Thursday, September 1st, 2011
A tanker managed by Scorpio Ship Management s.a.m. recently completed a voyage from Vitino, Russia to Map Ta Phut, Thailand, via the Northern Sea Route (NSR) -- with the assistance of nuclear powered icebreakers. This is the...
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
The launch of a Soyuz-2.1B rocket with a Glonass-M navigation satellite aboard, scheduled for the night of August 25-26 from the Plesetsk space center, has been pushed back to sometime between September 1 and 10. News of...
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
Trimble introduced today its new high-accuracy assisted steering system, available at an affordable price. The Trimble EZ-Pilot system turns the steering wheel with its integrated electric motor...
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
Farmers continually strive for increased yields and efficiency and those efforts translate into a need for improved accuracy and performance regarding field operations. Now, combining new eDriveX features with Outback S3 spray and rate control and new...
Monday, August 29th, 2011
Ships sailing in Chinese waters can now say goodbye to paper charts as anelectronic chart was officially released by the navy. The navigation guarantee department of the Chinese Navy Headquarters, China's officialhydrographic surveying and mapping organization, announced during a news briefing in Beijingthat China's new electronic navigation chart is available for purchase and download byregistered Internet users. The electronic navigation chart includes 400 maps of Chinese seas in different regions, anofficer surnamed Yuan from the navigation guarantee department, told China Daily. Read More
Monday, August 29th, 2011
The Northern Sea Route will see its third record in less than a month when the largest ever bulk carrier to take the route leaves Murmansk next week. It is also the first time a Japanese shipping...
Monday, August 29th, 2011
Mosgiel-based company TracMap will compete for a share of $US500,000 later this year after winning a category of an international security title. The company, which produces vehicle-based GPS guidance solutions, won the Asia Pacific final of the Global...
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
Trimble introduced today its next generation AP Series of embedded GNSS-Inertial OEM modules plus Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs), featuring a high-performance 220 channel multi-frequency GNSS receiver with dual-antenna heading support. Integrators can now...
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
For the second quarter ended June 30, 2011, Hemisphere GPS achieved revenue growth of 29%, reporting $20.1 million in revenues, compared to$15.6 million in the second quarter of 2010 with strong growth in each of the Company's segments and general economic...
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Russia has secured Nokia's backing of its GLONASS satellite navigation system, a major step forward for the country's technology toward securing the number two global position after GPS. GLONASS, as well as European space program Galileo and China's...
