During the last decade, GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) technologies experienced an accelerated growth, both in terms of quantity in use and quality. The accuracy achieve...

SIRGAS (an acronym of the Spanish term for ‘Geocentric Reference System for the Americas’) is an international organisation under the umbrella of the International Association of G...

Nowadays, GNSS receivers have scores – and often hundreds – of channels, enabling them to track GPS, Glonass, Galileo and Compass signals simultaneously. The whole work...

GNSS technology has changed vastly since the launch onto the market of the first GPS receivers in 1982. Since then, their insides have evolved from heavy electrical circuits tracki...

Shanghai-based CHC Navigation Technology Ltd. designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of professional GPS/GNSS solutions for the survey, construction and GIS markets. The pa...

What will the new GNSS signals bring to the user of high-precision receivers? This article provides a brief overview of what users can expect from GNSS systems that are currently i...

GNSS, short for Global Navigation Satellite System, is rapidly gaining ground as a tool in many different areas of work. Dutch contractor A.Hak is one of the companies at the foref...

Tajikistan, officially Jumhurii Tojikiston, is a mountainous country in central Asia bordering in the south on Afghanistan, to the west on Uzbekistan, and to the north Kyrgyzstan....

Inseparably uniting the two continents of America and Europe, JAVAD GNSS Inc represents one of the most dynamic and respected brands in the industry. With headquarters and manufact...

By the time this month's GIM International reaches your desk some two hundred bicycle racers split into 22 teams, numerous service cars, motorcycles, trucks, and more than 4,500 me...

Heavy equipment represents a major capital cost for companies in industries such as construction and agriculture. In recent years Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technolo...

The Munich Satellite Navigation Summit opened during the first week in March 2009 with a plenary session entitled ‘The Worldwide Race in GNSS’ and closed with a panel...

Founded in 1994 in Beijing, UniStrong has fourteen years’ experience in the GNSS industry. The company began as a dealer and distributor of GNSS and over the past eight years has a...

This month I am focusing on guidance of heavy earthwork machines, including dozers, motor graders, pavers, tractors and excavators. The rationale behind this is to pinpoint our ve...

Positioning and navigation by satellites has now become part of everyday life for many citizens all over the globe, and a plethora of (commercial) services rely on the continuous w...

Last year we replaced the term GPS (Global Positioning System) by GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) because of their gradual evolution into real navigation systems. The rec...

In contrast to that of 2005, this product survey on GNSS receivers does not reveal any remarkable technological break-throughs. Manufacturers are increasingly producing systems abl...

This report covers the latest in a series of meetings on the use and applications of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) hosted by the United Nations Office for Outer Space...