At Intergeo, Trimble (CA, USA) has introduced the Trimble R6 GPS System and Trimble Business Center Software. With GLONASS capability available through the R-Track technology Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)...

Magellan (formerly Thales Navigation) has launched Magellan Professional, the new brand under which it will market its survey and GIS business. The company was established as an independent company following...

Septentrio (Belgium) has released AsteRx2, a compact high-end dual-frequency GNSS receiver for demanding industrial and professional applications. AsteRx2 is the second product in the new AsteRx family of GNSS receiver...

Topcon Europe Positioning B.V. (The Netherlands) has introduced the new GR-3 system, an all-inclusive RTK GNSS satellite receiver for all existing and planned satellite constellations. The GR-3 is designed to...

The Intergeo congress and trade-fair has now been held a dozen times and the event once again this year demonstrated an exceptionally flourishing geomatics business. Geomatics is all about improving...

NovAtel Inc. (Canada) has launched its new Real Time Kinematic (RTK) precise positioning solution – AdVance RTK. NovAtel’s GNSS OEMV-2 and OEMV-3 receivers will now be available with the new...

NovAtel Inc. (Canada) has been accepted as a Full Member of Galileo Services, the first company outside Europe to be inducted into this group of organisations. Galileo Services is a...

The annual Trimble Dimensions show was held from 6th to 8th November 2006 in the Convention Center at the Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas, USA. With the theme ‘Build Your Connected...

The classical geodesist’ dream of a dense, accurate, reliable and homogeneous countrywide levelling control network is a luxury even for the richest countries and will probably remain a dream. Prior...

Copenhagen in Denmark has conducted an experiment in alternative driving and congestion charging using car tracking based on GPS. A main limitation of GPS is that quality depends on satellite...