Rapideye constellation launch successful

The five-satellite RapidEye earth imaging satellite constellation successfully launched onboard a Dnepr rocket from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, lofting the spacecraft into orbit.

Leica geosystems, maptek partner for long-range mine-scanning products

Leica Geosystems' Spatial Solutions Division has selected Maptek to supply a long-range laser scanner and associated mine-scanning software to be sold under the Leica Geosystems brand.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/~4/539083022" height="1" width="1"/

National instruments unveils gps simulation, test system

National Instruments today took the wraps off its GPS Toolkit for LabVIEW, an extension of the company's graphical system design environment that expands its module hardware RF PXI platform to include multi-satellite GPS signal simulation.

Expert advice: can we blog?

Need help now? Wonder what the difference is between software radio, software-defined radio, and software receivers? Want to know how far you can go from the base station in your next stop-and-go kinematic survey to assure centimeter-level accuracy, or what relative and absolute antenna calibration parameters are, or how ?geocentric? are the geocentric coordinates? Struggling with that pesky multipath or cycle slips, or need some affordable augmentation in GPS-challenged environment, since last time you lost half your kinematic data due to losses of lock?

Researchers make galileo double difference measurements

Researchers at the Netherlands' Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) have produced the first double-difference measurements from Galileo satellite signals, tracking both GIOVE-A and GIOVE-B satellite with Septentrio GNSS receivers.

Gps iii: all that remains is the official word

With rumors swirling about which company got the contract, the Wall Street Journal identifying the supposed contractor, and a Department of Defense under secretary having signed off, all that remains is for the U.S. Air Force to tell which company will build the first GPS III satellites.

Gnss use in the year 2028

On November 18 GPS World's Alan Cameron will look at the daily life of an average citizen in the year 2028, with a fully developed, interoperative GNSS combined with laser scanning, INS, Loran, TV, Wi-Fi, UWB, Bluetooth, and more signals.

Leadership talks: view from china

Guifeng Jing (GJ) wrote in our May issue that ?I plan to do some research work on the establishment of integrated system of systems for users in China, to help domestic providers of digital maps, regional and thematic service systems, and service operators to sit together and discuss the possibility of setting up an interoperable system."

Skyhook brings its wi-fi positioning to europe

Wi-Fi positioning provider Skyhook Wireless has announced its formal launch in Europe, noting that it has mapped more than 16 million Wi-Fi access points across the continent.