Category Archives: GNSS/Location Tech
40 Under 40, 2017: Laura Van de Vyvere
PROJECT ENGINEER AT M3 SYSTEMS BELGIUM MANY OF THE SOLUTIONS employed in geomatics sciences are no longer limited to purely spatial measurements. Remote sensing, lidar, InSAR, and even GNSS can now yield far richer data on the physical properties of the objects and mediums that their signals contact and pass through. The related work of...
RTN: Real-Time GNSS Networks Best Practices White Paper
Paper Title: Best Practices for the Development and Operation of RTN – Real-Time GNSS Networks As presented to the Latin America Geospatial Forum (LAGF 2016) – October 5th, 2016 – Mexico City Download here. Abstract: Real-time GNSS networks (RTN) have been a reliable tool for precise positioning, location, and measurement since the late 1990s. From...
Custom, Portable Maps — Via App!
Software company Avenza has evolved its map products into an app that lets people upload their own map—or download a map of their choice—to their mobile devices, and customize it. Whether for fighting a wildland fire, delivering packages, or exploring tourist sites, using a map should be easy and quick. Well, especially when you’re fighting...
UAS Surveying without GCPs
The subject of applying direct georeferencing to UAS platforms was a recurrent theme at the 2016 Commercial UAV Expo last week. Direct georeferencing offers the possibility of mapping without the use of ground control points, providing UAS operators a significant advantage in terms of speed. As an example of this technology, we reached out to...
Just Call Me Charlie
A Conversation with GPS and Technology Pioneer Charlie Trimble Click here to view a downloadable PDF of “Charlie Trimble Interview” When asked what the key was to his successes, Charlie Trimble, the co-founder of the global geospatial and navigation company that bears his name, thought for a moment and came up with: “I had a...
The Green Monsters of GPavin
An interview with the director of the GPS Directorate Col. Steven P. Whitney recently answered questions about the mission of the directorate, and he debunked a popular myth about the GPS constellation. Colonel Steven Whitney is the director of the Global Positioning Systems (GPS) Directorate at the Space and Missile Systems Center, Air Force Space...