A new series of Modular GPS Receivers and additions to the Trimble family of Smart GPS Antenna are released by Trimble (CA, USA). The new product offering provides four levels...

NovAtel Inc. has released its first production standard Galileo-ready receiver and antenna. The new L1L5E5a receiver offers superior 16 channel tracking of GPS L1/L5, Galileo L1/E5a and SBAS signals in...

Leica Geosystems (Switzerland) launched the Leica GX1230 GG and Leica ATX1230 GG sensors for surveying applications as well as the GRX1200 GG Pro sensor for reference station networks. The new...

Thales (CA, USA) has introduced Z-Max.Net, a network-capable GPS receiver system for boundary, topographic and construction surveys. Z-Max.Net offers surveyors expanded communications capabilities, simplicity of operation, RTK performance and flexibility...

Trimble (CA, USA) has supplied Global Navigation Satellite System reference stations and Virtual Reference Station software to establish a GNSS infrastructure network in Western Australia. Located in Perth, the network...

Leica Geosystems (Switzerland) has launched Leica PaveSmart 3D for Curb & Gutter paving applications. Leica PaveSmart 3D for Curb & Gutter is a fully-automated 3D all-track grade and steer control...

Leica Geosystems (Switzerland) has introduced the new V2.2.0 for Leica GPS Spider software for GPS reference stations and networks. Leica GPS Spider V2.2.0 contains software optimisations such as further improved...

Pentax Corporation, now so well known for its survey instruments, was founded in 1919 in Tokyo as Asahi Optical Joint Stock Co, mainly as a manufacturer of cameras. In 1938...

GPS and GLONASS: two operational Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), one owned by US and the other by Russia - <i>I know they give me positions; I know they enable...

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 able to receive Navstar, Glonass and...