The system — new signals making history

Lockheed to Build GPS IIIA, with L5 Rising; Galileo?s GIOVE-B Broadcasting New MBOC; Move to Leave User Equipment in the Dust?; NDGPS DOT-Funded through October 2009

Magellan proflex 500 gnss receiver designed for rugged positioning

Magellan Professional has launched a new dual-frequency GNSS Receiver, the ProFlex 500. The ProFlex 500 is a powerful positioning solution that delivers real-time kinematic (RTK) features in a rugged, highly integrated receiver design.br/br/[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GpsSurveyConstruction/~4/546684237" height="1" width="1"/

Eads astrium acquiring surrey satellite technology

The European Commission has approved Netherlands-based EADS Astrium's acquisition of the United Kingdom's Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL), the University of Surrey spin-out company which specializes in the design and manufacture of small satellites and subsystems.

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Ultra-rapid orbit predictions for gps satellite show errors

Ultra-rapid orbit predictions for GPS satellite PRN16/SVN56 have suffered errors, report Jim Ray and Jake Griffiths of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.br/br/[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GpsSystemIntegrationDesignTest/~4/527511577" height="1" width="1"/

Hemisphere gps expands precision farming guidance line

The Outback S3 precision farming system combines the most popular features of the Outback S2 and the Outback 360 with the latest developments in Crescent GPS receiver technology, Hemisphere GPS has announced. The 8.4-inch high-resolution touchscreen displays clear and easy-to-read job data in real time, the company says. The unit has guidance patterns and the ability to set multiple guidance lines and return points in a single job.

Qualcomm launches chipset with gps for low-cost smartphones

Qualcomm, Inc., has launched the Mobile Station Modem MSM7227 chipset designed to enable high-performance, sub-$150 smartphones. The MSM7227 chipset features integrated Bluetooth 2.1 and GPS.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gpsworld/MMOEM/~4/539121336" height="1" width="1"/

The gphone amp;mdash; er, t-mobile g1 amp;mdash; arrives

Open Handset Alliance member Qualcomm, Inc. is supplying the chipset for the first Android-based smartphone, T-Mobile's HTC-manufactured G1, which includes GPS and location-based services.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gpsworld/MMOEM/~4/402112135" height="1" width="1"/

Perspectives — late march 2008

I covered this subject a while back, but I think it's time to revisit it. Personal navigation devices (PNDs) are still selling like crazy. If you don't have one, someone you know does. Tens of millions of these things are being sold per year.

Ifen to upgrade galileo open air test bed signals

The German Aerospace Center has contracted with Ifen GmbH for the signal upgrade of the Galileo Test and Development Environment (GATE) per the latest versions of the European Space Agency's Galileo Signal-in-Space Interface Control Document (ICD) and the GNSS Supervisory Authority Public Galileo Open Service ICD.

Gps migrating down the mobile phone food chain, says idc

The worldwide mobile phone market continued solid double-digit growth in the second quarter (Q2) this year as GPS navigation and other high-end features once found exclusively in smartphones move further down food chain, says market research firm IDC.

Navman provides gps for escort radar, laser detectors

Automotive radar and laser detector maker ESCORT is using Navman Wireless OEM Solutions' low-power Jupiter 30 xLP GPS module in its latest models, the PASSPORT 9500ix and PASSPORT 9500ci.

Announcing the first javad gnss user conference

JAVAD GNSS announced its first ever user conference and dealer meeting to be held July 21 through July 23 in Moscow. The user conference will be an annual event, with future events to be held in San Francisco as well, according to JAVAD.