September 1, 2021 September is Self-care Awareness Month, which provides us with the perfect excuse to pause and evaluate how well we’ve been taking care of ourselves. There’s (still) a pandemic happening, school is starting back up, many jobs are going back to some combination of hybrid or in-person after months of working from home — it’s a lot to take in, and it’s easy to forget to stop and do an internal wellness check.  […]

Screenshot: Propeller For a major project, surveying with traditional GPS equipment would normally take many days, Learn how Trimble and Propeller helped speed progress. Wills Bros, a family-run contractor based in the UK and Ireland, has begun work on the £29 million (USD $40 million) Maybole Bypass project in Scotland. The 6-km (~ 3.75-mi) project involves 900,000 cubic meters of earth removal and a further 15,000 cubes of rock that needs to be excavated and […]

August 31, 2021 It’s the day you’ve been training for: race day. You’ve followed your Garmin Coach training plan and put in the miles. Your shoes are broken in and ready to go. Before you hit the start line, let’s make sure your checklist is locked and loaded. Prepare Your Kit You’ve run. A LOT. So that probably means you’ve found the shirt and shorts combo you like best. Make sure they’re clean for race […]

A new blog offered by Inertial Labs discusses the scope of work to turn lidar point-cloud data collection into actionable deliverables. The blog, “Providing Actionable LiDAR Point Cloud Deliverables and the Inertial Labs RESEPI” by Luke Wilson, is also available as a downloadable PDF. A digital terrain model, a digital surface model, and a digital elevation model (from top). (Image: Inertial Labs) The blog introduces lidar and creation of point clouds, then discusses the use […]

August 18, 2021 Matthias Dolderer: flying instructor. Aerobatics legend. Air Race World Champion. Cuban eight. Flick roll. Outside loop. When Matthias talks about aerobatics you can clearly hear his fascination for the sport. It’s his profession and his passion. For him, it has all the things he loves the most about flying as a pilot: speed, precision and skill. “It’s the passion that gives you wings,” Matthias explains. “Plus, all the hard work I put […]

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center (NAVCEN) will hold the 61st meeting of the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC) on Sept. 20-21. The meeting will be conducted at the St. Louis Union Station Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, in conjunction with the Institute of Navigation’s 2021 ION GNSS+ conference. The 61st CGSIC meeting will also be broadcast live online to provide a virtual option. This is a […]

August 18, 2021 Podcast: Play in new window In the event the pilot of an airplane is unable to fly, Garmin Autoland can help protect the passengers on board by taking control of the airplane and landing it at a suitable airport. It’s revolutionary automation. And it’s the recipient of the 2020 Robert J. Collier Trophy — the annual award that represents the pinnacle of achievement in aeronautics and astronautics. In this special edition, we talk […]

Photo: DroneShield DroneShield Ltd. has released CompassOne, a self-contained navigation solution for fixed site, vehicle and marine applications. The device provides real-time military-grade location, orientation and direction sensing for deployed static and on-the-go assets. The device can be used both in counter UAS systems and general situations requiring satellite navigation. The CompassOne receives: GPS L1CA/L1P/L1C/L2P/L2C/L5GLONASS G1/G2/G3, P1/P2BeiDou B1i/B2i/B3i/B10C/B2A/B2B/ACEBOCGalileo E1BC/E5a/E5b/E6BC/ALTBOCQZSS L1CA/L2C/L5/L1C/LEXIRNSS L5Atlas With a strong focus on durability and ruggedness, CompassOne is suitable for installation and […]

August 24, 2021 Max Unruh’s official title at Garmin is aviation product manager of autopilot systems. In layman’s terms? He’s a part of the team that decides which aircraft to certify for Garmin autopilot solutions. That means he helps to determine which aircraft is up next for certification, as well as which model will be the ideal test aircraft. By his count, he’s completed about 54 aircraft contracts in his two years at Garmin, 40 […]

Photo: Riegl NV5 Geospatial has acquired the new Riegl VMX-2HA dual-scanner mobile mapping system. The system will initially deploy in utility and transportation projects and enable NV5 Geospatial to collect highly accurate, feature-rich data at highway speeds. The flexibility, ease of setup, and smaller footprint will also allow the use of the VMX-2HA on various platforms, including boats, all-terrain vehicles and trains. The VMX-2HA delivers mobile point clouds at a resolution of 1,000 to 4,000 […]