Photo: Trimble Trimble has acquired Cansel Survey Equipment’s Can-Net and AllTerra New Zealand’s iBase networks. The acquisitions significantly increase the global footprint of Trimble-owned Virtual Reference Station (VRS) networks by adding key geographies in North America and New Zealand. Subscription-based VRS correction services are now accessible to more customers around the world who rely on high-accuracy corrections to increase productivity and reduce operational costs. The correction services are designed for professionals in agriculture, geospatial and […]

December 1, 2019 The holidays are almost here! Still looking for the perfect gift for the runner in your life? Check out our Garmin holiday gift ideas for those on your list. The Forerunner 45 is a fuss-free running watch that monitors heart rate1 at the wrist and uses GPS to track your pace, distance and more. It works with free Garmin Coach adaptive training plans that bring personal coaching to your wrist. Stay connected when you want to with notifications2 for texts and calls, and feel […]

What is or would be the best policy response from Congress and/or executive branch agencies to the growing threats to GPS from jamming and interference? Brad Parkinson “Homeland Security has declared GPS to be an essential system to virtually all of our infrastructure. It is time to install a national system to identify and shut down interference. As part of that, all cell phones should periodically report interference to that national system and allow law […]

December 6, 2019 Working in the restaurant industry can be exhausting — mentally and physically. It’s a fast-paced, demanding environment that often requires long hours and endless passion. When most restaurants close for the night, the wait staff and back-of-house employees go out for a drink or simply go home and veg out. That isn’t the case for the staff of Make It Nice, an NYC-based restaurant group behind the Eleven Madison Park, the NoMad […]

Computer scientists at the University of Waterloo have created a device for wearable computer input suitable for many situations, just by touching your fingertips together in different ways. The device, called Tip-Tap, is inexpensive and battery-free through the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to sense when fingertips touch. The device could, therefore, be added to disposable surgical gloves, allowing surgeons to access preoperative planning diagrams in an operating room. […]

Screenshot: CBS News On CBS’ Sunday Morning show Dec. 1, correspondent David Pogue was invited into the Air Force’s GPS Master Control Station at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to show viewers what GPS is all about. Pogue discussed the GPS program with Brigadier General DeAnna Burt, who oversees the program as the director of operations at Air Force Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. He also discussed […]

December 3, 2019 The brand new Tacx Training app is live! Now you can stream our high-quality training films to all your compatible devices, including your smartphone, tablet and desktop. It comes with a completely new and intuitive design and is specially made for indoor cycling Tacx Smart trainers. Conquer the beautiful Alps while all your performance data is displayed on the screen, structure your own workouts, join a ride with live opponents, relive your […]

GPS World graphic A new post-Brexit GNSS “must be secured,” according to the UKspace trade association. UKspace on Nov. 21 published its manifesto for a future British government to consider, actions that will enable Britain to compete inthe “new space race.” Among the recommendations is a satellite system to provide navigation services.“The UK’s post-Brexit participation in a new global satellite navigation system must be secured, whether through ESA or a sovereign capability,” the manifesto said. “The […]

December 2, 2019 The inaugural APAC Garmin Health Summit took place in Taipei on Oct. 24-25, 2019. Matching the success of the Garmin Health Summit in Europe, the fully-booked APAC event hosted guests from 47 different companies for presentations and discussions between digital health industry leaders from all over the world. The summit began with attendees enjoying an exclusive opportunity to see the production line at Garmin’s newest factory. An evening event featured a keynote […]

Eight briefcase-size satellites flying in a row may be key to improving forecasts of a hurricane’s wind speed – detecting whether it will make landfall as a Category 1 or a Category 5. NASA’s Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) fleet, launched in 2016, was designed to show whether the same GPS signals your phone uses for navigation can be used to measure winds deep within a hurricane or typhoon. The answer appears to […]