Once only a slogan scrawled on GNSS developers’ whiteboards, the mantra of “centimeter accuracy for everyone, everywhere” is coming true. The ability to achieve survey-grade (2cm horizontal and 5cm vertical) GNSS-derived positions without post-processing, a base station, network, radio, or cell service has long been atop every forward-thinking surveyor’s wish list. Today it is here. [...]
Christian Brodbeck is an engineering professor with Alabama’s Auburn University. On a recent trip to East Africa, he and six students constructed a water distribution system in an isolated village in Rwanda where there is no electricity or running water. And, of course, no WiFi. Yet Brodbeck has received some of the highest accuracy positioning [...]
One of the world’s most famous volcanoes, Italy’s Mount Etna, is also among the most active. Etna’s ongoing eruptions attract scientists seeking to better understand the volcanic activity and develop tools to predict the mountain’s behavior. In a recent interview with Trimble experts, geophysicists from Slovakia and Italy discuss how they use a Trimble® R10 [...]
Trimble VRS Now Discontinuation of Service in Texas/Oklahoma Summary: Trimble will no longer offer its Trimble VRS Now correction data service effective December 31 st 2017. Effective November 1st, 2017, subscribing to Trimble VRS Now Services in Texas/Oklahoma or renewing existing subscriptions for this coverage area is no longer available. Centerpoint® RTX Fast services will be available for [...]
Trimble Affected receiver type: Trimble R10 and Trimble NetR9 Geospatial Receivers. In order to continue providing quality Trimble CenterPoint® RTX and Trimble xFill™ service, on July 21, 2015 from 11:00am to 12:00 pm CDT, there will be a transition to a new Central beam satellite broadcast that delivers a different coverage area. The Central North American [...]