GPS World, September 2010

The Department of Interior U S Geological Survey has awarded JAVAD GNSS a contract for various configurations of GPS GNSS receivers and antennas with a five year ordering period and a 39 million ceiling The indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contact was competitively awarded after a sustained protest and reopening of the solicitation to the original offerors reference previous announcement for G10PC00100 It is expected that one or more orders placed under this contract will be funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 LEA 6R a new GPS module based on the latest u blox 6 platform is now available The surface mount module comes with u blox proprietary Sensor Fusion Dead Reckoning technology integrated The module is designed for after market devices requiring uninterrupted navigation even during poor GPS signal reception When GPS satellites are out of sight location is extrapolated using distance and angle information from the gyroscope and speed pulse sensors LEA 6R is designed for applications such as fleet and asset management and road pricing and insurance systems as well as automatic vehicle location AVL The LEA 6R interfaces directly to the vehicle odometer and gyroscope Leica SpiderQC v40 is now part of a new reference station software update that also includes Leica GNSS Spider and Leica SpiderWeb Leica Geosystems said SpiderQC previously known as GNSS QC adds advanced features for multi frequency multi GNSS data analysis and visualization It provides a suite of tools to help select the best location for reference stations perform quality control of the reference station data detect site movements and visualize and monitor the integrity of single base and network RTK corrections in real time The new version fully supports quality control and data analysis of Galileo and GIOVE data including the E1 E5a E5b and E5a b AltBOC signals Multi frequency Galileo or GPS data can be used for advanced data analysis such as phase multipath estimation Leica SpiderQC is compatible with all Leica and thirdparty receivers Improved handling of GLONASS inter frequency biases INBRIEF THE BUSINESS O M N I S T A R H I G H P E R F O R M A N C E T M D G P S B R I N G I N G D E C I M E T E R A C C U R A C Y W I T H I N R E A C H Introducing OmniSTAR High Performance HP our revolutionary new DGPS system that redefines the standard for differential correction OmniSTAR has developed cost effective reliable real time corrections enabling high accuracy applications over entire continents without deploying local base stations Our innovative HP signal provides five times the accuracy of standard DGPS for horizontal accuracy of 10 15 cms HP means a wide area solution offering previously unobtainable levels of accuracy opening the door for high precision uses such as auto steering guidance and automation of agri vehicles increased hit probability for GIS utilities rough grading for construction applications survey projects oil exploration aerial photogrammetry and more We just raised the bar on accuracy and reliability but its way within your reach OmniSTAR HP Others promise we deliver Contact us for more information www omnistar com E x p e c t h i g h p e r f o r m a n c e 2005 OmniSTAR www gpsworld com September 2010 GPS World 17