Back in mid July 2011 The U.S. Air Force successfully launched GPS IIF-2 Space Vehicle Number (SVN) 63 This is Boeing's 2nd of 12 GPS satellites to be launched per the IIF series to replace older GPS SV's. This one is replacing SVN 24 which has been in service for over 20 years. History of American "NAVSTAR" GPS [...]
Have you ever wondered where is it or how to turn on the "Status Bar" for ArcPad 8 and 10? This helps you see scale of the map and allows you to see the In the Field Estimated Accuracy or Post Processed Horizontal Estimated Accuracy instead of having to toggle over to the Trimble GPS Correct/Trimble Positions screen to see [...]
You have probably heard of the term "Metadata" for GIS but did you know that can have Metadata for your GPS information that will enhance your GIS data? If you are a Trimble TerraSync and GPS Pathfinder Office user you can take advantage of exporting out extra important "Metadata" information relating to your GPS data [...]
If you have a Geo 6000 XT/XH Series Receiver and would like to use the internal camera with ArcPad 10 please see our Seiler Mapping Support Website. The support for "Working with the Geo 6000 Series Receivers Camera and ArcPad 10" is listed at the bottom of the Hardware Support Notes section. ArcPad 10 added [...]
As of June 15th: Light Squared asked for an extension before their deadline was up and they were granted 2 more weeks - a final report is now due July 1st 2011. As of June 10th: Light Squared testing so far has not bode well for them to prove that their Radio Frequency will not interfere [...]
The following Trimble MGIS White Papers are avaialble for viewing and download: Accuracy in the Hands of the Workforce: Portable GPS Devices Prove Central to Accurate Solutions Mobile GIS Improves Collaboration Case Study Trimble Mapping & GIS Products - New Postprocessing Engine Differentiating between recreational and professional grade GPS receivers
After you install ArcPad on your Trimble Geo Explorer and then install Trimble GPS Correct the default settings are: Protocol: Trimble GPS Correct Port: COM3:TSIP Serial port Baud: 9600 The Internal "GPS COM" Ports and Baud rates will be different with a Nomd, Juno and Yuma as those are "SIRF" GPS chips not Trimble GPS chips [...]
If you have ever tried the Quick Projects in ArcPad you probably found out that you were limited to using the default project template which creates one point, one line, and one polygon shapefile with a handful of attribute fields. Now in ArcPad 10 you can create your own template for your Quick Project. I would like [...]
CartoPac Field Solutions Technical Tips GPS Point Averaging What it is and when to use it. What is Point Averaging? Point Averaging is an easy way to improve GPS positional accuracy in the field. Point averaging is the collection of a number of points taken over a given interval and their collective positions are averaged [...]
Interesting time line of the Trimble Geo Explorer Series handheld GPS device. A fellow GPS/GIS training (Alex Mahrou with http://blog.rockymountaingeo.com ) has shared with me a time line of the Trimble Geo Explorer Series handheld GPS units. See this link for the Trimble Geo Explorer Timeline from the late 1990's to today. What does the future [...]