Frontier Precision and Industry News

Tech Talk: Introduction to the Trimble R1 GNSS Receiver

This Frontier Precision Tech Talk introduces the new Trimble R1 GNSS Receiver. This small, rugged, lightweight GNSS receiver will pair with iOS, Android, Windows, and Windows Mobile devices through a Bluetooth Connection to provide high precision GNSS data. [youtube...

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Are You Using Mobile Devices for Data Collection?

Read Trimble's White Paper: Precision Positioning - Addressing the Mobile Device Accuracy Issue The use of smartphones and tablets is continuing to grow in the mapping and GIS industry. In some applications, and with the right accessories, these smart devices can be...

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What’s New in FieldSeeker® GIS – Part 2

What’s New in FieldSeeker® GIS – Part 2

There was so much to tell you about on this subject, we only got partway through it last time. View What’s New in FieldSeeker® GIS – Part 1. Here are some more awesome new features of FieldSeeker GIS: Trap Results, Landing Counts, Etc. Visible on Map Lab surveillance...

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Trimble Announces the R2 Receiver

Trimble Announces the R2 Receiver

Today at Intergeo 2015 Trimble announced the Trimble R2 GNSS receiver. It is compact and portable weighing only 2.4 lbs. (1.08 kilograms). With one button operation and field swappable battery, the receiver can be pole or vehicle mounted or carried on a backpack. The...

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What’s New in FieldSeeker® GIS – Part 1

What’s New in FieldSeeker® GIS – Part 1

The biggest news is that FieldSeeker Mobile software is now available for iPads and iPhones. The iOS Mobile software is a native app, so it’s fast and sleek. It uses the Esri runtime, so it has all the great mapping & GIS awesomeness you’d expect. You can view...

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What Does the ArcGIS Online Entitlement Mean to You?

What Does the ArcGIS Online Entitlement Mean to You?

Today, most people want to use a smartphone or tablet to access geographic data and maps in the field frequently, even without internet connectivity.  I’ll go out on a limb and say you fall into this category, as well. If you haven’t started with ArcGIS Online you are...

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Implementing GPS Data in Your DataPlus® Mobile Application

Implementing GPS Data in Your DataPlus® Mobile Application

One of the new features in DataPlus Mobile is a GPS App tab for easily adding spatial data to your DataPlus Mobile application. Through the GPS tab you can add latitude, longitude and elevation fields to your DataPlus Mobile application. In addition you can also...

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Data Transfer: Help I Can’t See My Buttons!

Data Transfer: Help I Can’t See My Buttons!

Getting a new device is always an exciting thing. A fresh new box, bubble rap and maybe even packing peanuts. The unit is nice and shinny and ready to collect data. But when you plug it in and go to your Data Transfer tool...All the buttons are hidden hidden on the...

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Tech Talk: MSL/Geoid Selection Issue in GPS Pathfinder Office

Tech Talk: MSL/Geoid Selection Issue in GPS Pathfinder Office

Are you running into an issue where the MSL or Geoid Model selection in the Coordinate System Options is unavailable? The option will look grayed out like this: This issue is due to an incorrect file search by the Coordinate System Manager. In this Tech Talk video we...

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Pathfinder 5.70 Terminology Change in Differential Correction

Pathfinder 5.70 Terminology Change in Differential Correction

The latest release of Pathfinder Office 5.70 there is a slight change in some terminology within the differential correction wizard. In pre 5.70 your options for reference position are "Use reference position from base files" and "Use reference position from base...

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