November 4, 2019 By Mark ZeppGarmin Regional Sales Manager The No. 1 question I received while standing behind the Garmin table at United Kennel Club’s Autumn Oaks over the 2019 Labor Day weekend was about Instinct, a GPS watch that Garmin introduced in late 2018.  The watch has many cool features, like a built-in heart rate monitor; 3-axis compass and barometric altimeter; the ability to receive smart notifications from your phone; and the popular TracBack, […]

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The 2nd Space Operations Squadron decommissioned Satellite Vehicle Number 38, to give way to the next generation of GPS III satellites at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, Oct. 9, 2019. First Lieutenant Kristina Brandes, 2nd SOPS chief bus system analyst, said the squadron was disposing of the satellite because it is at the end of its operational life. “It’s one of our oldest satellites that launched 22 years ago,” […]

Pluggable line card enables easy transition to precise ePRTC (enhanced primary reference time clock) and PRTC-B based synchronization Adva’s new multi-band GNSS receiver improves nanosecond timing accuracy to 5G networks (Photo: Business Wire) Adva has launched a modular multi-band GNSS receiver for ePRTC and PRTC-B synchronization, bringing increased precision timing to 5G networks. The new solution is engineered to overcome ionospheric delay variation that causes timing inaccuracy, enabling communication service providers (CSPs) and enterprises to deliver […]

Patricia Walsh is a world-champion triathlete, author and award-winning engineer who became blind at age 5. She’s also a woman of adventure and our guest for the fourth episode. Our guest host is Rebecca, one of the creative directors behind the Women of Adventure series. Listen in as we discuss Patricia’s achievements as well as her life philosophy. What’s new with Garmin: Keep listening after our feature story if you want to hear about: The […]

Start Preamble National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Notice of meeting. In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, and the President’s 2004 U.S. Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Policy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces a meeting of the National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Advisory Board. Wednesday, November 20, 2019, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; and Thursday, November 21, 2019, 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Local Time. […]

China sent a new satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 1:43 a.m. Tuesday. Launched on a Long March-3B carrier rocket, it is the 49th satellite of the BDS satellite family and the 24th satellite of the BDS-3 system. It also marked that a total of three BDS-3 satellites have been sent into the inclined geosynchronous Earth orbit. The launch was the […]

November 6, 2019 By Riikka Lamminen, Content Manager, Firstbeat The first thing you should know about stress is that it isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Stress is an inevitable part of life, and you couldn’t cope without it. You need stress to get things done and perform in life. It makes you feel excited and productive. However, stress becomes a serious problem when it exceeds your ability to recover and bounce back. Especially troubling is the fact that we often don’t realize […]

CHC Navigation has launched its LT700H RTK Android tablet, designed to increase efficiency and productivity of the mobile field workforce in applications requiring centimeter-to-decimeter positioning accuracy. Photo: CHC Navigation Portable, rugged and versatile, the LT700H enables precision GIS data collection, forensic mapping, construction site layout, environmental surveys, landscaping and earthmoving jobs. Powered by 184-channel high-performance GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou module and a superior tracking GNSS helical antenna, the LT700H provides position availability in demanding […]

October 28, 2019 Good news! The FAA has made filing IFR flight plans easier. They recently completed a modernization effort eliminating the need to contact Flight Service to activate a flight plan. Before, flight plans needed to be relayed through the Flight Service “middleman” in locations where ATC could not be directly contacted — such as a non-towered airport. Now the FAA has developed a network of clearance delivery phone numbers pilots can call to […]

Eos Locate for Collector for ArcGIS enables utilities to map buried assets with submeter or centimeter accuracy A worker using an Arrow receiver and vLoc from Vivax Metrotech. (Photo: Eos Positioning) Eos Positioning Systems Inc.  (Eos) has released its underground utility asset-mapping solution: Eos Locate for Collector for ArcGIS. Eos Locate for Collector combines three core technologies: Eos Arrow GNSS receivers, Esri Collector, and the Vivax-Metrotech vLoc Series of locator devices. With Eos Locate for […]