Tag: GPS/GNSS 101

Machine control

Three views on the past, present and rapidly evolving future of GPS in heavy construction

Editor’s Note:This is the fourth in a four-part GPS/GNSS 101 series. To read more, click here. It’s hard to believe, but the use of GPS in heavy construction is now more than 15 years old. Mike Momrow, survey manager for the Rifenburg Companies in Troy, New York, was present at its genesis, purchasing and fielding […]

October 10, 2016

Dealers

How to set up and operate a dozer using GPS blade control

Editor’s Note: This is the third in our four-part GPS/GNSS 101 series. To read more, click here. Bulldozers were the first machines to begin operating using GPS satellite data to guide the operator and position the blade. Today these systems have evolved to become more productive and user friendly, but you don’t just jump on one and […]

August 5, 2016

Construction Equipment

GPS Control for Excavators: How it works and how it can make an operator’s life much easier

This is the second in our four-part GPS/GNSS 101 series. To read more, click here. A new and surprisingly useful evolution of this technology   When GPS/GNSS made its first debut in the construction world, dozers and motor graders were the machines of choice to use this earthmoving technology. With precise satellite data and 3D […]

July 15, 2016

Machine control

GPS/GNSS 101: How machine control systems work and what you need to get started

For the contractors who invest in them, GPS/GNSS systems can deliver huge gains in earthmoving productivity, accuracy and speed. But because these are electronic and digital products, and because full blown GPS/GNSS systems for automated blade control can cost $60,000 to $100,000 per machine, many contractors have not taken the leap. If the complexity of […]

June 17, 2016