Use of the global positioning system is all around us. From the satnav in your car to quadcopters hovering above a point, there are hundreds of ways we use the Global Positioning System every day.

No audio available for this content. Topcon Positioning Group has released a new excavator system with local positioning system (LPS) capabilities. The X-53i LPS is designed to provide a solution for ...

Schiebel has successfully concluded a series of flight trials with EADS Astrium’s Pseudolite-based Local Positioning System “DeckFinder”, expanding its automated launch and recovery capability for ...

Topcon's X-53i LPS excavator system with local positioning system capabilities is designed to provide machine-controlled excavation in sky-obstructed areas Topcon's X-53i LPS excavator system with ...

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“OH DEAR! OH DEAR! I SHALL BE LATE!” That’s what the White Rabbit said in the opening chapter of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland just before checking the time on its pocket watch.

Under the intelligent gaze of a Trimble robotic total station, A Propst Construction (Concord, N.C.) motor grader, operated by Raymond McDonald, blades off a treated and compacted base for new lanes ...