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GPS World Welcomes Tony Murfin, New Professional OEM Editor   August 25, 2010

Article By: Tony Murfin

When Alan Cameron first asked me a year ago to write for GPS World, I was delighted to think that an old crow such as myself could be considered as a potential contributor to this dynamic publication. At the time I had to decline, but as circumstances change — and change they certainly have for...More>>

Still Scratching the Surface   July 21, 2010

Article By: Rob Lorimer

It is with some sadness that I write my last Professional OEM newsletter. I am leaving the GPS World team to take up a new role with Australia’s national science agency the CSIRO where I will be a director in the Oceans research flagship. In many respects this is a return to my roots as it was...More>>

Expert Advice: Moore's Law and GNSS   July 1, 2010

Article By: Gregory B. Turetzky

I started my relationship with GNSS and Moore’s Law in 1985, writing software for GPS tracking loops on the Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft program at the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University for the U.S. Air Force. The project’s purpose was to navigate a large jet to...More>>

Mining Webinar Follow-up: Locata Interview, Poll Results   June 16, 2010

Article By: Rob Lorimer

Thanks to all who attended last month’s webinar on the application of positioning in open-pit mining. As usual, in this month’s newsletter we will provide the webinar poll results and also try and answer the questions we were unable to get to during the hour. More>>

Mining Boom Spurs New Positioning Solutions   May 19, 2010

Article By: Rob Lorimer, Geoff Roberts

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>>

Evolving Market for GIS Mapping Devices Spurs Growth   April 21, 2010

Article By: Rob Lorimer

GPS and GIS have been a big focus for me over the last six months, and the output is a new market report, the abstract of which is available in the GPS World white paper section (The Global Market for GNSS Augmentation, Infrastructure and Services 2009-2013.) The headline is, according to the most...More>>

Stakes High for European GNSS Industry   March 17, 2010

Article By: Rob Lorimer

I am writing this month’s column after spending two weeks immersed in the European GNSS scene, first at the Galileo Application Days in Brussels then the Munich Navigation Summit. Our editor-in-chief will be covering the latest information from the systems providers, so I will focus on European...More>>

Webinar Follow-Up: Preferred GPS/Mapping Products and Techniques   February 17, 2010

Article By: Rob Lorimer

Thanks to all who attended our GPS/mapping webinar on January 28, with additional thanks to sponsor Hemisphere GPS and moderator Eric Gakstatter. As promised, this month’s editorial will expand on some of the topics raised during the Q&A session as well as look at the poll results. For those of...More>>

GPS/Mapping Market Is Diverse, Evolving   January 20, 2010

Article By: Rob Lorimer

An overview of the GPS/mapping market is this month’s topic and also the subject of a GPS World webinar scheduled for January 28. My colleague Eric Gakstatter provides great insight into the application of GIS/mapping technology in both the Survey Scene newsletter and the recently relaunched...More>>

Revenues, Risks, and Rewards: Some 2010 Crystal-Ball Gazing   December 14, 2009

Article By: Rob Lorimer

December traditionally brings a time to appraise the old year nearly ended and peer into the mists from which the new year will soon emerge. December 2009 has particular importance as it marks the end of a decade in which GPS became a consumer item, and GNSS indelibly entered the consciousness of...More>>









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