The fourth in a series of eight modernized Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites that will deliver new capabilities to military and civilian users has been declared fully operational. Launched from...

The fourth US Air Force modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite was launched successfully from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta...

Subsidence of the earth's surface caused by underground mining can be monitored using terrestrial land-survey methods. However, applying these is difficult in hilly terrain and densely forested or urbanised areas....

Geneq, Inc. (Canada) has introduced the SXBlue II, a submeter Bluetooth wireless GPS mapping receiver that allows you to use off-the-shelf Bluetooth-enabled PDA/notebook computers to collect GPS map data. As...

These are exciting times in satellite navigation. Selective availability for GPS switch-off has fuelled use of satellite navigation technology in professional and consumer applications and new signals and systems are...

In response to farmers growing demand for increased accuracy at a more affordable price, Hemisphere GPS (KS, USA) has developed another option to subscription networks and high-priced base systems. Using...

Navman (CA, USA) has released the Navman GPS3260 series Smart GPS Sensor, a sensitive GPS receiver and antenna device to provide location based capabilities to a variety of mobile applications...

Copenhagen in Denmark has conducted an experiment in alternative driving and congestion charging using car tracking based on GPS. A main limitation of GPS is that quality depends on satellite...

Lying in one of the most tectonically active zones in the Alpine-Himalayan belt, Iran frequently suffers from heavy and disastrous earthquakes. To monitor surface displacement and measure velocity and strain...

Hemisphere GPS (Canada) has introduced the new Crescent VS100 and VS110, a heading and positioning solution for machine control and marine navigation applications including dredging and hydrographic surveying. Hemisphere GPS's...