GPS World, September 2013
THE BUSINESS BUSINESS BRIEFS New Dual Frequency Antennas Tallysman Wireless Inc has added the dual frequency TW3800 series to its high quality precision line of antenna products The antennas feature a circular stacked patch antenna for improved axial ratio yet are small and light and have the extended bandwidth required for L1 L2 GPS and G1 G2 GLONASS the company said The operating voltage range is from 25 to 16 VDC The antennas have temperature compensated LNAs and operate from 40 to 85 C to provide reliable performance in most environments Inertial System Launched SBG Systems has added a new inertial system to its Ekinox Series With an integrated dual antenna GPS GLONASS receiver the Ekinox D is a ready to use survey grade inertial navigation system SBG Systems said GNSS data and inertial information are fused by an Extended Kalman Filter EKF to improve data integrity This computation allows the system to achieve 005 roll pitch and true heading 5 cm heave and 2 cm RTK GNSS position Indoor Location to Dominate With more than 1 billion new smartphones forecast to use indoor location technologies in 2018 there are significant opportunities according to a report by ABI Research ABI has forecast that by 2014 hybrid solutions will have surpassed standalone indoor location technologies on smartphones with Wi Fi and sensor fusion hybrid solutions reaching 900 million units in 2018 Network Software Upgraded Topcon Positioning Group announces new reference station network software TopNET v10 bringing new features and functionality to the TopNET reference station software suite The software is a scalable solution supporting everything from a single CORS station to multiple CORS sites covering a large geographical area Users of a TopNET reference network get GNSS RTK correction data generated using information from all reference stations in a network This feature allows regional use of RTK while providing data that is specific for each local rover Topcon said GPS Source Approval for GLI FLO GPS Sources GLI FLO has been granted security approval by the Global Positioning Systems Directorate which gives GPS Source the opportunity to supply military end users and prime contractors with a DAGR Distributed Device D3 that meets the mandate for reliability and security GPS Source said VIC100 Series GPS Precision Timing Antennas Standard and Enhanced Filter Models Secure Performance by attenuating noise and interference near GPS L1 frequency through triple and enhanced quad filtering designs Durable and Reliable in severe environments RoHS Compliant http www panasonic com gps GPS World September 2013 www gpsworld com 30
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