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Emlid launches Reach RS2 multi-band RTK receiver

December 29, 2020 - By

Emlid has debuted the Reach RS2, a fully-featured multi-band RTK receiver. All of its features are available out of the box, along with a survey app for iOS and Android. The Reach RS2 tracks L1/L2 bands on GPS, GLONASS and BeiDou, and L1/L5 on Galileo, and acquires a fixed solution in seconds. It achieves centimeter-level precision for surveying, mapping and... read more

2021 Defense Act signals turning point for Congress and PNT

December 29, 2020 - By

Senate poised to join House this week and override Trump’s veto The U. S. Congress, especially the Armed Services Committees, have long been concerned about GPS and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) issues. Over the last two decades Congressional hearings, demands for reports, and investigations have dealt with acquisition, contingency plans for when space is not available, deliberate interference, and... read more

GPS key to monitoring Kilauea eruption, lava lake

December 29, 2020 - By

2020 Ends with a Bang as Kilauea Volcano Erupts Beginning in September, GPS stations in Kilauea’s upper East Rift Zone observed increased rates of uplift, higher than they have been since the end of the eruption in 2018. According to the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, earthquake rates increased in late November. On Dec. 2, GPS stations and tiltmeters... read more

Bluesky launches international MetroVista city mapping service at Intergeo 2019

December 22, 2020 - By

Bluesky International launched its international MetroVisa city mapping service for Europe at Intergeo 2019, which took place Sept. 17-19 in Stuttgart, Germany. read more

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MediaTek’s newest 5G chipset ready for mass-market 5G phones

December 17, 2020 - By

MediaTek’s Dimensity 700 5G smartphone chipset is a system on chip (SoC) designed to bring advanced 5G capabilities and experiences to the mass market. The Dimensity 700 joins MediaTek’s Dimensity family of 5G chips, which is designed to give device makers a suite of options for 5G smartphone models. The chips range from flagship and premium to mid-range and mass... read more

Leica Geosystems launches one app for terrestrial laser scanning portfolio

December 17, 2020 - By

Leica Geosystems has extended its Leica Cyclone FIELD 360 mobile-device app to all Leica Geosystems 3D terrestrial laser scanners for in-field data acquisition and visualization. With the push of a button from the mobile-device app, all Leica Geosystems’ laser scanner users can capture high-quality data and verify registration directly in the field, Leica said. The Leica ScanStation P-Series, Leica’s survey-grade... read more

ION changes date for 2021 Joint Navigation Conference

December 17, 2020 - By

The Institute of Navigation (ION) has changed the dates for the 2021 Joint Navigation Conference (JNC) to Aug. 24-27 at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center in Covington, Kentucky. The conference will be hosted by the Military Division of the Institute of Navigation for the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security. Its theme will be “Enhancing Dominance and Resilience... read more

GEO Business 2021 moved to the fall

December 17, 2020 - By

Diversified Communications, organizer of the GEO Business 2021 event, announced that the show will be moved from May 19-20 to Nov. 24-25. It will still take place at ExCel London. GEO Business connects the data holders and processors with the people who benefit from the applications and insight, which geospatial information provides. “Although all the signs are positive for a... read more