Figure 2: The result of supercorrelation on positioning performance in the urban canyons of central San Francisco. The red line is a standard state-of-the-art vector tracking GPS solution, and the green line is the same positioning engine with supercorrelation processing enabled. (Image: Focal Point Positioning)

Supercorrelation: Enhancing accuracy, sensitivity of commercial receivers

January 16, 2019

The SGPS/SGNSS technology is a patent-protected suite of methods that provides software-based improvements to existing GNSS receivers. All […]

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Photo: Wes Cole, courtesy JAVAD GNSS

Survey accuracy: The future of precision with 5 GNSS constellations

January 11, 2019

Today’s GNSS satellites transmit on three or more carrier frequencies. The quality of the data in these signals […]

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Launchpad: Arctic UAV, position sensor, global mapper

January 10, 2019

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

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All hail the GPS Gold Standard’s new golden era

January 10, 2019

Elsewhere in this (January) issue you’ll find the hard facts — basic, but hard — concerning the inaugural […]

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Editorial Advisory Board PNT Q&A

January 9, 2019

What is the “sweet spot” for high-precision multi-GNSS receivers, factoring cost, capability and robustness: processing of 2, 3 […]

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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket orbited the first GPS III satellite on Dec. 23, 2018. (Photo: SpaceX)

GPS III finally aloft, benefits on the way

January 9, 2019

On December 23, the first GPS III satellite entered an orbit around Earth, after a five-day delay. This […]

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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket orbited the first GPS III satellite on Dec. 23, 2018. (Photo: SpaceX)

First GPS III satellite flies to historic perch in space

January 8, 2019

After several launch delays, the first GPS III satellite successfully deployed from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, rising from Cape […]

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Yury Urlichich, First Deputy Director General, Roscosmos. (Photo: Roscosmos)

Directions 2019: High-orbit GLONASS and CDMA signal

December 12, 2018

By Yury Urlichich First Deputy Director General, Roscosmos State Space Corporation The year 2019 will bring GLONASS users […]

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