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Table of contents A sailing yacht equipped with a Raymarine EV-100 autopilot has been successfully upgraded with a high-precision GNSS system based on an ArduSimple receiver and CAN bus (NMEA 2000) interface. The system is currently installed and operating on board. It provides GNSS positioning data directly to the vessel’s NMEA 2000 network, where it […]

Table of contents Description Before starting a road or any other heavy construction project the site ground has to be settled in the first place. Otherwise the site ground might move during the construction process causing instability and affecting the materials. To settle the site ground a heavy layer of sand is placed on top

Survey objective: precise mapping of drainage and soil conditions Across several Finnish municipalities, the Maa-Akatemia (Soil/Land Academy) team studied how water moves through farmland and how soil structure influences it. Their goal was to give farmers and local authorities clear maps showing the condition of drainage systems and soil health — two key parts of

Researchers at Umeå University tested how RTK GNSS can support artificial intelligence (AI) control systems in large forestry machines (full article is available here). The goal was to check if a vehicle control system trained only in computer simulation could work directly on a real 31-ton forestry forwarder without further tuning — a process called

What are PAPI lights? PAPI Lights (Precision Approach Path Indicator) are a set of four bright lights installed next to a runway. They help pilots know if they are exactly on the correct descent path while landing. Here’s how they work: Each light can shine either white (if the pilot is above the correct angle)

Why accurate strawberry yield mapping matters Knowing how many strawberries are growing in a field — and exactly where they are — is critical for farmers and researchers. It helps them plan harvest schedules, manage workers, and optimize production. Traditionally, this counting is done manually, which takes a lot of time and is often not

The challenge: how to test autonomous robots reliably Testing autonomous agricultural robots is not easy. Farmers and researchers need to know if these machines can work safely and stay inside defined areas (geofences). Existing test setups were limited: they were fixed in place, could only track one object, and did not work well in real

Why cheaper mobile 3D mapping tools are needed Professional mobile scanning systems are accurate, but often cost over €50,000 like Faro Orbis mobile scanner. This makes them too expensive for small teams or schools. There is a need for affordable alternative systems that cost around €1,000, are portable, easy to use, accurate, and work with

Today we want to share a customer project that might be interesting for the PCB manufacturing enthusiasts. Github’s user WildBuckwheat developed a PCB board to connect ArduSimple simpleRTK2B Micro F9P to a Raspberry Pi in a very neat way. Actually it can connect to any product from the Micro series, as they are all pin

Mapping a bronze age cemetery in Sellindge, UK A team of archaeologists recently carried out a detailed survey at a Bronze Age barrow cemetery near Sellindge, Kent, UK. The site includes several burial mounds/barrows and traces of ancient settlements. During the work, an inverted-urn cremation burial was also uncovered in the center of one of