The Institute of Navigation (ION) has announced the new members of its Executive Committee, Council and Standing Committee Chairs following its Annual Awards during the ION International Technical Meeting and Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting, both held virtually Jan. 25-28. The ION Executive Committee, Council and Standing Committee Chairs will serve a two-year term. “ION has a distinguished and passionate group of positioning, navigation and timing professionals in key positions to […]

February 2, 2021 Brian Michel, Alexis Abelow and their two other party members stood at the top of the slope on Larkspur Mountain in Colorado, evaluating the line they were about to take. It was their second day touring from Margy’s Hut, one of a number of backcountry huts in the mountain range. With 15 years’ experience of backcountry skiing and snowboarding and 6 years’ experience doing a trip to that hut system, the group […]

Photo: STMicroelectronics STMicroelectronics’ latest RF front-end for GNSS receivers offers a simplified design and smaller footprint. The BPF8089-01SC6 integrates the impedance-matching and electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuitry typically implemented using discrete components. The BPF8089-01SC6 provides a 50-ohm matched interface between the receiver’s antenna and low-noise amplifier (LNA), and is ready for plug-and-play with the company’s STA8089 and STA8090 LNAs. The BPF8089-01SC6 is suitable for use in portable receivers for the GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, BeiDou and […]

January 31, 2021 If you love the Garmin Connect Badges and the hard work that goes into earning the newest one, you’re going to love our new Garmin Connect Badge Challenges. This new Garmin Connect feature offers a way for you to keep acquiring new badges all month long. You can rise to the challenge every day, pushing yourself further to beat yesterday.  You need to opt-in and join each Badge Challenge to earn the […]

The Institute of Navigation (ION) presented its Annual Awards during the ION International Technical Meeting and Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting, both held virtually Jan. 25-28. The ION Annual Awards Program recognizes individuals making significant contributions or demonstrating outstanding performance relating to the art and science of navigation. Robert Odolinski received the Per Enge Early Achievement Award for development of multi-GNSS models for precise real-time kinematic positioning and for the sustained […]

January 29, 2021 The onslaught of COVID-19 necessitated an initial slowdown in all physical activity — and then Garmin users found creative and safe ways to keep moving. 2020 was … a year. It’s tempting to consider it relegated to the rearview mirror, but the truth is that we’ll be studying it for decades to come — not only because of the onslaught of COVID-19, but also because of the myriad ways in which human […]

GNSS Winter School 2021 is planned for Feb. 22-26 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The Institute of Space Technology is hosting the event, in collaboration with the Space Education Research Lab of the National Center of GIS and Space Applications. GNSS Winter School will be held on the institute’s campus; however, in case of severe circumstances (such as COVID-19), it will take place virtually online either partially or entirely. GNSS Winter School will focus on GNSS positioning, […]

January 27, 2021 Featuring a beautifully patterned lens and a 34 mm watch case, Lily was designed with fashion-conscious women in mind. There’s a lot to be said about our small, stylish smartwatch — and the most obvious of all is that it doesn’t look like a smartwatch. From the very start, Lily™ was tailor-made to look like a classic accessory but function as a modern wearable. After analyzing future fashion and wellness trends and […]

Findings show accuracy of new sensors is improved by greater than an order of magnitude over current offerings. Honeywell, with funding from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), is creating the next generation of inertial sensor technology that will one day be used in both commercial and defense navigation applications. The HG1930 IMU. (Photo: Honeywell) Recently, findings gathered in Honeywell labs have shown the new sensors to be greater than an order of […]

January 8, 2021 More and more, people are finding ways to enjoy outdoor activities during the winter months. And while snowy landscapes can be beautiful, colder temperatures and drastic weather can become dangerous quickly. Here are our top tips for using inReach® satellite communication devices in the winter.   Always pack your inReach. It can be even more important to carry an inReach device in the wintertime when equipment failure or minor injury can have […]