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)...

During the Intergeo 2006, Trimble (Germany) has announced they will launch the Trimble VRS service for Germany in December. The commercial subscription service will provide surveyors, civil engineers and geospatial...

Strata (United Kingdom) has launched their new PocketPenmap and new Penmap GPS. Now users can do full RTK (GPS and Glonass) surveys on their mobile phone and PDA, in an...

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 Geo-information Forum Japan 2006 and Exhibition took place in Yokohama from 5th to 7th July 2006. On not one of the three days did the number of participants fall...

Although operational for more than twenty years, Airborne Lidar Bathymetry (ALB) has rarely been used in riverine areas. The US Bureau of Reclamation adopted it to study how flow change...

Private sector Virtual Reference Station RTK GPS Networks (VRS) that encompass large regions are spreading rapidly in the US. Participating firms are often both user and a partner participating in...

Private sector Virtual Reference Station RTK GPS Networks (VRS) that encompass large regions are spreading rapidly in the US. Participating firms are often both user and a partner participating in...

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...

Leica Geosystems (Switzerland) has introduced the Leica SmartPole, which determines coordinates and orientation On-the-Fly whilst conducting the survey, using both GPS and TPS. It is no longer necessary to identify...