| NEWSBRIEFS –INDUSTRY |
| Topcon and Sokkia merge |
The merger between Topcon Corporation
and Sokkia Co, Ltd, both with corporate
headquarters in Japan, was confirmed
on 5 February. Both companies are the
two largest Japanese manufacturers of
survey equipment. Sokkia will become
a wholly owned subsidiary of
Topcon Corporation. |
| MobileMapper 6
and ProMark 500
by Magellan |
Magellan has recently
introduced the
rugged, waterproof,
handheld  GPS/GIS
receiver, fulfilling
the requirements for
low-cost, professional
GIS field data collection. It is
expected to particularly appeal to forestry
and other natural resource organizations,
oil and gas, agriculture, utilities,
and businesses
large and small
that can collect
GIS data with 2-5 meter accuracy
in real-time with
SBAS corrections.
ProMark 500, a
dual-frequency GNSS receiver
from Magellan processes GPS, GLONASS
and SBAS signals to offer land surveyors
fast, real-time centimeter-level accurate surveying. www.pro.magellangps.com.
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| Guidance system for Army program |
Integrated Guidance Systems LLC
(IGS LLC), a Honeywell International
and Rockwell Collins joint venture,
has been awarded a subcontract to
provide the deeply integrated navigator
for the U.S. Army Non-Line of Sight-
Launch System (NLOS-LS) program
It calls for developing guidance systems
for the NLOS-LS Precision Attack
Missile (PAM) and Container Launch
Unit (CLU). www.rockwellcollins.com*----------ry
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| Sprinter 50 from Leica Geosystem |
Leica Sprinter 50 is a multifunctional
levelling tool which is compact and
lightweight, yet easy to use, and error
free, electronic level. The user can just
aim, focus, and measure by pressing
one button displaying the data instantly.
Misreadings are eliminated, and error
reducing functions, such as the tilt
sensor, prevent the system from
measuring if the user operates
outside the compensator range. |
| ERDAS IMAGINE 9.2 by
Leica Geospatial Imaging |
Leica has released ERDAS
IMAGINE® 9.2, indu+stry’s leading
collection of software tools designed
to manipulate, process and understand
imagery. www.leica-geosystems.com |
| Utilities solutions to small
providers and electric Co-ops |
Intergraph Corp. shall be offering the
benefits of its utility outage management,
workforce management and GIS
technology to rural and small utilities and
electric cooperatives through packaged
solutions for the smaller utility market.
It is now able to provide utilities of all
sizes - from the smallest to the largest-with end-to-end solutions for the design
and operations of the utility distribution
network. www.intergraph.com. |
| PCI Geomatics India launched |
PCI Geomatics has launched of a new
international office in India. It will be
led by Dr. Ashok Kaushal, Director and
Country Manager, and, under special
license, will offer PCI Geomatics
technology, services and solutions
for both the private and government
sectors. www.pcigeomatics.com |
| Infotech awarded new Catalist
framework agreement |
Infotech Enterprises has been awarded by
OGCbuying solutions, the Government's
leading procurement services organisation
for the UK to provide a broad remit of Geospatial Information Services and
Solutions for public sector customers
under the new Catalist GISS framework
agreement. www.infotech-enterprises.com |
| Hemisphere GPS introduces
outback S3 |
Hemisphere GPS has recently introduced
Outback S3™ representing the next
generation in Outback Guidance®
products by Hemisphere GPS. It
combines the most popular features
of both the market proven Outback
S2™ and the Outback 360™ with
the latest developments in Crescent®
GPS receiver technology. |
| NXP launches first Gps chipset
following GloNav acquisition |
After the acquisition of GPS
technology provider GloNav Inc, NXP
Semiconductors has announced its first
single-chip, Assisted-GPS solution. It is
designed for use in both mobile phones
and standalone Personal Navigation
Devices. NXP claims “the industry's
smallest, lowest power, lowest system cost
GPS solution”. www.gpsbusinessnews.com |
| Pictometry and AAMHatch
sign technology agreement |
Pictometry International Corp has signed an
agreement with AAMHatch of Australia to
expand the coverage area for Pictometry’s
patented image capture process into 12
countries. Under the agreement, has
expanded its prior exclusive rights to utilize
Pictometry’s image capture and processing
technology and market image libraries
and software in South Africa, Singapore,
Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Fiji, Papua
New Guinea, East Timor, Brunei, Vietnam,
Laos, and Cambodia. www.pictometry.com. |
| Chronos releases TrineX |
Chronos Technology, the GNSS and RF
Microwave components specialist has
released TrineX CW27, a self-contained
GPS receiver module based on the
Nemerix NX3 A-GPS single chip receiver.
It utilises a new base band processor and
RF front end, the TrineX shall deliverssuperior GPS performance in a small
surface mount package that minimizes
power consumption, maximizing
battery life. www.chronos.co.uk |
| Trimble offers free geocaching
application for Nokia phones |
Trimble has announced the availability of a
free, ad-supported version of its Geocache
Navigator(TM) application for select
Series 60 Nokia devices with integrated
GPS capabilities. It is an application
that brings geocaching capabilities to
the mobile phone and provides real-time
access to Groundspeak's geocaching.
com, the largest geocache database in the
world. Using their GPS-enabled phone,
geocachers can seek the caches using a
uniquely constructed, radar-like interface
that guides them toward their destination.
http://www.geocachenavigator.com/video |
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