GPS World, April 2014

THE BUSINESS HIGH PRECISION GNSS Veripos Upgrades Reference Stations with Septentrio Multi GNSS Receivers Veripos is concluding the upgrade of its global network of GNSS reference stations with high performance multi frequency GPS GLONASS Galileo BeiDou receivers from Septentrio Veripos owns and operates a network of more than 80 reference stations worldwide that is used to determine estimates of the orbit and clock errors of multiple GNSS satellite constellations Veripos uses these estimates to calculate corrections that are then broadcast to end users to significantly improve the accuracy of positioning At the heart of the network is Septentrio PolaRx4 a fullfeatured reference receiver that provides high quality tracking and measurement of all available and upcoming GNSS signals The upgrade of the Veripos global network of reference stations with the latest Septentrio reference receiver technology is an outcome of the multiyear THE SEPTENTRIO PolaRx4 reference receiver collaboration between the two companies Septentrio also supplies Veripos with multi frequency GNSS and heading receivers for its marine business including the LD series of integrated mobile units that deliver the complete range of Veripos augmentation services to its customers worldwide XXXXXX JAVIER BENEDICTO Galileo project manager looks on as Galileo performs its first position fix on March 12 2013 at ESTEC The left screen shows the position fix The right screen shows the positions of the four Galileo satellites and their signal coverage Have Galileo Position Fix ESA Is Offering Prizes Did you get a fix on four Galileo satellites The European Space Agency ESA will award commemorative certificates to the first 50 groups that document their achievement of a past or present fix to mark the first anniversary of Galileos historic first satnav positioning measurement In 2011 and 2012 the first four satellites were launched the minimum number needed for navigation fixes On March 12 2013 Galileos space and ground segments came together to perform the first Galileo fix at the Navigation Laboratory of ESAs Technical Centre in Noordwijk the Netherlands From this point generation of navigation messages enabled full testing of the entire Galileo system not just by ESA and its industry and institutional partners but also by any entity with a customized satnav receiver ESAs Galileo team has heard about position fixes carried out by organizations and companies all over Europe and beyond including as far away as Vietnam Applicants should send their name address receiver fix details and a plot of their position fixes on a map to IOV fix certification@ esa int FLEET TRACKING Navman Wireless Debuts Fleet Telematics Portal Fleet tracking provider Navman Wireless USA is offering a webbased telematics portal designed to streamline management of mixed heavy equipment fleets by consolidating machine data from all OEM and Navman Wireless tracked assets into a single interface The new solution complies with the AEMP Telematics Data Standard provides one stop fleetwide visibility without adding third party hardware to machines that already have factoryinstalled OEM telematics and supports integration of data into the enterprise office system for broader business use Fleet operators can request dataaccess credentials from each OEM in the fleet Data is securely transmitted to operators servers and then aggregated for use in the portals widgets dashboards maps and reports Information available ranges from machine location fleet utilization fuel burn and geofence and curfew violations to equipment use by jobsite and preventive maintenance schedules Machine inspection data and photographs of machine damage can be imported into the system for further data consolidation www gpsworld com April 2014 GPS World 27