Tim Burch uses a JAVAD GNSS receiver. (Photo: Ed Koziarksi)

Surveying and BYOD: Yes, you can use your smartphone

May 16, 2019

BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE (BYOD) is not just an industry buzzword. It can change the way professional surveyors […]

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This article is tagged with Android, Atlas, BYOD, ComNav, Hemisphere GNSS, iOS, NovAtel, post-processing, RTK, smartphone, surveying, tablet, TerraStar, Trimble and posted in Featured Stories, From the Magazine, Survey

Image: GPS World

Positioning sensors and geospatial intelligence advance in the 5G landscape

May 13, 2019

Taming a brave new world Nearmap Tony Agresta, Executive Vice President, Products We’ve all been there before: static on […]

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This article is tagged with aerial imagery, Jeff Fagerman, Lidar USA, mapping, Nearmap, Tony Agresta and posted in From the Magazine, Mapping

A European region in 2015. (Image: OpenStreetMap)

Diving into digital mapping history with OpenStreetMap

May 12, 2019

A tool developed by Mapbox explores “10 years of OpenStreetMap.” During that decade, hundreds of thousands of people […]

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This article is tagged with crowdsourcing, history, Mapbox, OpenStreetMap, Steve Coast and posted in From the Magazine, Mapping

Figure 1. Generation and transmission of RTX global and regional corrections, including pre- and post-broadcast integrity monitoring. (Image: Trimble)

Anatomy of a centimeter-level precise point positioning service

May 12, 2019

By Markus Brandl, Xiaoming Chen, Herbert Landau, Carlos Rodriguez-Solano and Ulrich Weinbach This article updates a July 2012 […]

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This article is tagged with ADAS, centimeter-level, correction services, integrity monitoring, post-processing, RTX, Trimble, Trimble CenterPoint RTX and posted in From the Magazine, OEM, Survey

Image: GPS World

Using consumer-grade sensors for precise positioning

May 10, 2019

By Urs Niesen, Jubin Jose, Xinzhou Wu, Qualcomm Technologies Inc. Emerging automotive applications require reliable but at the […]

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This article is tagged with automotive positioning, GNSS receivers, GNSS research, IMU, MEMS, Research Roundup and posted in From the Magazine, OEM

Earth’s magnetic fields. (Image: Lockheed Martin)

Quantum magnetometer senses its place

May 8, 2019

Scientists continue to search for new technologies to serve the PNT mission. One novel way to augment GPS […]

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This article is tagged with Dark Ice, GPS augmentation, GPS jamming, Lockheed Martin, magnetic field, magnetic sensing, Mike DiMario, PNT, PNT Roundup, quantum magnetometer and posted in Featured Stories, From the Magazine, OEM

Map: iStock.com/nadla

Seen & Heard: April 2019

April 26, 2019

Check out some GPS developments that have recently taken place around the world. (Click to enlarge; Map: iStock.com/nadla) […]

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This article is tagged with April 2019, China, GNSS security, Italian Space Agency, NASA, Seen & Heard, University of Birmingham and posted in From the Magazine

Photo: Yuneec International

Launchpad: GNSS receiver, graphing software, hexacopter, more

April 25, 2019

A roundup of recent products in the GNSS and inertial positioning industry from the April 2019 issue of […]

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This article is tagged with Blue Marble Geographics, Garmin, Global GNSS, GNSS antenna, GNSS receiver, graphing software, NavVis, Rokubun, Skydel Solutions, Topcon and posted in From the Magazine, Mapping, Mobile, OEM, Product Showcase, Survey, UAV/UGV