SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble
(NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today a new version of its CenterPoint®
RTX correction service that delivers convergence to 4 centimeter
horizontal accuracy in less than 5 minutes. The service is ideal
for a variety of precision agriculture operations and is available
for use with the Trimble® CFX-750™ display.
Trimble CenterPoint RTX delivers highly accurate GNSS
corrections via satellite without the need for traditional
reference station RTK infrastructure, mobile data plans or
additional on-machine hardware. The GNSS-enabled correction service
delivers repeatable, real-time high accuracy positions ideal for
land preparation, planting, harvesting and other high precision
farming applications.
Enabled by the new version of RTX technology, RTX version 5.0,
the fast convergence time is the result of a new region-specific
atmospheric model and a dense ground reference station network.
Growers will realize an approximate 80 percent improvement in RTX
convergence time as compared to the RTX-standard service that
typically provides 30 minute convergence time. Delivered via a new
satellite broadcast covering western and central Europe, the new service will be available in
Austria, Belgium, Czech
Republic, France,
Ireland, Germany, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, Western
Poland, Southern Sweden and
the United Kingdom.
"We are continually advancing our Trimble RTX technology to
improve productivity in the field," said Patricia Boothe, general manager of Trimble
Positioning Services. "Faster initialization times allow growers to
start working more quickly, freeing up time to focus on other farm
operations. No other satellite-delivered correction service today
can offer better than 4 centimeter accuracy in less than 5
minutes."
Availability
The new Trimble CenterPoint RTX-5 minute initialization
correction service is expected to be available in April of 2015.
Subscribers must have a CFX-750 display with firmware version 7.0
installed and purchase an RTK unlock in order to activate the new
service. For more information, visit:
http://www.trimble.com/positioning-services.
About Trimble RTX Technology
The patent-pending Trimble RTX (Real Time eXtended) technology
utilizes data from a global reference station infrastructure to
compute high accuracy positions based on satellite orbit and clock
information. Trimble RTX can achieve better than 4 centimeter (1.5
inch) accuracies in real time. RTX-based positioning innovations
are available via convenient, easy to access satellite delivery,
eliminating the need for cellular coverage and data plans
traditionally required to obtain high performance positions.
Trimble RTX correction services leverage GPS, GLONASS, QZSS and
BeiDou satellite systems, and are available throughout much of the
world.
About Trimble's Agriculture Division
Trimble Agriculture solutions enable customers to maximize
efficiency and reduce chemical and fertilizer inputs while also
protecting natural resources and the environment. Trimble's
precision agriculture solutions cover all seasons, crops, terrains,
and farm sizes, and its brand-agnostic strategy allows farmers to
use Trimble products on most vehicles in their fleet—regardless of
manufacturer. To enable better decision making, Trimble offers the
Connected Farm solution which allows farmers to collect, share, and
manage information across their farm in real time. To optimize
water use, Trimble provides water solutions for irrigation,
drainage, and land leveling. Trimble's product suite includes
vehicle and implement guidance and steering, as well as a portfolio
of correction options that are the most versatile of their kind in
the industry. Additional solutions include an unmanned aircraft
system (UAS) for aerial imaging and mapping; application control
for seed, liquid, and granular products; a harvest solution; and
farm management software.
For more information on Trimble Agriculture, visit:
www.trimble.com/agriculture.
About Trimble
Trimble applies technology to make field and mobile workers in
businesses and government significantly more productive. Solutions
are focused on applications requiring position or
location—including surveying, construction, agriculture, fleet and
asset management, public safety and mapping. In addition to
utilizing positioning technologies, such as GPS, lasers and optics,
Trimble solutions may include software content specific to the
needs of the user. Wireless technologies are utilized to deliver
the solution to the user and to ensure a tight coupling of the
field and the back office. Founded in 1978, Trimble is
headquartered in Sunnyvale,
Calif.
For more information, visit: www.trimble.com.
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