Trimble has introduced the BD982, a real-time kinematic (RTK) GNSS receiver for guidance and control applications. Capable of receiving a wide range of commercially available satellite signals, the BD982 receiver is designed to allow OEMs and system integrators to easily add centimeter-level...More>>

ESRI Canada announced that Teck Resources Limited ("Teck") has selected ESRI as its platform for building a global enterprise geographic information system (GIS). Through a three-year enterprise license agreement (ELA), Teck will deploy ESRI technology throughout the organization to support the...More>>

Leica Geosystems, Inc. has launched SmartNet North America, a subscription-based service. SmartNet offers GNSS Network RTK corrections throughout North America with Leica Geosystems directly operating, managing, and maintaining all segments of the network. From the reference stations in the field...More>>

Article By : Tor Melgard, Ole Ørpen, Jon Helge Ulstein, Erik Vigen

Adding GLONASS to GPS gives a total of about 50 satellites, for a significant improvement in navigation availability, reliability, robustness, and convergence time through a new multi-GNSS precise point positioning (PPP) service. System performance and field results demonstrate that there is no...More>>

Article By : GPS World Staff

Michael L. Whitehead (MW), chief scientist at Hemisphere GPS, leads a team of engineers designing applications in machine control, guidance, marine, and survey. Managing Editor Tracy Cozzens (TC) spoke with him on June 4.More>>

The System 250 autosteering application combines multi-constellation and combination receiver/controller features of the AGI-3 with the all-in-one control features of Topcon’s X20 console. A wide range of off-road vehicles are supported for this autosteering system, utilizing either direct...More>>