GPS Monitoring of Movement with 5mm Accuracy

September 26, 2011 rockman Available Resources Comments Off on GPS Monitoring of Movement with 5mm Accuracy
Applied Geomechanics 3D Tracker GPS monitoring device

Applied Geomechanics 3D Tracker GPS monitoring device

The September AEG News magazine mentioned this GPS based motion tracker by Applied Geomechanics for monitoring of bridges, dams, natural hazards and other features to a high degree of accuracy. The 3D Tracker systems include a base station and one or more receivers that connect via wireless internet to the 3D Tracker Software at a remote PC or optionally to a secure server (run by the vendor?). There are multiple graphical interface options for visualizing the data, and alarms can be set for various movement conditions. [Source: Applied Geomechanics via AEG News. Image: AEG News]

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Geotechnical Monitoring for Tunneling Under I-5 for U-Link Light Rail, Seattle, WA

June 27, 2010 rockman Project Related Comments Off on Geotechnical Monitoring for Tunneling Under I-5 for U-Link Light Rail, Seattle, WA

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Digital Mapping Duopoly

January 15, 2008 rockman Miscellaneous Comments Off on Digital Mapping Duopoly

By way of Geology.com, the Wall Street Journal reports on some interesting news related to GPS and even our beloved Google Maps / Google Earth. Apparently there are only two games in town when it comes to data providers for online and digital mapping products that are used by the aformentioned software as well as your GPS navigation system: Netherlands-based Tele Atlas NV, and Chicago-based Navteq Corp. (Photo by Websteria)

In October, Nokia bought Navteq for …wait for it… $8.1 billion. They plan to use the technology as the basis for a business model involving selling advertising tied to your phone’s location. A month later TomTom, a maker of GPS products, beat out rival Garmin and bought Tele Atlas for $4.2 billion. Were either of these companies really worth that much money? It doesn’t appear like it. Thus concern has been raised that the new owners of the technology might be in a position to hurt competitors by raising prices. We will have to see how things pan out. 

 

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