NovAtel's ProPak-LB is the first OmniSTARHP enabled GPS engine on the market. With subscription to this new dual frequency satellite service, the ProPak-LB can deliver decimeter-level positioning accuracy. This level of accuracy is achieved without the additional cost or inconvenience of a user base station and radio link.

"This new technology gives the real time kinematic (RTK) GPS user a fully portable decimeter-level positioning system. This is ideal for applications like Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data collection, precision agriculture and unmanned systems," says Pat Fenton, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for NovAtel.

"Furthermore, it demonstrates to our customers that we are fast adopters and integrators of cutting-edge technologies that deliver more precise positioning solutions."

The ProPak-LB is powered by NovAtel's OEM4 GPSCard. The OEM4 card is a small, high performance, dual frequency receiver featuring patented Pulse Aperature Correlator (PAC) technology.

This state-of-the art positioning technology virtually eliminates the effects of multipath errors. These are GPS positioning errors caused by the interaction of the GPS satellite signal and its reflections.

The complementary GPS-600-LB antenna features NovAtel's patent pending Pinwheel technology and is designed to operate at the GPS L1 and L2, and OmniSTAR L-Band frequencies. It is a high precision antenna with excellent reception of low-elevation angle satellites, both GPS and OmniSTAR. The antenna is also optimized to minimize multipath effects.

OmniSTAR has installed dual frequency receivers and a proprietary process at its base stations in the Americas, Europe and Australia. This new service operates 24 hours per day and reduces the problem of insufficient common satellites occasionally experienced by RTK users.

"The bottom line is the new HP differential correction service provides users with higher navigation accuracy than was previously available," said Max Huff, Vice President of Marketing & Customer Support for OmniSTAR.

NovAtel Inc. designs, markets and supports a broad range of products that determine precise geographic locations using the Global Positioning System (GPS) and is the principal supplier of reference receivers to WAAS ground networks around the world.

NovAtel's GPS products are used principally for applications in precision markets such as the surveying, geographic information systems, aviation, marine, mining, machine control, agriculture and precise timing markets.

OmniSTAR is the world's market leader in providing DGPS enhancement data via satellite. With worldwide coverage, 94 reference stations around the globe, and 2 network control centers, the company provides highly reliable positioning services. OmniSTAR is owned by Fugro NV, a worldwide services company with over 250 offices in more than 55 countries. Fugro provides surveying, positioning, geoscience and geotechnical services, both onshore and offshore.

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