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Dragonfly (Image: CEVA)

Nurlink launches GNSS and NB-IoT system on chip

February 20, 2019 By

CEVA Inc. and Nurlink have introduced Nurlink’s NK6010 3GPP Rel.14 eNB-IoT system-on-chip (SoC) powered by the CEVA-Dragonfly NB2 IP solution. […]

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Figure 1. Rendering of three georeferenced lidar point clouds on Google Earth. (Image: Authors)

Research Roundup: Modeling lidar data for positioning

February 20, 2019 By

By Daniela E. Sánchez, Harvey C. Gómez and Thomas Pany, Institute of Space Technology and Space Applications (ISTA) […]

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FAA restricts drones over more DOJ and DOD facilities

February 19, 2019 By

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued additional drone flight restrictions over U.S. federal prisons, military bases and […]

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NavIC L5 signals now available on NovAtel OEM7 receivers

February 19, 2019 By

The NavIC Indian constellation is now supported in NovAtel’s latest firmware release for its OEM7 series of GNSS […]

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Topcon Positioning Group’s Raymond Dimas discusses the company’s HiPer VR GNSS receiver at Intergeo 2018 in Frankfurt, Germany. According to the company, the HiPer VR is a complete solution can can be used for static or kinematic GNSS post-processed surveys, as a network RTK rover with the FC-5000’s internal 4G/LTE cellular modem and as a UHF/FH/Longlink jobsite RTK rover.

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Topcon introduces HiPer VR GNSS receiver at Intergeo 2018

February 11, 2019 By

Topcon Positioning Group’s Raymond Dimas discusses the company’s HiPer VR GNSS receiver at Intergeo 2018 in Frankfurt, Germany. […]

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Opinions
The FAA UAS data map shows all drone-restricted areas, once updated. (Screenshot: FAA)

Making it safe for drones to fly over people

February 20, 2019 By

Changes to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operational drone restriction were recently proposed in order to allow some […]

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History of the program: NTS-1, 2 and 3. (Illustration: Lt. Jacob Lutz, AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate)

An overview of the latest PNT satellite launches

February 19, 2019 By

Just last month we celebrated the kickoff of the GPS III campaign, reporting on the launch of the […]

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From The Magazine
Figure 1. Rendering of three georeferenced lidar point clouds on Google Earth. (Image: Authors)

Research Roundup: Modeling lidar data for positioning

February 20, 2019 By

By Daniela E. Sánchez, Harvey C. Gómez and Thomas Pany, Institute of Space Technology and Space Applications (ISTA) […]

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UAV lidar gives maps a pop

February 18, 2019 By

Aspects and advantages to laser use Why abandon well-worn mapping methods in current use? It has to be […]

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Product Showcase
  • Photo: Shutterstock.com/Allies Interactive

    Launchpad: Autonomous vehicle software, GNSS avionics, more

    February 13, 2019 By

    OEM Dead-reckoning module For industrial and automotive The L26-DR dead-reckoning GNSS module is a multi-GNSS receiver embedded with […]

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    Systron Donner updates SDN500-xE MEMS INS/GPS

    February 13, 2019 By

    Systron Donner Inertial (SDI) has released an update to its SDN500 digital quartz MEMS GPS inertial navigation system […]

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    PCTEL introduces Coach Wi-Fi/GNSS multi-band antenna for IoT

    February 6, 2019 By

    PCTEL Inc. released at DistribuTECH a new dual-band 802.11ac/p MIMO antenna that helps boost data rates and reliability […]

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