Aircraft will need to be equipped with new global positioning technology when operating in US airspace following new regulations from the US Federal Aviation Administration. The new equipment, which will enable a plane’s exact position to be broadcast to ground controllers and other planes in the sky, must be in place by 1 January […]
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Business Intelligence from Location Intelligence Solutions from OMNILINK
Location is a unifying theme in business. Location can be an address, a service boundary, a sales territory, or a delivery route. All these things can be visualised and interactively managed and analyzed. Spatial relationships, patterns and trends reveal invaluable business intelligence and bring easy-to-understand visualisation to business applications. Location Intelligence Solutions can be used […]
Navteq Enters Location-Based Advertising Market
Navteq has launched a new location-based mobile advertising service in Australia, which allows advertisers to target products and services to a consumer’s current location. The digital mapmaker has partnered with local company Yapp Mobile to offer its new service, LocationPoint Advertising, via Mocal, one of the most popular downloaded navigation products on Apple’s iTunes store. […]
Victoria to Open Visualisation Centre
An Australian team is working to establish an advanced image processing facility that will allow scientists to work with high-resolution images and 3D models previously too large to visualise. Monash University is partnering with technology providers and other research institutions on the project. The Multi-modal Australian Sciences Imaging and Visualisation Environment will be known […]
NovAtel IMU-LCI
NovAtel’s latest release in its GNSS/INS SPAN family contains a Northrop Grumman sensor. The IMU-LCI provides the low noise and stability required for precise positioning and attitude, says the manufacturer. The IMU-LCI is a tactical-grade IMU with fibre-optic gyros and micro-mechanical accelerometers. According to NovAtel, both gyros and accelerometers operate with minimum noise and […]
GPS Accuracy Set to Increase
The accuracy of GPS is set to improve dramatically as the US Air Force begins launching the IIF generation of GPS satellites this month. The new craft will eventually replace half of the existing constellation, with the biggest locational improvements taking effect in urban centres. Boeing is building at least 12 Block IIF generation […]
Infoterra SAFEcommand
Infoterra has released SAFEcommand, a suite of products for public safety and emergency response organisations. They address three key areas: data management, mobile and emergency. According to the manufacturer, benefits include better access to the latest incident information and improved response times. Critical resources can be located accurately and in real time. A central […]
Applanix POSTrack 3.0
Applanix has released version 3.0 of POSTrack, its direct geo-referencing and flight management system. This version incorporates a worldwide ASTER digital elevation model product for flight planning. The DEM automatically determines an aircraft’s optimal flight path to best meet image acquisition requirements – such as photo scale, ground sample distance and image overlap. […]
Leica PowerDigger 3D
Leica Geosystems has released the PowerDigger 3D, a guidance system for excavating machines. According to the manufacturer, this latest product expands the company’s PowerSnap concept, which enables panels to be swapped between laser, slope, and 3D machine control. The software offers direct support for popular 3D design models (CAD), and supports full GNSS (GPS […]
Mapping the Ocean Floor
JON FAIRALL It’s a truism that the surfaces of Mars and the Moon are better mapped that the surface of the Earth. Three-quarters of our globe is covered by a layer of water several kilometres thick. Mapping through the murk is difficult and expensive. However, the news is not all bad. New technologies are making […]
