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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>>
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Loran-C Towers Bite the Dust August 19, 2010
Two Loran-C towers have been demolished. Budget cuts and better technology sealed the fate of radio towers that have been providing navigation signals. Congress voted to cut the Long Range Aids To Navigation (Loran-C) system in the 2010 budget after it was determined it wasn't needed as a back up...More>>
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Trimble App Helps Users Map Gulf Oil Spill July 1, 2010
Trimble (Sunnyvale, California) has launched Map the Spill, a free mobile application and website that empowers Gulf Coast residents and the public to report on the oil spill. Map the Spill allows those directly and indirectly affected by the spill to capture and chronicle what they see happening...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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Stonewalling GPS Vulnerability June 23, 2010
On February 8, the United States began shutting down its 20-odd Loran transmitters. The International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA), of which the United States is a member, continually recommends the use of eLoran as back up for GNSS, and is moving...More>>
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ASUS Announces Own iPad, the Eee Pad Tablet Computer, at Computex 2010 June 1, 2010
ASUS announced the Eee Pad tablet computer at the Computex 2010 Show in Taipei, Taiwan. Running Microsoft Windows 7, the Eee Pad product line consists of 10-inch and 12-inch touchscreen tablets equipped with a webcam and ability to run Adobe Flash.More>>
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Blue Sky Takes on Tracking, Fuel Management in Nigeria May 20, 2010
Blue Sky Network, a provider of Iridium-based GPS tracking and communication solutions, and Upland Consulting, a management and strategy services firm, have won a project to implement FuelTrax Marine Fuel Management and GPS tracking on offshore support vessels in Nigeria. A petroleum company is...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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Intergraph Releases New Version of SmartMarine 3D Software May 10, 2010
Intergraph announced it has released a new version of its SmartMarine 3D enterprise engineering and manufacturing software with expanded automation capabilities to further increase design quality, consistency, productivity and accelerate project schedules.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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