About Eric Gakstatter

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Eric Gakstatter has been involved in the GPS/GNSS industry for more than 20 years. For 10 years, he held several product management positions in the GPS/GNSS industry, managing the development of several medium- and high-precision GNSS products along with associated data-collection and post-processing software.

Since 2000, he's been a power user of GPS/GNSS technology as well as consulted with capital management companies; federal, state and local government agencies; and private companies on the application and/or development of GPS technology.

Since 2006, he's been a contributor to GPS World magazine, serving as editor of the monthly Survey Scene newsletter until 2015, and as editor of Geospatial Solutions monthly newsletter for GPS World's sister site Geospatial Solutions, which focuses on GIS and geospatial technologies.

Posts by Eric Gakstatter

The Great American Solar Eclipse of 2017 — GIS-style Posted on 17 Aug 2017 in the GSS Monthly & Opinions categories.

The media is buzzing about the Great American Solar Eclipse that takes place Monday, Aug. 21.  It’s a historic event that last occurred 99 years ago. To be clear, 99... Read more»

GIS users come from every field Posted on 20 Jul 2017 in the GSS Monthly & Mapping categories.

I just returned from the 38th Annual Esri International User Conference (Esri UC), which is the largest gathering of GIS (geographic information systems) professionals in the U.S. No GIS event... Read more»

UAVs, high-accuracy GNSS: Red-hot, right-now tech Posted on 22 Jun 2017 in the GNSS/GPS & GSS Monthly & Opinions & Technology & UAS/UAV categories.

High-accuracy GNSS technology and UAV technology are hot trends — red hot. Geospatial Solutions Editor Eric Gakstatter offers a rundown on the latest GNSS, GIS and UAV technology. Read more»

Esri cultivates mobile GIS apps Posted on 16 Mar 2017 in the GIS Software & GSS Monthly & Technology categories.

I’ve attended a couple of Esri events these past couple of months. They are on the move. For a big software company (est. $1 billion in annual revenues), they are... Read more»

3D GNSS data and the GEOID Posted on 19 Jan 2017 in the GIS Software & GNSS/GPS & GSS Monthly & Technology categories.

As high-precision GNSS horizontal and vertical data becomes less expensive to collect, greater attention must be paid when reconciling vertical datasets. In 2013, I wrote two articles entitled “Nightmare on... Read more»

How to use structure from motion to produce 3D models Posted on 19 Dec 2016 in the GSS Monthly & UAS/UAV categories.

Structure from motion (SfM) is a photogrammetric range imaging technique for estimating three-dimensional structures from two-dimensional image sequences that may be coupled with local motion signals, according to Wikipedia, which... Read more»

Going beyond GPS is the new order of the day Posted on 17 Nov 2016 in the GSS Monthly & Opinions & Technology categories.

Times have changed, and the technology landscape is much, much different today than it was as recently as ten years ago when GPS was the driving-force technology for geospatial users... Read more»

Going beyond GPS is the new order of the day Posted on 17 Nov 2016 in the GSS Monthly & Opinions & Technology categories.

Times have changed, and the technology landscape is much, much different today than it was as recently as ten years ago when GPS was the driving-force technology for geospatial users... Read more»