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xyHt News Links: 11/18/16
Orbit GT and CycloMedia join forces with product integration East View Launches MapVault – Online Access to Authoritative Raster Maps Asteri Navigation Launches X-Series of Wearable GNSS Receivers at 2016 Autodesk University AT&T and NASA Collaborate on Drone Traffic Management System DJI offers large drone Matrice 600 Pro Harxon offers new waterproof helical GNSS antenna...
Should We Be Reading Maps or Moving Forward?
There has been a lot of press recently about an announcement from the Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN) declaring that “Society is being sedated by software,” and it would appear that most of the media have jumped on board, like the BBC, The Guardian, even the Western Morning News. I have to agree with them...
Arctic Quests
Multiple agencies and technologies merge to map a historic region of the Canadian Arctic. Adapted from the academic paper, “Arctic Charting and Mapping Pilot Project 2: Sharing Modern Technologies and Resources towards a Common Goal”, by Andrew Leyzack and summarized by Steven Keesee, with a history sidebar by Jeff Salmon.In April 2011, multiple organizations in...
It’s About Time
Australia tech-rebel company Locata is poised to profoundly change the world of positioning, navigation, and timing. In 1994 in Canberra, Australia, accomplished musician and entrepreneur Nunzio Gambale was introduced to a fellow musician, David Small, by Gambale’s cousin who had been giving Small a hand with an interesting experiment. This chance meeting began an amazing partnership in technological development. The scenic capital territory of Australia has its fair...
