GPS World, April 2015

THE BUSINESS BUSINESS BRIEFS SBG Offers Apogee MEMS INS SBG Systems has released the Apogee Series inertial navigation systems based on robust and costeffective MEMS technology The INS GNSS integrates the latest generation of MEMS sensors and a tri frequency GNSS receiver Apogee achieves 0008 in roll and pitch in real time and 0005 in post processing With two antennas it delivers a robust and accurate heading New Report Considers GNSS Market Outlook 2015 2020 Research and Markets has added the report Global Navigation Satellite Systems Market Outlook 2020 to its offerings The global core GNSS market is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 9 percent during 2015 2020 Analysts look at various GNSS industry segments and regions highlighting the areas offering possibilities for companies to boost their growth Farmers Edge Acquires GranDuke Farmers Edge Inc a precision agriculture and independent data management company has acquired GranDuke Geomatics Ltd of Lethbridge Alberta The agreement was finalized on Jan 9 giving control of the geospatial solutions and software development company to Farmers Edge Veripos Offshore PPP Improves Veripos a supplier of high precision GNSS positioning facilities to offshore industries has upgraded its Apex and Apex precise point positioning services The services now typically provide users with a horizontal position accuracy of better than 5 cm and 12 cm in the vertical at the two sigma 95 percent confidence level LocationSmart Locaid to Merge LocationSmart a provider of cloud based location and interactivity services and Locaid a location as aservice platform for enterprise location have merged to create an enterprise mobility platform for cloud based location services Stockholders of both companies approved the merger on Feb 19 The combined company will operate under the LocationSmart brand Smartphone Nav in Agriculture A new app available on the Google Play store enables farmers to use their smartphone in the field AgriBus NAVI is a GPS guidance system to mount on agricultural machinery such as tractors combines and self propelled sprayers to help with straight line tasks in the field Checking the display while driving will enable the creation of straight and evenly spaced lines in large fields No auto steer included Microsemi GNSS Master Solves Small Cell Synchronization Issue Microsemi is offering a new Integrated GNSS Master IGM solution for small cell synchronization The IGM is the companys first solution that fully integrates a 1588v2 PTP grandmaster with a GNSS receiver and antenna in a small fully contained package designed to mount indoors The Microsemi IGM solves the challenge of indoor synchronization which has been a significant hurdle for cost effective small cell indoor deployments Trimble VRS Now Service Expands The Trimble VRS Now correction service has expanded to Australia specifically Queensland New South Wales South Australia Tasmania and Victoria The service is also now in Oregons Willamette Valley The commercial subscription service provides surveyors with access to real time kinematic GNSS corrections without the need for a base station GAPS PPP Software Upgraded A new version of the online GAPS precise point positioning software is now available GAPS GPS Analysis and Positioning Software is offered by the University of New Brunswick Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Department The latest release provides capabilities for handling GPS data files in both RINEX 2 and 3 formats whether Hatanakacompressed or not along with a number of receiver raw file formats Also additional input and output dataquality verification is now performed Trimble Offers Corrections for Agriculture in Europe Trimble is offering a new version of its CenterPoint RTX correction service that delivers convergence to 4 centimeter horizontal accuracy in less than 5 minutes The service is designed for a variety of precision agriculture operations in Central and Western Europe and is available for use with the Trimble CFX 750 display More Business News Online See www gpsworld com Follow @ gpsworld on Twitter GPS World April 2015 www gpsworld com 16