GPS World, January 2018

WATCH MARKET SURVEY 2 Honeywell Offers Defense Developed IMU L ong established as a key component within defense applications Honeywells inertial measurement unit IMUs navigation technology is now available commercially Honeywells newest IMU offering the HG4930 is tailored for straight out of the factory integration and use in various non defense and non aerospace industrial applications including surveying and mapping autonomous vehicles and gimbal stabilization In industries where automation is taking hold and working conditions where GPS may be out of touch an IMU can help fill in the moments of disconnect and keep things like an autonomous underwater vehicle or a robot in a factory informed about how they are moving relative to their surroundings The Honeywells HG4930 IMU is not classified under an International Traffic in Arms Regulation category it is free from the burden of an export license for all but a few military related use cases This means a broader availability for customers around the world The micro electro mechanical system MEMS based IMU has been tailored to provide significantly improved gyroscope and accelerometer performance for the environments and use cases experienced by non aerospace and non defense users 38 GPS WORLD WWW GPSWORLD COM JANUARY 2018 MAPPING 2 Topcon Bentley Launch Constructioneering Academy Topcon Positioning Group and Bentley Systems will kick off their collaborative Constructioneering Academy constructioneering com initiative on Feb 13 in Livermore California The joint effort will provide opportunities designed to allow construction industry professionals to learn best practices in constructioneering a process of managing and integrating survey engineering and construction data to streamline construction workflows and improve project delivery Sessions will be held at learning centers worldwide to provide industry professionals with hands on training in real world scenarios and workflows On ice A Riegl VZ 6000 laser scanner operating at 1064 um wavelength serves as the backbone of the ATLAS system Receding Greenland Glacier Monitored with Scanner H elheim is a tidewater glacier undergoing large scale changes because of global climate change Its annual mass loss has doubled since 2001 Leigh Stearns a geologist with the University of Kansas is working with a Riegl VZ 6000 ultra long range terrestrial laser scanner incorporated into an ATLAS Autonomous Terrestrial Laser Scanning system to monitor the glaciers rate of ice loss Lidar is an emerging technology for the Earth sciences because it produces an incredibly detailed 3D view of features Stearns said Repeat lidar scanning reveals small scale changes with very high precision These systems are now used to measure how bridges are sagging how tectonic faults propagate and now how glaciers flow The ATLAS systems scans the glacier terminus every six hours year round despite lack of sunlight in winter high winds and extreme cold How to Use ArcGIS Pro Esri has released GIS Tutorial 1 for Arc GIS Pro A Platform Workbook which teaches elements of creating and managing data designing maps performing spatial analysis creating 3D scenes and sharing projects using ArcGIS Pro The book also offers instruction for using ArcGIS Online Collector for ArcGIS Esri Story Maps and Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS Available at esripress esri com