Positioning is the accurate determination of the location of an object in space, relative to a framework or datum. In geographic / hydrographic information positioning is always present to determine the location of whatever we are measuring. 

Depending on the type of application the framework can be global or local. When used globally techniques such as GNSS are used and the framework is defined by geodetical coordinate reference systems. Local positioning can be done on a jobsite such as in construction and engineering with total station but in for indoor navigation. 

Meeting Millennium Goals

On Tuesday 18th September 2007 at 11:35 am Pacific Daylight Time, a Boeing Delta II rocket sent a satellite weighing 2,500 kilograms into 496km sun-synchronous orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base in...

Low-cost GPS Sensors for Deformation Monitoring

Low-cost GPS Sensors for Deformation Monitoring

Deformation monitoring of glaciers is of great value to scientists with an interest in climate change. Due to the slow movements of glaciers, a semi-permanent deformation system is the best method to ...

Geoinformation in Arable Farming

Geoinformation in Arable Farming

Agriculture enthusiastically absorbs geospatial technologies. Precision farming practices in particular benefit from location intelligence. The future in agriculture with geospatial applications is br...

Integrating the ‘Constructioneering’ Workflow Together

Integrating the ‘Constructioneering’ Workflow Together

Digitalisation and new technologies with the ability to revolutionise the geospatial industry are creating a new playing field for mapping and surveying professionals. This evolving landscape is also ...

Advances in Geospatial and Space

Advances in Geospatial and Space

As we head towards Brexit in 2019, satellites may be in the headlines for less than positive reasons at the moment. However, what’s clear is the universal acceptance of the value, and critical need ...

Pioneering precision in Swedish skyscrapers

Pioneering precision in Swedish skyscrapers

The revolutionary use of active GNSS control points and cutting-edge geomatics equipment is setting new standards for accuracy in the construction of high-rise architecture, as demonstrated by this sk...

GNSS receivers – evolution or revolution?

GNSS receivers – evolution or revolution?

Satellite surveying… are there any industry professionals out there not using it on (almost) a daily basis? Over the last 30 years, GNSS has become the main positioning instrument for most applicati...

Using PPP corrections in precise real-time applications

Using PPP corrections in precise real-time applications

Satellite-delivered GNSS correction services can be used in many real-time applications where real-time kinematic (RTK) and virtual reference stations (VRS) are not available. In areas without regular...

Autonomously Detecting Fast Movements

Autonomously Detecting Fast Movements

Diverse environmental effects, climatic changes and human alterations of the ecosystems are deeply changing Earth’s surface processes and creating environmental challenges that researchers are strug...

Establishing an Operational SBAS Down Under

Establishing an Operational SBAS Down Under

The Australasian region took a major step towards gaining its first-ever satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) in early 2017. That is when the governments of Australia and New Zealand agreed to f...

Healthy Workout for GNSS Technology

Healthy Workout for GNSS Technology

For some companies, giving back to the community is part of a day’s work. That certainly is the case with Dillon Consulting, a professional consulting organisation in Ontario, Canada, founded in 194...

Precisely Flexible Positioning

Precisely Flexible Positioning

As users push for more capabilities, today’s location apps for smartphones and tablets are running up against frustrating limitations. Higher accuracy can increase the performance of location-aware ...

Optimising Pipeline Surveying Technology

Optimising Pipeline Surveying Technology

Specialist engineering input, combined with customised software development, has resulted in a pipeline surveying solution that emphasises why partnerships can be so effective. The starting point for ...

Making GNSS Receivers a Creative Technology

Making GNSS Receivers a Creative Technology

Located in Shanghai, China, ComNav Technology Ltd. develops and manufactures multi-constellation, multi-frequency GNSS measurement engine boards and receivers for ultimate high-precision positioning a...