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New research by Bjorn Bergman of the environmental non-profit SkyTruth has found ships in various parts of the world reporting locations thousands of miles away and circling at precisely 20 knots. Bergman’s findings were first reported at the annual meeting of the Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation on May 5. Bergman previously observed and reported on circling phenomena with GPS-based reporting systems from vessels and fitness trackers in China ports. It has also been observed […]

May 26, 2020 Indoor cycling can be tough, hot and sweaty. To make your training more bearable, enhance your training cave with some special accessories. Here are some of the essentials: 1. Something to fight the sweat. When you’re giving it your all, perspiration is inevitable. And we’re not talking about a few drops. We’re talking about sweat streaming down your body, creating puddles on the floor. Wouldn’t it be nice to reduce and remove […]

The migration crisis in recent years has thrown into focus the fact that current technological solutions are simply not capable of saving the lives of all those who get lost at sea. A number of search and rescue services and other state authorities are increasingly using drones to make surveillance operations more efficient. However, drones usually have very limited flight time which is not sufficient for the needs of SAR services. This is where […]

May 19, 2020 When stay-at-home orders halted everything from school to sports to travel, Garmin athletes around the world have found inventive ways to keep moving. Peter Cooper caught our attention for knocking out an indoor marathon in a tight spot. Just goes to prove big dreams don’t need big spaces to come true. Peter, we applaud your perseverance — 5,250 laps inside a tiny Hong Kong flat to complete a marathon is hard to […]

Today, NTIA on behalf of the Executive Branch petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reconsider its Order and Authorization that conditionally granted license modification applications filed by Ligado Networks LLC. The FCC action permits Ligado to provide terrestrial wireless services that threaten to harm federal government users of the Global Positioning System (GPS) along with a variety of other public and private stakeholders. The petition asks the FCC to rescind the grant, or to […]

Photo: InifiDome The national time system at Israel’s National Physics Laboratory (INPL) in Jerusalem is now protected by a GPSdome unit for cyber protection of GPS/GNSS signals, according to Israel’s Homeland Security, a private company established in 2012. Microchip partner Focus Telecom installed the GPSdome cyber protection system under a support and maintenance contract. GPSdome was developed by infiniDome, an Israeli startup. INPL’s Nadya Goldovsky will now test and measure the system for its ability […]

May 22, 2020 Early this year, Garmin asked you to vote on your top Garmin Connect apps, widgets and watch faces in 2019. These developers work hard to make sure that Connect IQ has the best content, and we could not be prouder of our developer community. Congratulations to the winners of our 2020 Connect IQ Developer Awards! Best New Watch Face – SHN Tactical Tactical watch face loaded with the Garmin Connect information you need […]

Access to the Galileo signal in a multi-constellation environment is providing benefits and opportunities for businesses, thanks to the enhanced performance and increased accuracy on offer. Here we look at the experience of one GIS technology company in northern Europe that has been leveraging Galileo to increase the positioning accuracy of its solutions. Use of a Galileo-enabled receiver significantly increases the number of satellites in view. This, in turn, considerably reduces the […]

Particle — an edge-to-cloud internet of things (IoT) platform — is offering a new tracking system that allows organizations to track the locations of a wide variety of mobile assets. Particle’s Tracker SOM (system-on-module) builds on its tracking services foundation. It provides a powerful GNSS, microcontroller and advanced peripherals in a compact form factor. Tracker SoM serves as an accelerated starting point for organizations that require a tailored tracking solution for sophisticated applications as well […]