Posted on July 21st, 2008 by Theron Hatch
If you’ve ever been stuck under a tree canopy or tried to capture a point which would require you to lose satellite reception, the LaserTech TruPulse 360B is a great solution for creating real-time offsets directly in your Trimble handheld. In our testing environment, we hooked up the 360B to a new GeoXH 2008 series [...]
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Posted on May 29th, 2008 by Theron Hatch
The Small Municipal and County Government Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) program now offers an option to add unlimited access to ArcPad and ArcPad Application Builder via the ArcPad add-on option.
This offer is available to customers who have entered into or are purchasing an ESRI® Small Municipal and County Government Enterprise License Agreement.
Add-on prices per population [...]
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Posted on May 27th, 2008 by Theron Hatch
GEO-Jobe is now offering an instructor-led online course for Trimble GPS users. The GPS Mapping for GIS course includes the following:
Fundamentals of GPS
Satellite requirements
Working with base stations
Real-time vs. Post-processing
Overview of TerraSync
Importing and using a data dictionary
Importing background layers
Logging features
Logging attributes
Saving your work to transfer
Overview of Pathfinder Office
Transferring data from the Trimble unit
Post processing data
Exporting [...]
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Posted on May 20th, 2008 by Theron Hatch
The GeoXH 2008 is one of most feature packed professional GPS units available today. We showed yesterday that it can provide accuracy down to decimeter level while using the Zephyr antenna kit. Here are some other things that are pretty nifty.
High resolution VGA screen
3.5 inch VGA (480 x 640 pixel) display
For crisp [...]
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Posted on May 19th, 2008 by Theron Hatch
The new Trimble® GeoXH® 2008 is here! Whether you need to collect high-accuracy GIS data, quickly locate hidden or buried infrastructure, or view existing GIS data in the field, the GeoXH 2008 handheld provides the perfect solution. The GeoXH™ now provides real-time subfoot (30 cm) and decimeter (10 cm/4 inch) accuracy, making it the [...]
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Posted on April 7th, 2008 by Theron Hatch
I read recently that thieves are looking for cars with GPS units not so much to steal the GPS device, but to see if your address is listed in the “Home” saved location. Most GPS devices have a “Home” option where you can store and easily retrieve your home address without having to retype it [...]
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Posted on April 3rd, 2008 by Neill Jobe
The TN Geographic Information Council (TNGIC) Conference was a huge success last week in beautiful downtown Chattanooga, TN. We would like to thank everyone that participated this year and throw out a “special thank you” to everyone involved in organizing the event. I think everyone would agree that this year’s Conference Committees did an outstanding [...]
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Posted on March 20th, 2008 by Theron Hatch
Here is the latest Geocaching info for next week’s TNGIC event. You can download the PDF here.
Here’s the scoop:
Date: Tuesday, March 25th
Time: Noon – 3 pm
Location: Chattanooga Convention Center
Teams: should be 4-6 people
Equipment Needed:
- GPS receiver (Bring your own. GEO-Jobe will provide up to 4 Trimble GPS Units)
- Good walking shoes
- Downloaded data/map files [...]
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Posted on March 17th, 2008 by Theron Hatch
So where does the time go that it’s almost TNGIC time again? It’s going to be a great event this year with some folks you are familiar with organizing it again - and doing a great job I might add. GEO-Jobe is heading up the Geo-cache event and Cliff is out capturing a [...]
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Posted on March 4th, 2008 by Theron Hatch
GPS Pathfinder ProXRT Receiver Sets New Standard for Mapping Accuracies and Convenience
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) today introduced a flexible Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver for Geographic Information System (GIS) data collection and mapping—the GPS Pathfinder® ProXRT receiver. The receiver combines a high-performance GPS receiver with Trimble® H-Star™ technology, OmniSTAR correction capability, and optional GLONASS [...]
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