More, More, More. Accuracy, Accuracy, Accuracy.
September 2, 2015
Reliable, consistent positioning accuracy has always driven new product development in the survey and mapping sector of the […]
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Memory fails as to who first said “Accuracy is addictive.” Or perhaps it’s my knowledge base that is […]
By Peter O. Large, Vice President, Trimble November 29, 2013, marks the 210th anniversary of the birth of […]
Hi, my name is Alan, and I’m an accuracy addict. I got my first taste of accuracy back in 2000 when I started at GPS World, and discovered the vast range of very advanced things that people were doing with the signals of the Global Positioning System. This filled me with a great feeling of elation, expansiveness, and effectiveness. I can position anything. I can track anything. I can go anywhere, and know where I am. I can direct something else to go somewhere, and have it hit exactly on target. I can examine the minute movements of the earth, the swaying of skyscrapers, the moisture content of the atmosphere, and I can know all. I began to feel the illusion of omnipotence — of power over all. The more I found out about accuracy, the more I used it, the more addicted I became.
I received some interesting e-mails and saw some web comments regarding my newsletter column a couple of weeks ago titled “What’s Going to Happen When High-Accuracy GPS is Cheap?” The comments ranged from “I don’t believe it’s going to happen” to “We’d better adapt to the changes in technology.”
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