It is the best of times, it is the worst of times. GPS modernization, once gasping for breath by the side of the track, is back in the race and pulling ahead. Relentless innovation in user equipment and newly opened software access mean that high-precision positioning may soon be available to owners of mere tablet computers. Spoofing counter-measures are growing... read more
By Nesreen I. Ziedan, Zagazig University, Egypt / Presented at ION GNSS+ 2017, September 2017 Multipath is a major source of positioning accuracy degradation in urban areas. Advances in 3D mapping and the availability of 3D city models have encouraged a set of new techniques for multipath mitigation. This paper presents three algorithms to enhance the accuracy of urban positioning... read more
LocationTech open source project provides core technology for geospatial big-data analytic solutions. LocationTech has released five open source projects that provide core technology used to build geospatial big data analytics solutions. A working group of the not-for-profit Eclipse Foundation, the LocationTech community builds software for geospatial technology. The Eclipse Foundation enables collaboration on open source software. Besides geospatial technology, the foundation’s 300-plus open source projects include tools... read more
Aeronyde has received $4.7 million in seed financing to develop its end-to-end infrastructure for self-flying vehicles. Aeronyde is an aerial systems company aimed at enabling safe autonomous urban flight. The company is working to integrate artificial intelligence and augmented reality into a full-service system for the safe and secure operation of commercial drones. The investment was led by Korean electronics manufacturing giant... read more
Plain Language BIM is now available as both a print publication and as an eBook for Kindle and iOS devices from Bentley Institute Press. Bentley Institute Press is the publisher of a broad array of textbooks and professional reference works dedicated to building information management (BIM) advancements in the architectural, engineering, construction, operations, geospatial and educational communities. Plain Language BIM is by Iain... read more
Paracosm’s PX-80 mobile 3D scanner leverages lightweight, powerful VLP-16 Puck for fast and accurate surveying of indoor and outdoor areas. Velodyne LiDAR Inc., which makes 3D vision systems for autonomous vehicles, and Paracosm, a division of Occipital, have integrated Velodyne’s VLP-16 Puck lidar sensors into Paracosm’s PX-80 handheld 3D scanner. The PX-80 3D scanner is commonly used for geospatial, construction and industrial applications... read more
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is seeking interested sponsors to define the challenges for Phase 2 of its Future Cities Pilot Project. As the operation and planning of cities increasingly relies on 3D geo-information in their processes, and apply Building Information Models (BIM) paradigms to their information management approach, efficient information flow in both directions between geospatial systems (GIS) and... read more
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