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NASA Disasters Program offers satellite imagery, maps for disaster response

July 21, 2019

Jeremy Kirkendall, senior GIS administrator for the NASA Disasters Program, gives GPS World an overview of the program […]

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This article is tagged with 2019 Esri User Conference, disaster response, Esri UC 2019, Jeremy Kirkendall, mapping, NASA Disasters Program, safety, satellite imagery, video and posted in Videos

The FAA UAS data map shows all drone-restricted areas, once updated. (Screenshot: FAA)

Making it safe for drones to fly over people

February 20, 2019

Changes to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operational drone restriction were recently proposed in order to allow some […]

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This article is tagged with DJI, drone, Elistair, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, Ligh-T control station, safety, Tony Murfin, UAV and posted in Opinions, UAV/UGV

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Parachute system for drone rescue to debut at Intergeo 2018

October 11, 2018

Drone Rescue will present its parachute systems DRS-5 and DRS-10 to the professional public for the first time […]

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This article is tagged with BVLOS, drone, drone rescue, DRS-10, DRS-5, Intergeo 2018, parachute, safety, UAV and posted in Latest News, UAV/UGV

Paul Perrone, Founder/CEO, Perrone Robotics

Expert Opinions: How can we make autonomous cars safe?

June 1, 2018

Q: How can positioning technology ensure safety for passengers of autonomous cars and for others on or near […]

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This article is tagged with autonomous vehicles, GNSS, inertial technology, lane keeping, safety, SLAM, vision-based technology and posted in Opinions, Transportation

Jonathan Auld, Vice President of Engineering and Safety Critical Systems, Novatel

Expert Opinions: How will autonomous traffic safety issues affect the GNSS industry?

January 2, 2018

Q: How will safety issues raised by increasing autonomous traffic — in the air and on roads — […]

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This article is tagged with autonomous traffic, autonomous vehicle, Expert Opinions, GNSS, Jonathan Auld, Nearmap, NovAtel, safety, Sanchit Agarwal, University of California, Zak Kassas and posted in From the Magazine, GNSS, Transportation

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Raytheon launches WAAS payload to improve GPS accuracy for air travel

May 22, 2017

Raytheon Company has launched its GEO 6 satellite payload into orbit for its 12-year mission. It is the […]

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This article is tagged with aviation, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, GEO 6, GPS accuracy, payload, Raytheon, safety, SES, WAAS, Wide Area Augmentation System and posted in Featured Stories, Latest News, Transportation

New engineering team at NovAtel to deliver safe positioning technology for autonomous vehicles

May 20, 2016

NovAtel Inc. announced a new initiative and engineering team to develop functionally safe GNSS positioning technology for fully […]

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Hexagon and Huawei partner to deliver smart city solutions

December 9, 2015

Hexagon AB has entered a strategic partnership with Huawei, an information and communications technology (ICT) company, to deliver smart city […]

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This article is tagged with communications, Hexagon, Huawei, infrastructure, safety, Smart Cities and posted in Latest News, Mapping, Mobile