Septentrio has launched two new products. The AsteRxi is the company’s first multi-sensor GNSS receiver. AsteRxi processes high-quality GNSS measurements with IMU-measurements to generate an enhanced integrated position.
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The award-winning design for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) new Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) replacement laboratory saw its first sign of movement on Sept 15 with a groundbreaking ceremony held in La Jolla, Calif. The $102 million project is funded primarily by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), resulting in a rapidly advanced construction plan for the facility.
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For Kia Motors, selecting the right roof board was an important aspect of the company’s $1 billion project to build a new manufacturing plant in West Point, Ga. Kia and its primary roof design expert for the project, All South Subcontractors Inc. of Birmingham, Ala., were faced with many roof board choices, such as asphaltic, mineral fiberboard, plywood/OSB, wood fiberboard, perlite, and paper faced gypsum.
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From the ION GNSS 2009 Conference in Savannah, Georgia, Hemisphere GPS unveiled the XF102 DGPS receiver Wednesday. The XF102 is the latest addition to Hemisphere GPS’ XF-Series of DGPS receivers for handheld mapping. Hemisphere GPS’ XF102 is designed for professional GIS applications and surveying, and is specifically designed to work with the TDS Nomad handheld GIS data-collection device.
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Original equipment manufacturer (OEM) NovAtel has introduced the SPAN-MPPC at ION GNSS 2009 in Savannah, Georgia. The SPAN-MPPC provides the processing power of the company’s SPAN (Synchronous Position, Attitude and Navigation) engine, the SPAN-SE, in a card-stack form factor that can be integrated into a wide range of navigation applications, NovAtel said.
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4 Strategies for Integrating Buildings into Experiential Learning
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U.S. Green Building Council President, CEO and Founding Chair Rick Fedrizzi today declared that the neighborhood being built by Make It Right New Orleans, the post-Katrina housing initiative launched by actor Brad Pitt, is the “largest and greenest community of single-family homes in the world” at the annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York.
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The second day’s (Tuesday) agenda had parallel tracks.
In the morning session, I had a choice between the International track and the U.S. States and Localities track (USSLS). I spent most of my time in the latter (including presenting a paper) with the exception of the QZSS presentation in the International track.
In the afternoon session, I had a choice between the Timing track and the Surveying, Mapping, and Geosciences track. I chose the latter.
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