A one-chip multiconstellation GNSS receiver, now in volume production, has been tested in severe urban environments to demonstrate the benefits of multiconstellation operation in a consumer receiver.

Does combining GPS and GLONASS observations make a difference? The International GNSS Service (IGS) has been providing such data for several years. Representatives from two IGS analysis centers ...

NIS Chief Executive dispels certain myths surrounding the Russian satellite navigation system. The GLONASS satellite navigation system is an unusual project. On the one hand everyone has heard of this ...

A recent series of satellite launches has made Russia's Global Navigation Satellite System (Glonass) systems almost fully operational. The surveillance and positioning system's commercial and military ...

Sticking a GPS module in a project has been a common occurrence for a while now, whether it be for a reverse geocache or for a drone telemetry system. These GPS modules are expensive, though, and they ...

With the Glonass satellite-navigation constellation nearly complete, Russia's plan to wean itself off the US Global Positioning System (GPS) appears to be coming to fruition. But Moscow now says it ...

A few weeks ago, China launched the final satellite in its BeiDou-3 satellite positioning system. Didn’t know that China had its own GPS? How about Europe’s Galileo, Russia’s GLONASS, or Japan’s QZSS?

GLONASS is an acronym, which stands for Globalnaya Navigazionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema, or Global Navigation Satellite System. GLONASS is, basically, Russia’s version of GPS (Global Position System), ...

GNSS also uses the best positioned satellites to calculate the current position, with satellites positioned between 70 and 90 degrees being the best for calculating vertical position. Satellites ...

Managers of Russia’s Glonass satellite navigation constellation will reach their goal of having a full set of 24 functioning satellites in orbit by the end of this year, fulfilling a decade-long ...

Apple surprised the tech world this week by silently adding support for the Russian satellite navigation system known as GLONASS to the feature list of its new iPhone 4S smartphone. According to the ...