66 Show report | Intergeo The Navigator integrates with YellowScan’s CloudStation for desktopbased Lidar data-processing and storage, with extensive configuration options, including auto-detection, visualisation and colourisation of strips (when combined with photo datasets), and the exporting of survey files in .LAS format for interfacing with all other end-user software tools. SOMAG unveiled the GSM 5000, its newest and largest gyro-stabilisation mount for sensors for airborne data acquisition. “Its predecessor, the GSM 4000, was released in 2014, and in the last two to three years we captured a lot of information from our clients on what we could improve,” said Sebastian Schreiber. “Based on that feedback, we made this new product with an increased diameter of the mount, an increased movement range and a nicer interface with improved cabling, as well as removing the manual oil valving. Basically, a lot of small changes. But those add up to make a better overall product.” The GSM 5000 has a 425 mm usable mount diameter (compared with the 4000’s 410 mm), while maintaining the same width of the overall product. The new system can pitch by 10.1° and roll by 8° to the 4000’s 8.8° pitch and 7° roll, meaning the 5000 has 33% more movement range in the horizontal plane and thus 33% more movementcompensation capacity than its predecessor. “What really stands out is the drift range. Before, the drift was +/-25°, but now we can rotate the mount almost 360°, which gives a lot more opportunities for photogrammetric or Lidar modelling applications,” Schreiber said. The pivot point of the mount has been relocated to the base plate, minimising displacement of the sensor system in the aircraft hatch during horizontal rotation and reducing the risk of collision. This design innovation can eliminate movement restrictions and enhances the FoV for the sensor system, provided the latter allows for deeper installation within the hatch and mount. Pitch and roll movements of the GSM 5000 are achieved using hydraulic pistons and cylinders, while the drift is electromechanically actuated. Units of the product are available for pre-order, with deliveries beginning in spring 2025. Advanced Navigation unveiled its new Certus Mini series of inertial systems, which has been designed and optimised to address several key areas of interest for integrators of the company’s navigation solutions (including both autonomous vehicle OEMs and operators). “Higher-end users can still choose the rest of our full Certus product range up to the Certus Evo - meanwhile, the Certus Minis are engineered to forgo some features like Ethernet, onboard data logging, and ruggedisation, to make them as small, light, and low-cost as possible, while still having all core functional requirements, high positioning accuracy, and interference rejection for really lightweight vehicle applications,” said Advanced Navigation’s Alex Lloyd. “That especially includes lightweight UAVs for all geospatial applications - but we do still have a few quite large and heavy vehicle integrators who are interested in the Certus Mini series - particularly the Certus Mini D, which is the dual antenna INS product in that range, and it can hence give heading data for a ground or hovering vehicle while it’s stationary.” Along with the Certus Mini D, which weighs 55 g, two other products comprise the new product range, to cater for the different echelons of endintegrators. These are the Certus Mini N, a 43 g single antenna INS, and the Certus Mini A, which is a 38 g AHRS without an integrated GNSS solution. The three products can be provided with housings, or in OEM forms to further reduce their size and mass (each system’s weight dropping by 30-40 g when its enclosure is omitted). They are also designed to use GPS L5 corrections, greatly boosting their capabilities amid multipathing or other local hazards, from both urban environments like cities, to sparse and rural environments such as agricultural and mining territories. “What’s also important are all the software enhancements in our filter, which enable a platform to accept December/January 2025 | Uncrewed Systems Technology YellowScan's Navigator is a green-light bathymetric laser scanner capable of scanning down to 2 Secchi depths SOMAG’s new GSM 5000 gyro-stabilisation mount can pitch by 10.1° and roll by 8°, giving it 33% more movement range compared with its predecessor’s 8.8° pitch and 7° roll
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