Monday, January 30th, 2012
We present tools that can be used within a larger system referred to as a passive assistant. The system receives information from a mobile device, as well as information from an image database such as Google Street View, and...
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
The new simulator configuration includes one instructor station and eight trainee stations at each location. Together with stand-alone GMDSS Simulator CBT and two sets of GMDSS real radio, these new systems are intended for training and examination...
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
Trimble announced today that its high-accuracy CenterPoint RTX correction service is now available worldwide for agriculture customers. The GPS and GLONASS-enabled correction service is delivered via cellular communications using the Trimble DCM-300 modem, which is currently certified...
Friday, January 13th, 2012
The Russian news agency Interfax informed that from 2013 all new Russian-made cars will be equipped with the ERA-GLONASS by default, quoting Yaroslav Domaratskiy, Director of Customer Equipment R&D Centre at NIS-GLONASS. GLONASS is the Russian Global Navigation...
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Raven Industries is excited to announce the signing of a new partner in China, BDStar Navigation Co., Ltd. BDStar Navigation will be the exclusive distributor in China for Raven precision ag products, including SmarTrax RTK and Cruizer...
Sunday, January 1st, 2012
Vladislav Surkov, who has recently entered Russia’s government as deputy prime minister, will be responsible for the modernization of education, science and healthcare, as well as for the development of the GLONASS global navigation system. Prime Minister Vladimir...
Friday, December 16th, 2011
Europe’s Galileo system has passed its latest milestone, transmitting its very first test navigation signal back to Earth. The first two Galileo satellites, launched on 21 October, are in the midst of their In-Orbit Test campaign. A detailed...
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
Assisted-Global Navigation Satellite Systems (A-GNSS), or Assisted-Global Positioning Systems (A-GPS) in particular, are now commonly accepted as an effective way to reduce the time-to-first-fix (TTFF) in GNSS-unfriendly environments, e.g. in areas of weak GNSS signals. Today’s location-based service (LBS) devices...
Monday, December 12th, 2011
PS fleet management technology company Navman Wireless has rolled out a free over the air software update to its vehicle tracking software, OnlineAVL2. The Dynamic Dashboard platform was a reporting application that analysed vehicle trends such as idling...
Saturday, December 10th, 2011
Two more Glonass navigation satellites will be up and running before the end of the year, Russian space officials said. “We plan to put two more satellites into operation before the end of the year, and another at...
