TrimbleProPointEngine:Next-GenerationCentimeterPositioningandOrientation 2
The Trimble
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ProPoint
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GNSS engine, housed within a range of Trimble GNSS receivers, provides
superior performance under challenging GNSS environments. It features groundbreaking
measurement management that leverages the latest developments in GNSS and inertial sensor
fusion. Dive into the white paper below to learn more about this industry-leading technology.
Introduction
In 1992, Trimble released the world's first commercial Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver
capable of performing centimeter-accurate Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) positioning. Although this
first-generation system required the user to position the rover over a known location to initialize
the system, it was revolutionary for land surveyors, enabling topographic mapping, stakeout and
as-built surveys in real time.
Follow-on applications such as construction machine control and agriculture resulted in positioning
engines that have delivered rapid on-the-fly initializations, high update rate and low latency
positions. This technical white paper provides an overview of the Trimble ProPoint GNSS engine,
the fifth generation RTK/RTX precision positioning engine, engineered to provide positions and
orientation from the fusion of GNSS signals, worldwide correction services and measurement data
from a variety of sensors.
