Riding Earth’s magnetism: An alternative approach to PNT
October 12, 2020

There are many ways to navigate. For most applications, none surpass the accuracy, affordability and convenience of satellite...

Leading the Way for Trucks
October 11, 2020

In the United States, trucking companies and the Army are both developing systems to automate moving groups of trucks. While...

Research Roundup: Focus on maritime
October 1, 2020

Of the 273 papers researchers presented this year at the Institute of Navigation’s annual ION GNSS+ conference, which took...

Access denied: Anti-jam technology mitigates navigation warfare threats
October 1, 2020

GPS signals are by far the single most widely used and most accurate source of navigation, positioning and timing (PNT),...

LIDAR Is Key To Autonomous Vehicles
February 23, 2017

Technology for autonomous vehicles builds on car navigation systems that have been commonplace for years and new collision-avoidance...

Custom, Portable Maps — Via App!
December 12, 2016

Avenza has evolved its map products into an app that lets people upload their own map—or download a map of their choice—to...

Advancing GNSS, Full Interview
May 16, 2016

Interview with Septentrio’s Business Development Manager, Jan Van Hees, and R&D Director, Bruno Bougard Septentrio...

Navigating Without Addresses
April 10, 2015

New codes aim to bring billions of people into the geospatial market When we mail a letter to an address in an industrialized...

Tracking Aircraft in Flight
April 10, 2015

The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 on March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board, was both tragic and stunning....