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JANUARY 18, 2022

TOP STORIES

High-rate RTK: Helpful or hypeful?

By Gavin Schrock
Approaches to providing real-time kinematic (RTK) solutions at high rates have existed in various forms for decades, providing value for high precision applications. This technique is nearly universally adopted in the industry, and many surveyors may have been using it for years without realizing it. Yet there are persistent misconceptions about the subject.

DIRECTIONS 2022

Photo: BeiDou Navigation Satellite System

Directions 2022: BDS enters new era of global services

By Changfeng Yang, BeiDou Chief Architect
In 2021, BDS continued to improve performance, expand applications and deepen cooperation, and has achieved sustained, stable and rapid development.

Image: Institute of Navigation Technology JSC

Directions 2022: A new epoch for GLONASS

By Sergey Karutin, GLONASS General Designer / Nicolay Testoedov, ISS JSC / Sergey Donchenko, VNIIFTRI FSUE
This year will be 40th anniversary of the first GLONASS satellite launch. The quality of navigation services is driven by the characteristics of today’s satnav signals.

Directions 2022: Galileo FOC, G2 on the horizon

By Guerric Pont, EUSPA / Marco Falcone and Miguel Manteiga Bautista, ESA
Galileo is a major success, being the world’s most precise satnav system and offering meter-scale accuracy to more than two billion users around the globe.

NEWS

US Army selects Orolia Defense & Security as winner in XTech Plugfest

Recognized for its outstanding technology achievements and the potential for impact to the United States Army and Department of Defense (DOD), Orolia Defense & Security was selected by a panel of judges as a finalist during the 2021 xTech Plugfest competition.

GMV begins production of navigation system for Spanish army

GMV will supply its advanced navigation and timing solution to the Spanish Army, providing positioning information on armored vehicles with or without GNSS signals.

NBT’s Prometheus employs Nordic’s nRF9160 SiP for IoT and GNSS

German venture studio Next Big Thing AG has launched the Prometheus IoT sensor-based development platform designed to simplify prototyping and speed time-to-market for developers of cellular IoT- and cloud-based solutions.

FROM THE MAGAZINE

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How GPS became core tech at CES

By J. David Grossman
GPS continues to play a central role in the technology we use daily. At CES, GPS-enabled technologies are found in nearly every product category, including 5G, internet of things (IoT), smart cities, vehicle tech and fitness wearables.

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