NovAtel Documentation LATEST UPDATES

The NovAtel documentation page on the NovAtel website contains the latest documentation for your NovAtel OEMV family receiver (as well as documentation for earlier series), Includes the most recent version of user manuals, addenda, and Quick Start Guides. A matrix of their current products versus the released manuals and guides associated with them can be found here:

NovAtel Document Updates Page

Please compare the version of each document you currently posses with the versions listed on this page to determine whether or not you have the latest documents.

Documentation Updates Include:

• OEMV™ Family
  
• OEM4 Family
  
• Antenna and Choke Ring
  
• Waypoint
  
• Aviation
  
• L1 Family
  
• SPAN™
  
• Other (MPC and MAT)
  
• GPS+ Reference Manual
  
• Archive (OEM4, OEM3, OEM2)
  

NovAtel SPAN (Synchronized Position Attitude Navigation)

This guide demonstrates how NovAtel’s GPS/INS technology, SPAN (Synchronized Position Attitude Navigation), can be integrated into an aerial photogrammetry application, with the Inertial Explorer software package, providing post-processing capability. The document incorporates four different aspects of the SPAN system, they are:

• Equipment Overview
  
• Equipment Setup
  
• Test Methodology
  
• Testing Results
  

GL1DE Technology

In April 2008, NovAtel launched its new GL1DE technology which becomes the latest enhancement to NovAtel's signature OEMV® product line. GL1DE technology is ideal for agricultural guidance applications, where pass-to-pass repeatability is critical. GL1DE optimally combines L1 code and L1 phase data to produce consistent positional output for developers of guidance applications.

Users of GL1DE will experience a smooth, consistent position appropriate for both lightbar and autosteer systems. Position jumps are virtually eliminated. GL1DE improves the stability of single point (autonomous), SBAS, CDGPS and OmniStar VBS positioning modes, and delivers pass-to-pass repeatability of between 20cm to 30cm within a 15 minute interval. Users in parts of the world where a WAAS or EGNOS-type solution is not available to improve positioning stability, can use GL1DE technology to maintain a stable, usable solution over longer intervals.

GL1DE's pass-to-pass functionality is a perfect example of an enhancement we have developed to meet specific industry requirements; in this case, the agricultural industry, where it can be utilized to help farmers maximize their crop yields by significantly increasing the repeatability of their precision guidance tools.