SBG Systems recently has added a new inertial system to its Ekinox series. With integrated Dual Antenna GPS + GLONASS receiver, the Ekinox-D is a ready-to-use Survey Grade inertial navigation...

NovAtel has announced the next generation of its popular single-box SPAN-CPT GNSS/INS receiver. The SPAN-CPT now supports the company’s next-generation OEM6 GNSS technology platform. The OEM6 GNSS engine improves positioning...

The Netherlands Institute of Navigation (NIN) is inviting navigation professionals to attend the annual European Navigation Conference, to be held from 14 to 17 April 2014 in the World Trade...

Nowadays, navigation systems have become an integral part of everyday life. But since GNSS-based systems do not work in locations where no GNSS signals can be received, a navigation solution...

Organised by the Institute of Navigation (ION), GNSS+ 2013, the 26th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division, is now open for abstract submissions. The conference will take place on...

NovAtel, headquartered in Canada, has added a single-enclosure SPAN MEMS receiver to its line of SPAN GNSS/INS products. Available in the first quarter of 2013, the low power, lightweight SPAN...

VectorNav Technologies, USA, has presented the VN-200, a high-accuracy GPS-aided Inertial Navigation System (GPS/INS) on a surface-mount chip the size of a postage stamp. Combining an advanced GPS module with...

Applanix, based in Ontario, Canada, has introduced its POS AV and POSTrack 310, a new Position and Orientation System and Flight Management System (FMS) for airborne mapping. POS AV and...

My Endpoint column in the February 2011 issue touched upon general characteristics of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). Here, I focus on low-weight, low-altitude and the built environment. Low-weight UAVs are...

Trimble (USA) has added the AP20-C to its AP Series of embedded GNSS-Inertial OEM boards plus Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU). Using a compact, custom-built IMU based on commercial Micro Electromechanical...