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...

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...

This issue of GIM International presents the annual Product Survey on High-end Total Stations (see page 41). One of the essential parts of a Total Station is its telescope, a...

Is the moment coming when our GPS product survey will have to be renamed? Any new title should reflect the existence and use of GLONASS receivers, combined GLONASS/GPS receivers and...

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...

Digital airborne imaging has grown in importance over recent years. Large-format digital cameras can fully compete with analogue mapping cameras, and for some applications their performance is better. However, methods...

Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (MO, USA) has awarded a study contract to Alcatel (France) within the framework of the US Air Force's GPS III System Preliminary Definition phase. This contract...

The INSPIRE directive is about establishing an infrastructure for spatial information within the Community (INSPIRE). This is appropriate, desirable and in accordance with community principles. The infrastructure will co-ordinate and...

The INSPIRE directive is about establishing an infrastructure for spatial information within the Community (INSPIRE). This is appropriate, desirable and in accordance with community principles. The infrastructure will co-ordinate and...

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...