 1606 MHz). It is designed for precision industrial,...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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Taoglas Launches Antennas for Miniature Covert Tracking Devices March 22, 2010
Taoglas has launched the AP.35a, a 35 x 35-millimeter square GPS antenna for compromised environments where next-generation miniature tracking devices are placed, deep inside vehicles and assets. The AP.35a antenna is embedded securely in any GPS device, eliminating the need for an external...More>>
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Map of Chilean Earthquake Coseismic Displacement Derived from GPS Data March 10, 2010
The Central and Southern Andes GPS Project (CAP) team led by Mike Bevis at Ohio State University have computed the coseismic displacement field associated with the recent M 8.8 Maule earthquake in south-central Chile. Peak measured displacement is 3.04 meters near the city of Concepcion, Chile.More>>
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