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Leica Geo, TeeJet Pair Up for Ag Market Efforts

August 29, 2008 - By

Leica Geosystems and TeeJet Technologies have embarked on a partnership in which TeeJet will distribute Leica's No-Drift mojoRTK auto-steer system under its own label, adding RTK-accuracy guidance to TeeJet's suite of precision agriculture products. read more

Survey & Construction Newsletter, Late August 2008

August 20, 2008 - By

Yes, it's in the middle of prime field season. Yes it's a GIS conference. Yes, it costs time and money to go. But that doesn't mean you should miss this prime opportunity to mix with high-caliber survey professionals. read more

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ITC Upholds Ruling in SiRF/Broadcom Patent Dispute

August 15, 2008 - By

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has denied the request of SiRF Technology to review its initial determination that found that Broadcom subsidiary Global Locate Inc. didn't infringe two SiRF GPS patents. read more

BIM, Son of CAD and GIS

August 12, 2008 - By

By Art Kalinski, GISP For those of you who haven’t been looking over the cubicle wall, there is a quiet revolution occurring in the CAD world that is affecting the GIS community. That revolution is BIM (building information modeling). BIM was developed in the mid-90s by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) to bring building design into the 21st century,... read more

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ITC Says SiRF Infringes Six Broadcom Patents

August 11, 2008 - By

A U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) judge has ruled that certain SiRF Technology products infringe six patents related to improving GPS processing and sensitivity that are held by Global Locate Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Broadcom. read more

SiRF Requests Reexamination of Broadcom Patent Ruling

August 7, 2008 - By

SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc. of San Jose, California, has completed filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office official requests for reexamination of each of the four patents that Broadcom recently asserted against SiRF in the Santa Ana, California, federal district court. read more

Boeing Awarded Contract for GPS Enhancement Demonstration

August 6, 2008 - By

The Boeing Company has been awarded a $153.5 million U.S. Naval Research Laboratory contract to demonstrate High Integrity Global Positioning System (GPS) technology concepts. The contract is expected to run through 2010. read more

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Survey & Construction Newsletter, Early August 2008

August 5, 2008 - By

Javad's companies have a proven history of providing high quality, state-of-the-art GNSS receivers, but everyone in the survey/construction industry knows that while a solid receiver is important, the software makes the solution. Data-collection and PC processing software is a must-have in order to compete. Javad's 2007 acquisition of ArWest Communications Corp., a maker of narrow band and spread spectrum radios, brought the flexibility to integrate RTK communications in creative ways. read more

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