Frontier Precision and Industry News

Webinar: Best Practices for GIS Data Collection

Do you have questions about GIS data collection? Would you like to learn how to increase efficiency and accuracy to get the most out of your field sessions? This Frontier Precision webinar, hosted by Mel Philbrook will highlight some crucial information related to...

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Mosquito Control and UAS

Mosquito Control and UAS

As a mosquito control professional, do you sometimes find it challenging to locate mosquito breeding sources in difficult to access areas?  Or do you wish you had a better method to inspect properties using an aerial view to identify potential breeding sources? ...

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Properly Displaying Background Data in Trimble TerraSync

Properly Displaying Background Data in Trimble TerraSync

Loading a background into Trimble TerraSync can be a handy tool for your next mapping project. In order to be successful there are a few settings that need to be configured for TerraSync to display your data. First, make sure that the Background option under Layers in...

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Tech Talk: Navigation using Trimble TerraSync on a Geo 7x

Where is that point? TerraSync can help you get there! In this Tech Talk we discuss how to use the navigation functionality of Trimble TerraSync. We will be using a Trimble Geo 7x with SBAS real time corrections, to navigate to a point and between two points along a...

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GIS-Centric – Why Does it Matter?

GIS-Centric – Why Does it Matter?

I spent some time last week with CityWorks® and its partners, responding to a mosquito control opportunity in Florida. One of the big selling points for CityWorks is that it is GIS-Centric. What does that mean? Why does it matter? In their case, it means that the...

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Field to Aerial – Closing the Loop

Field to Aerial – Closing the Loop

It’s critical that aircraft spraying be done effectively. Nothing is as expensive or as high profile as this type of treatment, and even in mosquito control operations that do a lot of it, efficient use of this tool is of utmost importance. FieldSeeker® GIS software...

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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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