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PARIS, April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) today introduced the new ultra-rugged Trimble® SPS985 GNSS Smart Antenna for performing high accuracy construction site measurements. The new smart antenna is made of a specially developed alloy that combines unprecedented strength and durability into a compact form to withstand the daily abuse of construction work. With its enhanced internal shock isolation, the SPS985 is well suited for high-vibration use on an...

DETROIT, June 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- u-blox, a leading fabless semiconductor provider of embedded positioning and wireless communication solutions for the consumer, industrial and automotive markets, announces the successful demonstration of an enhanced LEA-6H GPS module which also supports GLONASS navigation. The Russian GLONASS satellite system is an alternative as well as complementary system to the US-based Global Positioning System (GPS). It currently has 22 deployed satellites, with...

SHANGHAI, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- The NaviForum Shanghai 2010 / ITS Shanghai, organized by the Department of High and New Technology Development and Industrialization, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the China Second-Generation Satellite Navigation System Project Management Office and Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality, began in Shanghai on September 1, 2010. Participants include government officials, well-known Chinese and foreign speakers and...

SHANGHAI, July 19 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- On June 2, 2010, China successfully launched the 4th BeiDou navigation satellite into the pre-designated orbit, symbolizing that China has made another important step forward in building the BeiDou (COMPASS) Navigation Satellite System. As is known to all, satellite navigation and positioning systems are the key strategic infrastructure for information, and have influenced the process of social civilization and changed people's ideas about life,...

MUNICH, April 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB) today announced a new portfolio of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers for construction site positioning and machine control applications. The new GNSS receivers track positioning signal information from the GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo satellite constellations. Coupled with Trimble® Connected Site(TM) solutions for construction, the new GNSS portfolio delivers unmatched flexibility, performance, and...

Firemen are exposed to various dangers during their missions: poisonous, harmful gases, blocked escape routes and the threat of buildings collapsing. The head of the operation needs to know where the men are currently located. Experts rely on global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) "“ which, in addition to GPS, include Europe's Galileo and the Russian GLONASS "“ to help them locate rescue units and all the necessary rescue equipment und devices. Fraunhofer scientists have set up a...

A rain of navigation signals falls constantly upon the Earth from GPS and the initial satellites in Europe's Galileo system, enabling an ever-increasing number of positioning and guidance services.Afterwards these microwave beams bounce back to space "“ where a proposed ESA mission aims to harness them as a scientific resource and explore their potential for terrestrial remote sensing applications.Intercepting reflected satnav signals and calculating their travel time is a way to track the...

MOSCOW, March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 12, 2009, concurrently with the exhibition "Communication-Expocom-2009," the main event in the field of navigation in Russia is to take place at the CEC Expocentre - an international congress-exhibition project "Navigation systems, technologies and services." The major goal of the project is informing the wide audience both in Russia and abroad of innovation technologies in the field of satellite navigation. Two important activities are to...

MOSCOW. Sept 18 (Interfax-AVN) - The Russian Glonass navigation system will eventually become compatible with the U.S. GPS and the European Galileo positioning networks and thus offer services of better quality, Glonass/GNSS-Forum Executive Director Alexei Pchelintsev told Interfax-AVN on Thursday. "Further development and modernization of Glonass will make it compatible with GPS and Galileo. In fact, the general positioning systems will not impede each other's operation but provide a service...

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Sept. 17, 2008) - NovAtel Inc. (NovAtel), a leading original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of precise positioning technology, introduced today at the ION 2008 tradeshow in Savannah, Georgia, the high performance, next- generation GNSS-750 choke ring antenna. The innovative, 3D design of the GNSS-750 enables superior low level elevation tracking, with the ability to track satellites as soon as they are visible, down to the horizon and even below. It...