PointMan and Trimble Catalyst

By: Peter Srajer, CLS, P. Eng. and Benjamin Skogen, CPM Summary Trimble Catalyst is a software based GNSS receiver as opposed to the use of the dedicated processors and firmware programming that is on board a conventional hardware receiver. The Trimble Catalyst uses the DA1 antenna and processing power of a compatible mobile device to […]

PointMan Now Supports Geoidal Models

By: Peter Srajer, CLS, P. Eng. and Benjamin Skogen, CPM Synopsis of Issue The survey and engineering worlds have various methods of determining the height of a point on the ground surface. In the same manner as horizontal coordinates having different datums, so do vertical coordinates. There are three surfaces we are concerned with in […]

Transparent Earth Dashboard & Layer Panel Update 

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New 2020 Maintenance Schedule

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Happy New Year! In December, we proposed a new maintenance schedule for 2020 so that we can conduct maintenance on the platform without the down-time interfering with client operations. Maintenance and routine updates may cause visible changes or require certain features to be temporarily disabled. Our first maintenance […]

Ground-breaking initiative by Colorado DOT

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ACQ5 Announces ProStar as Winner of Three Awards

UNITED KINGDOM–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ACQ5 Magazine has recognized ProStar Geocorp with three major ACQ5 awards for 2019. ACQ5 Global Awards honor firms and individuals whose activities set the standard for the global markets. “Being recognized by ACQ5 with multiple awards for 2019 is a great honor,” said Page Tucker, CEO. “Anytime our company is recognized is rewarding […]

Solving a Global Problem with Precision Mapping Solutions

  ProStar won Growth Technology Company of the Year for its Geospatial Software Development, Technology Company of the Year and Game Changer of the Year. ProStar is also the featured cover story for the latest publication of ACQ5 Magazine honoring the global winners. Read the full article below.