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     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 1999
                                                    Registration No. 333-_______

                     U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    Form S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                           TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LIMITED
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         California                                 94-2802192
 (State or other jurisdiction            (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  of incorporation or organization)

                              645 North Mary Avenue
                           Sunnyvale, California 94088
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                        1988 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
                             1993 Stock Option Plan
                            (Full title of the plans)

                               Steven W. Berglund
                       President & Chief Executive Officer
                           Trimble Navigation Limited
                              645 North Mary Avenue
                           Sunnyvale, California 94088
                     (Name and address of agent for service)
                                 (408) 481-8000
           Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service


                                    Copy to:

                             John B. Goodrich, Esq.
                       Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
                            Professional Corporation
                               650 Page Mill Road
                        Palo Alto, California 94304-1050

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
     ----------------------------------------- --------------- ------------------- --------------------- --------------------
     <S>                                          <C>          <C>                   <C>                  <C>
                                                                                         Proposed
                     Title of                      Amount           Proposed             Maximum              Amount of
                  Securities to                    to be        Maximum Offering        Aggregate           Registration
                  be Registered                  Registered     Price Per Share       Offering Price             Fee
     ----------------------------------------- --------------- ------------------- --------------------- --------------------
          Common Stock
          - 1988 Employee Stock Purchase Plan       600,000     $ 9.1508(1)          $ 5,490,480.00(1)          $1,526.00
          - 1993 Stock Option Plan                1,200,000     $10.7566(2)          $12,918,720.00(2)          $3,592.00
     ----------------------------------------- --------------- ------------------- --------------------- --------------------
            TOTALS                                1,800,000                          $18,408,200.00             $5,118.00
                                               ===============
     ----------------------------------------- --------------- ------------------- --------------------- --------------------
<FN>
     (1)  Estimated  solely  for the  purpose of  calculating  the amount of the
registration  fee on the basis of 85% of the high and low price  reported by the
Nasdaq  National  Market System on August 6, 1999.

     (2)  Estimated  solely  for the  purpose of  calculating  the amount of the
registration  fee on the basis of the average of the high and low price reported
by the Nasdaq National Market System on August 6, 1999.

</FN>
</TABLE>


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                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


     The  registrant  hereby  incorporates  by  reference  the  contents  of the
following  Registration  Statements on Form S-8: Registration No. 33-39647 dated
April 2, 1991,  Registration  No. 34-57522 dated January 28,  1993, Registration
No.  33-78502 dated May 3,  1994,  Registration  No. 33-91858 dated May 3, 1995,
Registration No.  333-04670 dated May 3, 1996,  Registration No. 333-28429 dated
June 3, 1997, and Registration No. 333-53703 dated May 27, 1998.


Item 8. Exhibits.

        Exhibit
        Number

        5.1  Opinion of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, Professional
             Corporation

        10.1  1988 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

        10.2  1993 Stock Option Plan

        23.1  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors

        23.2  Consent of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, Professional
              Corporation (Contained in Exhibit 5.1)

        24.1  Power of Attorney (See Page 3)


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                                   SIGNATURES

The Registrant

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing on  Form S-8  and has duly  caused  this  registration
statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in the City of Sunnyvale, State of California, on August 11, 1999.


                                TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LIMITED


                                By:/s/Steven W. Berglund
                                      -----------------------------------
                                      Steven W. Berglund,
                                      President & Chief Executive Officer



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL  PERSONS  BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that each  person  whose  signature
appears  below  constitutes  and  appoints  Steven W.  Berglund  and Mary  Ellen
Genovese,  jointly and severally,  his attorney-in-fact,  each with the power of
substitution,  for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
Registration  Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto
and other  documents in connection  therewith,  with the Securities and Exchange
Commission,  hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact,  or
his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


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<PAGE>

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
registration  statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the dates indicated.



        Signature                        Title                    Date
- --------------------------- ----------------------------    -------------------

/s/Steven W. Berglund       President, Chief Executive Officer
- ---------------------       (Principal Executive Officer)
(Steven W. Berglund)         and Director                     August 9, 1999


/s/Mary Ellen Genovese      Vice President - Finance and Chief
- ----------------------      Financial Officer (Principal Financial
(Mary Ellen Genovese)       Officer and Principal
                            Accounting Officer)               August 9, 1999

/s/Robert S. Cooper
- ---------------------       Director                          August 9, 1999
(Robert S. Cooper)

/s/John B. Goodrich
- ---------------------       Corporate Secretary and Director  August 9, 1999
(John B. Goodrich)

/s/William Hart
- ---------------------       Director                          August 10, 1999
(William Hart)

/s/Norman Y. Mineta
- ---------------------       Director                          August 9, 1999
(Norman Y. Mineta)

- -----------------------
(Bradford W. Parkinson)     Director


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                           TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LIMITED

                            CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY


     John B. Goodrich certifies as follows:

     1. He is the duly  elected  and  acting  Secretary  of  Trimble  Navigation
Limited, a California corporation (the "Company").

     2. Attached hereto as is a true and correct copy of the resolutions adopted
by the Board of  Directors  of the  Company at meetings on January 15, and March
22, 1999, and such  resolutions have not been amended or revoked and are in full
force and effect on the date hereof.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this certificate August 9, 1999.

                                   /s/John B. Goodrich
                                   ----------------------------
                                   John B. Goodrich, Secretary



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<PAGE>


                           RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE

                              BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF

                           TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LIMITED




AMENDMENT OF STOCK PLANS

     RESOLVED  FURTHER:  That the board hereby increases by 1,200,000 shares the
number of shares of the Company's  common stock available for issuance under the
Company's 1993 Stock Option Plan from 3,800,000 shares to 5,000,000 shares.

     RESOLVED  FURTHER:  That the board hereby  increases by 600,000  shares the
number of shares of the Company's  common stock available for issuance under the
Company's 1988 Employee  Stock Purchase Plan from 2,350,000  shares to 2,950,000
shares.


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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS



    Exhibit                       Description
    Number
- ---------------- ---------------------------------------------------------
      5.1        Opinion of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati,
                 Professional Corporation

     10.1        1988 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

     10.2        1993 Stock Option Plan

     23.1        Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors

     23.2        Consent of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati,
                 Professional Corporation (Contained in Exhibit 5.1)

     24.1        Power of Attorney (see Page 3)

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                                                                     EXHIBIT 5.1


                                 August 10, 1999


TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LIMITED
645 North Mary Avenue
Sunnyvale, California 94088

         RE:      REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have examined the Registration  Statement on Form S-8 to be filed by you
with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  on or about August 11, 1999 (the
"Registration  Statement"),  in  connection  with  the  registration  under  the
Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended,  of 600,000  shares of your  Common  Stock
reserved  for  issuance  under  the 1988  Employee  Stock  Purchase  Plan and of
1,200,000 shares of your Common Stock reserved for issuance under the 1993 Stock
Option  Plan  (the  "Plans").  As  your  legal  counsel,  we have  examined  the
proceedings  taken and  proposed to be taken in  connection  with the  issuance,
sale, and payment of consideration for the shares to be issued under the Plans.

     It is our opinion that,  when issued and sold in the manner  referred to in
the Plans and pursuant to the agreements  which accompany the Plans,  the shares
will be legally and validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable.

     We  consent to the use of this  opinion  as an exhibit to the  Registration
Statement and further  consent to the use of our name wherever  appearing in the
Registration Statement and any amendments thereto.

                                         Very truly yours,

                                         WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI
                                         Professional Corporation


                                         By:/s/John B. Goodrich
                                               -----------------
                                               John B. Goodrich


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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1
                               TRIMBLE NAVIGATION

                        1988 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (as amended June 2, 1999)


         The following  constitute the provisions of the Employee Stock Purchase
Plan of Trimble Navigation.

         1.  Purpose.  The  purpose of the Plan is to provide  employees  of the
Company and its Designated  Subsidiaries  with an opportunity to purchase Common
Stock of the Company through accumulated payroll deductions. It is the intention
of the Company to have the Plan qualify as an  "Employee  Stock  Purchase  Plan"
under  Section  423 of the  Internal  Revenue  Code of  1986,  as  amended.  The
provisions  of the Plan shall,  accordingly,  be  construed  so as to extend and
limit participation in a manner consistent with the requirements of that section
of the Code.

         2.       Definitions.

                  (a) "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

                  (b) "Code"  shall mean the Internal  Revenue Code of 1986,  as
                       amended.

                  (c) "Common Stock" shall mean the Common Stock of the Company.

                  (d) "Company" shall mean Trimble Navigation.

                  (e) "Compensation"  shall mean all regular straight time gross
earnings, commissions,  incentive bonuses, overtime, shift premium, lead pay and
other similar compensation, but excluding automobile allowances,  relocation and
other non-cash  compensation.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  the Employee may
elect to exclude bonuses from the calculation of compensation.

                  (f) "Continuous  Status as an Employee" shall mean the absence
of any interruption or termination of service as an Employee.  Continuous Status
as an Employee  shall not be  considered  interrupted  in the case of a leave of
absence  agreed to in writing by the Company,  provided that such leave is for a
period  of not more than 90 days or  reemployment  upon the  expiration  of such
leave is guaranteed by contract or statute.

                  (g)  "Designated  Subsidiaries"  shall  mean the  Subsidiaries
which have been designated by the Board from time to time in its sole discretion
as eligible to participate in the Plan.

                  (h)  "Employee"  shall mean any person,  including an officer,
whose  customary  employment  with the Company is at least twenty (20) hours per
week by the Company or one of its Designated Subsidiaries and more than five (5)
months in any calendar year.

                  (i)  "Enrollment  Date"  shall  mean  the  first  day of  each
Offering Period.

                  (j)  "Exercise  Date" shall mean the last day of each Offering
Period.

                  (k) "Offering  Period" shall mean,  except with respect to the
first  Offering  Period as described  herein,  a period of six (6) months during
which  an  option  granted  pursuant  to the Plan may be  exercised.  The  first
Offering Period shall commence August 15, 1988, and end December 31, 1988.

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                  (l)      "Plan"  shall mean this Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

                  (m)  "Subsidiary"  shall  mean  a  corporation,   domestic  or
foreign, of which not less than 50% of the voting shares are held by the Company
or a  Subsidiary,  whether or not such  corporation  now exists or is  hereafter
organized or acquired by the Company or a Subsidiary.

         3.       Eligibility.

                  (a) Any  Employee  as  defined  in  paragraph  2 who has  been
continuously employed by the Company for at least two (2) consecutive months and
who  shall be  employed  by the  Company  on a given  Enrollment  Date  shall be
eligible to participate in the Plan. However, notwithstanding the foregoing, for
purposes of the first Offering Period only, any Employee  defined in paragraph 2
who was  employed  by the  Company  as of August 9, 1988  shall be  eligible  to
participate in the Plan.

                  (b)   Any   provisions   of   the   Plan   to   the   contrary
notwithstanding,  no Employee  shall be granted an option under the Plan (i) if,
immediately  after the grant,  such  Employee  (or any other  person whose stock
would be  attributed to such  Employee  pursuant to Section  425(d) of the Code)
would own stock and/or hold  outstanding  options to purchase  stock  possessing
five  percent  (5%) or more of the total  combined  voting power or value of all
classes of stock of the Company or of any  subsidiary  of the  Company,  or (ii)
which  permits his or her rights to  purchase  stock  under all  employee  stock
purchase  plans of the  Company and its  subsidiaries  to accrue at a rate which
exceeds Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) worth of stock (determined at the
fair market  value of the shares at the time such  option is  granted)  for each
calendar year in which such option is outstanding at any time.

         4.  Offering  Periods.  The Plan shall be  implemented  by  consecutive
Offering Periods with a new Offering Period commencing on or about January 1 and
July 1 of each year;  provided,  however,  that the first Offering  Period shall
commence on or about August 15, 1988. The Plan shall continue  thereafter  until
terminated in accordance  with paragraph 19 hereof.  Subject to the  shareholder
approval  requirements  of  paragraph  19, the Board of Directors of the Company
shall have the power to change the duration of Offering  Periods with respect to
future  offerings  without  shareholder  approval if such change is announced at
least fifteen (15) days prior to the scheduled  beginning of the first  Offering
Period to be affected.

         5.       Participation.

                  (a) An eligible  Employee may become a participant in the Plan
by completing a subscription  agreement  authorizing  payroll  deductions in the
form of Exhibit A to this Plan and filing it with the Company's  payroll  office
at least five (5) business days prior to the applicable  Enrollment Date, unless
a later time for filing the  subscription  agreement is set by the Board for all
eligible Employees with respect to a given Offering Period.

                  (b) Payroll deductions for a participant shall commence on the
first payroll following the Enrollment Date and shall end on the last payroll in
the Offering  Period to which such  authorization  is applicable,  unless sooner
terminated by the participant as provided in paragraph 10.

         6.       Payroll Deductions.

                  (a) At the time a  participant  files his or her  subscription
agreement,  he or she shall elect to have payroll deductions made on each payday
during the Offering  Period in an amount not  exceeding ten percent (10%) of the
Compensation  which he receives on each payday during the Offering  Period,  and
the aggregate of such payroll  deductions  during the Offering  Period shall not
exceed ten percent (10%) of the participant's aggregate Compensation during said
Offering Period.

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                  (b) All payroll  deductions  made for a  participant  shall be
credited to his or her account  under the Plan. A  participant  may not make any
additional payments into such account.

                  (c) A participant may discontinue his or her  participation in
the Plan as provided in paragraph  10, or may decrease,  but not  increase,  the
rate of his or her payroll  deductions  during the Offering  Period  (within the
limitations  of Section  6(a)) by  completing  or filing  with the Company a new
subscription  agreement  authorizing  a change in payroll  deduction  rate.  The
change in rate shall be effective with the first full payroll  period  following
five (5)  business  days after the  Company's  receipt  of the new  subscription
agreement.  A  participant's  subscription  agreement shall remain in effect for
successive  Offering  Periods unless revised as provided herein or terminated as
provided in paragraph 10.

                  (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing,  to the extent necessary to
comply  with  Section  423(b)(8)  of the  Code  and  paragraph  3(b)  herein,  a
participant's  payroll deductions may be decreased to 0% at such time during any
Offering Period which is scheduled to end during the current  calendar year (the
"Current  Offering  Period") that the aggregate of all payroll  deductions which
were previously used to purchase stock under the Plan in a prior Offering Period
which ended during that  calendar year plus all payroll  deductions  accumulated
with respect to the Current  Offering Period equal $21,250.  Payroll  deductions
shall  recommence  at the  rate  provided  in  such  participant's  subscription
agreement at the  beginning of the first  Offering  Period which is scheduled to
end in the following  calendar  year,  unless  terminated by the  participant as
provided in paragraph 10.

         7.       Grant of Option.

                  (a) On the  Enrollment  Date of  each  Offering  Period,  each
eligible  Employee  participating  in such  Offering  Period shall be granted an
option to purchase on each  Exercise  Date during such  Offering  Period up to a
number of shares of the  Company's  Common  Stock  determined  by dividing  such
Employee's  payroll  deductions  accumulated  prior  to such  Exercise  Date and
retained in the  Participant's  account as of the Exercise  Date by the lower of
(i)  eighty-five  percent  (85%)  of the  fair  market  value  of a share of the
Company's Common Stock on the Enrollment Date or (ii) eighty-five  percent (85%)
of the  fair  market  value  of a share  of the  Company's  Common  Stock on the
Exercise  Date;  provided  that in no event shall an Employee  be  permitted  to
purchase during each Offering Period more than a number of shares  determined by
dividing  $12,500 by the fair market  value of a share of the  Company's  Common
Stock on the Enrollment  Date, and provided  further that such purchase shall be
subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3(b) and 12 hereof.  Exercise of
the option  shall occur as provided  in Section 8,  unless the  participant  has
withdrawn  pursuant  to  Section  10,  and  shall  expire on the last day of the
Offering  Period.  Fair market  value of a share of the  Company's  Common Stock
shall be determined as provided in Section 7(b) herein.

                  (b) The  option  price per share of the  shares  offered  in a
given Offering Period shall be the lower of: (i) 85% of the fair market value of
a share of the Common Stock of the Company on the  Enrollment  Date; or (ii) 85%
of the fair  market  value of a share of the Common  Stock of the Company on the
Exercise  Date.  The fair market value of the Company's  Common Stock on a given
date shall be determined by the Board in its discretion; provided, however, that
where there is a public market for the Common  Stock,  the fair market value per
share shall be the closing  price of the Common Stock for such date, as reported
by the NASDAQ  National  Market  System,  or, in the event the  Common  Stock is
listed on a stock exchange, the fair market value per share shall be the closing
price on such exchange on such date, as reported in the Wall Street Journal.

         8. Exercise of Option.  Unless a participant withdraws from the Plan as
provided in  paragraph  10 below,  his or her option for the  purchase of shares
will be exercised  automatically on the Exercise Date, and the maximum number of
full shares  subject to option shall be purchased  for such  participant  at the
applicable  option price with the accumulated  payroll  deductions in his or her
account.  No  fractional  shares will be  purchased  and any payroll  deductions


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accumulated  in a  participant's  account which are not used to purchase  shares
shall remain in the  participant's  account for the subsequent  Offering Period,
subject  to an  earlier  withdrawal  as  provided  in  paragraph  10.  During  a
participant's  lifetime,  a participant's option to purchase shares hereunder is
exercisable only by him or her.

         9.  Delivery.  Unless a  participant  makes an  election  to delay  the
issuance  of  Certificate   representing   purchased   shares,  as  promptly  as
practicable  after each Exercise Date on which a purchase of shares occurs,  the
Company shall arrange the delivery to each  participant,  as  appropriate,  of a
certificate  representing  the  shares  purchased  upon  exercise  of his or her
option.  A  participant  may make an  election  to delay the  issuance  of stock
certificates  representing  shares  purchased  under the Plan by giving  written
notice to the  Company  the form of  Exhibit D to this Plan.  Any such  election
shall  remain in effect until it is revoked by the  participant  or, if earlier,
upon the termination of the participant's  Continuous Status as an Employee. The
Company may limit the time or times  during which  participants  may revoke such
elections,  except that a participant shall automatically  receive a certificate
as soon as practicable  following termination of his or her Continuous Status as
an Employee and that participants  shall be given the opportunity to revoke such
elections at least once each calendar year.

         10.      Withdrawal; Termination of Employment.

                  (a) A  participant  may withdraw all but not less than all the
payroll  deductions  credited to his or her account and not yet used to exercise
his or her  option  under the Plan at any time by giving  written  notice to the
Company in the form of Exhibit B to this Plan. All of the participant's  payroll
deductions  credited  to his or her  account  will be  paid to such  participant
promptly after receipt of notice of withdrawal and such participant's option for
the Offering  Period will be  automatically  terminated,  and no further payroll
deductions  for the purchase of shares will be made during the Offering  Period.
If a participant withdraws from an Offering Period,  payroll deductions will not
resume at the beginning of the succeeding Offering Period unless the participant
delivers to the Company a new subscription agreement.

                  (b) Upon termination of the participant's Continuous Status as
an Employee prior to the Exercise Date for any reason,  including  retirement or
death, the payroll deductions credited to such participant's  account during the
Offering Period but not yet used to exercise the option will be returned to such
participant  or,  in the case of his or her  death,  to the  person  or  persons
entitled  thereto  under  paragraph  14, and such  participant's  option will be
automatically terminated.

                  (c) In the event an  Employee  fails to  remain in  Continuous
Status as an Employee  of the  Company  for at least  twenty (20) hours per week
during an Offering Period in which the Employee is a participant, he or she will
be deemed to have elected to withdraw  from the Plan and the payroll  deductions
credited to his or her account  will be  returned to such  participant  and such
participant's option terminated.

                  (d) A  participant's  withdrawal  from an Offering Period will
not have any effect upon his or her  eligibility  to  participate in any similar
plan which may  hereafter  be adopted by the Company or in  succeeding  Offering
Periods which commence after the  termination of the Offering  Period from which
the participant withdraws.

         11. Interest.  No interest shall accrue on the payroll  deductions of a
participant in the Plan.

         12.      Stock.

                  (a) The maximum number of shares of the Company's Common Stock
which shall be made available for sale under the Plan shall be 2,950,000 shares,
subject to adjustment upon changes in  capitalization of the Company as provided
in paragraph  18. If on a given  Exercise Date the number of shares with respect
to which options are to be exercised exceeds the number of shares then available

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under the Plan,  the  Company  shall  make a pro rata  allocation  of the shares
remaining  available for purchase in as uniform a manner as shall be practicable
and as it shall determine to be equitable.

                  (b) The  participant  will have no interest or voting right in
shares covered by his option until such option has been exercised.

                  (c) Shares to be  delivered  to a  participant  under the Plan
will  be  registered  in the  name  of the  participant  or in the  name  of the
participant and his or her spouse.

         13. Administration.  The Plan shall be administered by the Board of the
Company  or a  committee  of members of the Board  appointed  by the Board.  The
administration,  interpretation  or  application of the Plan by the Board or its
committee shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all participants.  Members
of the Board who are eligible  Employees  are  permitted to  participate  in the
Plan.

         14.      Designation of Beneficiary.

                  (a)  A  participant  may  file  a  written  designation  of  a
beneficiary   who  is  to  receive  any  shares  and  cash,  if  any,  from  the
participant's  account under the Plan in the event of such  participant's  death
subsequent  to an Exercise  Date on which the option is  exercised  but prior to
delivery to such participant of such shares and cash. In addition, a participant
may file a written  designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any cash from
the  participant's  account  under the Plan in the  event of such  participant's
death prior to exercise of the option.

                  (b) Such  designation  of  beneficiary  may be  changed by the
participant  at any time by  written  notice.  In the  event  of the  death of a
participant  and in the absence of a beneficiary  validly  designated  under the
Plan who is living at the time of such  participant's  death,  the Company shall
deliver such shares and/or cash to the executor or  administrator  of the estate
of the participant,  or if no such executor or administrator  has been appointed
(to the knowledge of the Company),  the Company, in its discretion,  may deliver
such  shares  and/or  cash to the  spouse  or to any one or more  dependents  or
relatives of the participant, or if no spouse, dependent or relative is known to
the Company, then to such other person as the Company may designate.

         15.   Transferability.   Neither  payroll  deductions   credited  to  a
participant's account nor any rights with regard to the exercise of an option or
to  receive  shares  under the Plan may be  assigned,  transferred,  pledged  or
otherwise  disposed of in any way (other  than by will,  the laws of descent and
distribution or as provided in paragraph 14 hereof) by the participant. Any such
attempt at assignment,  transfer,  pledge or other  disposition shall be without
effect,  except  that the  Company may treat such act as an election to withdraw
funds from an Offering Period in accordance with paragraph 10.

         16.  Use of  Funds.  All  payroll  deductions  received  or held by the
Company under the Plan may be used by the Company for any corporate purpose, and
the Company shall not be obligated to segregate such payroll deductions.

         17.   Reports.   Individual   accounts  will  be  maintained  for  each
participant  in the Plan.  Statements of account will be given to  participating
Employees  semi-annually  promptly following the Exercise Date, which statements
will set forth the amounts of payroll deductions,  the per share purchase price,
the number of shares purchased and the remaining cash balance, if any.

         18. Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization. Subject to any required
action by the shareholders of the Company,  the number of shares of Common Stock
covered by each option under the Plan which has not yet been  exercised  and the
number of shares of Common Stock which have been  authorized  for issuance under
the  Plan  but  have  not  yet  been  placed  under  option  (collectively,  the
"Reserves"),  as well as the price per share of  Common  Stock  covered  by each

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option under the Plan which has not yet been exercised, shall be proportionately
adjusted for any  increase or decrease in the number of issued  shares of Common
Stock  resulting  from a stock  split,  reverse  stock  split,  stock  dividend,
combination or  reclassification  of the Common Stock,  or any other increase or
decrease in the number of shares of Common  Stock  effected  without  receipt of
consideration  by  the  Company;  provided,  however,  that  conversion  of  any
convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been "effected
without receipt of  consideration".  Such adjustment shall be made by the Board,
whose  determination  in that respect  shall be final,  binding and  conclusive.
Except as expressly  provided herein, no issue by the Company of shares of stock
of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall
affect,  and no adjustment by reason  thereof shall be made with respect to, the
number or price of shares of Common Stock subject to an option.

         In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company,
the Offering Period will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such
proposed  action,  unless  otherwise  provided  by the Board.  In the event of a
proposed sale of all or substantially  all of the assets of the Company,  or the
merger of the Company with or into  another  corporation,  any Purchase  Periods
then in progress  shall be shortened  by setting a new  Exercise  Date (the "New
Exercise  Date") and any Offering  Periods then in progress shall end on the New
Exercise  Date.  The New Exercise Date shall be before the date of the Company's
proposed sale or merger. The Board shall notify each participant in writing,  at
least ten (10) business days prior to the New Exercise  Date,  that the Exercise
Date for the participant's  option has been changed to the New Exercise Date and
that the  participant's  option  shall  be  exercised  automatically  on the New
Exercise Date,  unless prior to such date the participant has withdrawn from the
Offering Period as provided in Section 10 hereof.

         19. Amendment or Termination. The Board of Directors of the Company may
at any time and for any reason  terminate or amend the Plan.  Except as provided
in paragraph 18, no such  termination  can affect  options  previously  granted,
provided that an Offering  Period may be terminated by the Board of Directors on
any Exercise Date if the Board determines that the termination of the Plan is in
the best  interests of the Company and its  shareholders.  Except as provided in
paragraph 18, no amendment may make any change in any option theretofore granted
which  adversely  affects the rights of any  participant.  In  addition,  to the
extent  necessary to comply with Section 423 of the Code (or any successor  rule
or provision  or any other  applicable  law or  regulation),  the Company  shall
obtain  shareholder  approval  in  such a  manner  and to  such a  degree  as so
required.

         20. Notices.  All notices or other  communications  by a participant to
the Company  under or in  connection  with the Plan shall be deemed to have been
duly given when  received in the form  specified by the Company at the location,
or by the person, designated by the Company for the receipt thereof.

         21. Shareholder  Approval.  Continuance of the Plan shall be subject to
approval by the shareholders of the Company within twelve months before or after
the date the Plan is adopted. Such shareholder approval shall be obtained in the
manner  and degree  required  under the  applicable  state and  federal  tax and
securities laws.

         22. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares. Shares shall not be issued with
respect to an option  unless the  exercise of such option and the  issuance  and
delivery of such  shares  pursuant  thereto  shall  comply  with all  applicable
provisions  of law,  domestic or foreign,  including,  without  limitation,  the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  the Exchange Act, the rules and regulations
promulgated  thereunder,  and the  requirements of any stock exchange upon which
the shares may then be listed,  and shall be further  subject to the approval of
counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance.

                  As a condition to the  exercise of an option,  the Company may
require the person  exercising  such option to represent and warrant at the time
of any such exercise that the shares are being purchased only for investment and
without  any  present  intention  to sell or  distribute  such shares if, in the

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opinion of counsel for the Company,  such a representation is required by any of
the aforementioned applicable provisions of law.

         23. Term of Plan.  The Plan shall become  effective upon the earlier to
occur  of its  adoption  by the  Board  of  Directors  or  its  approval  by the
shareholders  of the Company as described in paragraph 21. It shall  continue in
effect for a term of twenty (20) years unless sooner  terminated under paragraph
19.



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                                    EXHIBIT A

                               TRIMBLE NAVIGATION

                          EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                             SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT



_____ Original Application                         Enrollment Date: ___________
_____ Change in Payroll Deduction Rate
_____ Change of Beneficiary(ies)


1.       _________________________hereby  elects to  participate  in the Trimble
         Navigation  Employee  Stock  Purchase  Plan  (the  "Stock  Purchase
         Plan")  and subscribes to purchase  shares of the Company's  Common
         Stock in accordance with this Subscription Agreement and the Stock
         Purchase Plan.

2.       I hereby authorize payroll  deductions from each paycheck in the amount
         of ____% of my  Compensation  on each payday (not to exceed 10%) during
         the Offering Period in accordance with the Stock Purchase Plan.

         ________ Include bonuses as part of Compensation subject to payroll
         deduction.
         ________Exclude bonuses from Compensation subject to payroll deduction.

3.       I understand that said payroll  deductions shall be accumulated for the
         purchase of shares of Common  Stock at the  applicable  purchase  price
         determined in  accordance  with the Stock  Purchase  Plan. I understand
         that if I do not  withdraw  from an Offering  Period,  any  accumulated
         payroll deductions will be used to automatically exercise my option.

4.       I have  received a copy of the complete  "Trimble  Navigation  Employee
         Stock Purchase Plan." I understand that my  participation  in the Stock
         Purchase  Plan is in all  respects  subject to the terms of the Plan. I
         understand  that the grant of the  option  by the  Company  under  this
         Subscription  Agreement is subject to obtaining shareholder approval of
         the Stock Purchase Plan.

5.       Shares purchased for me under the Stock Purchase Plan should be issued
         in the name(s) of:________________________________________

6.       I  understand that if I dispose of any shares received by me  pursuant
         to the Plan  within 2 years  after the Enrollment Date (the first day
         of the Offering Period during which I purchased such shares), I will be
         treated for federal income tax purposes as having received  ordinary
         income at the time of such disposition in an amount equal to the excess
         of the fair market  value of the shares at the time such shares  were
         delivered  to me over the price which I paid for the shares.  I hereby
                                                                       --------
         agree to notify the Company in writing within 30 days after the date of
         -----------------------------------------------------
         any such  disposition.  However,  if I dispose of such  shares at any
         ----------------------
         time after the  expiration  of the 2-year  holding
         ---------------------
         period,  I understand  that I will be treated for federal income tax
         purposes as having received income only at the time of such
         disposition, and that such income will be taxed as ordinary income only
         to the extent of an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the excess of the
         fair market value of the shares at the time of such  disposition  over
         the purchase price which I paid for the shares under the option, or (2)
         the excess of the fair market value of the shares over the option
         price, measured as if the option had been  exercised on the  Enrollment
         Date. The remainder of the gain, if any, recognized on such disposition
         will be taxed as capital gain.

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7.       I hereby agree to be bound by the terms of the Stock Purchase Plan. The
         effectiveness  of this  Subscription  Agreement  is  dependent  upon my
         eligibility to participate in the Stock Purchase Plan.

8.       In the  event of my  death,  I hereby  designate  the  following  as my
         beneficiary(ies)  to receive all  payments  and shares due me under the
         Stock Purchase Plan:



                         --------------------------------------------------
NAME:  (Please print)    (First)         (Middle)               (Last)


- --------------------------------             ------------------------------
Relationship

                                             ------------------------------
                                              (Address)

                         --------------------------------------------------
NAME:  (Please print)    (First)         (Middle)               (Last)


- -------------------------------              -----------------------------
Relationship

                                             ----------------------------
                                              (Address)

Employee's Social
Security Number:                             ----------------------------


Employee's Address:                          ----------------------------

                                             ----------------------------

                                             ----------------------------


I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS SUBSCRIPTION  AGREEMENT SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT
SUCCESSIVE OFFERING PERIODS UNLESS TERMINATED BY ME.


Dated: _____________________                    _____________________________
                                                Signature of Employee


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                                    EXHIBIT B

                               TRIMBLE NAVIGATION


                          EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                              NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL



         The  undersigned  participant  in the  Offering  Period of the  Trimble
Navigation Employee Stock Purchase Plan which began on ____________, 19____ (the
"Enrollment  Date") hereby notifies the Company that he or she hereby  withdraws
from the  Offering  Period.  He or she hereby  directs the Company to pay to the
undersigned as promptly as possible all the payroll  deductions  credited to his
or her account with respect to such Offering Period. The undersigned understands
and agrees that his or her option for such Offering Period will be automatically
terminated.   The  undersigned  understands  further  that  no  further  payroll
deductions  will be made for the  purchase  of  shares in the  current  Offering
Period and the  undersigned  shall be  eligible  to  participate  in  succeeding
Offering Periods only by delivering to the Company a new Subscription Agreement.

                                        Name and Address of Participant

                                        -------------------------------

                                        -------------------------------

                                        -------------------------------

                                        Signature

                                        -------------------------------



                                        Date:__________________________


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                                    EXHIBIT C

                               TRIMBLE NAVIGATION


                          EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                       NOTICE TO RESUME PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS



         The  undersigned  participant  in the  Offering  Period of the  Trimble
Navigation  Employee  Stock Purchase Plan which began on  ______________,  19___
hereby notifies the Company to resume payroll  deductions for his or her account
at the  beginning of the next Exercise  Period  within such  Offering  Period in
accordance  with  the  terms  of  the  Subscription  Agreement  executed  by the
undersigned at the beginning of the Offering Period. The undersigned understands
that he or she may change the payroll deduction rate or the beneficiaries  named
in such Subscription Agreement by submitting a revised Subscription Agreement.


                                        Name and Address of Participant

                                        -------------------------------

                                        -------------------------------

                                        -------------------------------

                                        Signature

                                        -------------------------------



                                        Date:__________________________



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                                    EXHIBIT D

                               TRIMBLE NAVIGATION


                          EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                         ELECTION/REVOCATION OF ELECTION
                          DELAY ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE


         The  undersigned  participant in the 1988 Trimble  Navigation  Employee
Stock Purchase Plan (the "Stock Purchase Plan"),  hereby elects to allow Trimble
Navigation  (the  "Company")  or its agent to delay  issuance  of a  certificate
representing  shares  purchased under the Plan in accordance with the provisions
of the Stock  Purchase  Plan.  This election  shall continue in effect until the
termination  of the  undersigned's  Continuous  Status as an  Employee  or until
revoked  pursuant to such Stock Purchase Plan. This election shall not otherwise
affect the participant's rights as a shareholder of the Company.

                                      -OR-

         ____________________  hereby revokes his or her prior election to allow
the  Company to delay  issuance  of a  certificate  pursuant to the terms of the
Stock  Purchase  Plan.  The Company shall deliver to  participant as promptly as
practicable a certificate representing all shares purchased thereby.



                                        Name and Address of Participant

                                        -------------------------------

                                        -------------------------------

                                        -------------------------------

                                        Signature

                                        -------------------------------



                                        Date:__________________________


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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2

                           TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LIMITED

                             1993 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (as amended June 2, 1999)

 1. Purposes of the Plan.  The purposes of this Stock Option Plan are to attract
and  retain  the  best   available   personnel  for  positions  of   substantial
responsibility, to provide additional incentive to the Employees and Consultants
of the Company and to promote the success of the Company's business.

     Options  granted  hereunder  may  be  either  Incentive  Stock  Options  or
Nonstatutory  Stock Options,  at the discretion of the Board and as reflected in
the terms of the written option agreement.

 2. Definitions. As used herein, the following definitions shall apply:

          (a)     "Administrator" means the Board or any of its Committees
appointed pursuant to Section 4 of the Plan.

          (b) "Board" shall mean the Committee,  if one has been  appointed,  or
the Board of Directors of the Company, if no Committee is appointed.

          (c) "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

          (d)  "Committee"  shall mean the  Committee  appointed by the Board of
Directors in accordance  with  paragraph (a) of Section 4 of the Plan, if one is
appointed.

          (e) "Common Stock" shall mean the Common Stock of the Company.

          (f)  "Company"  shall mean Trimble  Navigation  Limited,  a California
corporation.

          (g)  "Consultant"  shall mean any person who is engaged by the Company
or any Parent or Subsidiary to render consulting services and is compensated for
such consulting  services,  and any director of the Company whether  compensated
for such services or not,  provided that the term  Consultant  shall not include
directors  who are  not  compensated  for  their  services  or are  paid  only a
director's fee by the Company.

          (h)  "Continuous  Status as an Employee or Consultant"  shall mean the
absence  of any  interruption  or  termination  of  service  as an  Employee  or
Consultant.  Continuous  Status  as an  Employee  or  Consultant  shall  not  be
considered  interrupted in the case of sick leave,  military leave, or any other
leave of absence  approved  by the  Company or any Parent or  Subsidiary  of the
Company;  provided  that such  leave is for a period of not more than 90 days or
reemployment  upon the  expiration  of such leave is  guaranteed  by contract or
statute.

          (i)  "Employee"  shall  mean  any  person,   including   officers  and
directors,  employed by the Company or any Parent or  Subsidiary of the Company.
The  payment of a  director's  fee by the  Company  shall not be  sufficient  to
constitute "employment" by the Company.

          (j)  "Exchange  Act" means the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as
amended.

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          (k) "Fair Market  Value"  means,  as of any date,  the value of Common
Stock determined as follows:

                           (i)If the Common  Stock is listed on any  established
stock  exchange or a national  market system  including  without  limitation the
National Market System of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Automated Quotation  ("NASDAQ")  System,  its Fair Market Value shall be the
closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were
reported,  as quoted on such system or exchange for the last market  trading day
prior to the time of determination)  as reported in the Wall Street  Journal or
such other  source as the Administrator deems reliable;

                           (ii)If  the  Common  Stock is  quoted  on the  NASDAQ
System (but not on the National Market System thereof) or regularly  quoted by a
recognized
securities  dealer but selling  prices are not  reported,  its Fair Market Value
shall be the mean between the high and low asked prices for the Common Stock or;

                           (iii)In the absence of an established  market for the
Common Stock, the Fair Market Value thereof shall be determined in good faith
by the Administrator.

          (l) "Incentive  Stock Option" shall mean an Option intended to qualify
as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

          (m)  "Nonstatutory  Stock Option" shall mean an Option not intended to
qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.

          (n) "Option" shall mean a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan.

          (o) "Optioned Stock" shall mean the Common Stock subject to an Option.

          (p)  "Optionee"  shall mean an Employee or Consultant  who receives an
Option.

          (q)  "Parent"  shall  mean  a  "parent  corporation",  whether  now or
hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.

          (r) "Plan" shall mean this 1993 Stock Option Plan.

          (s)     "Share" shall mean a share of the Common Stock, as adjusted in
 accordance with Section 11 of the Plan.

          (t) "Subsidiary" shall mean a "subsidiary corporation", whether now or
hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.

 3. Stock  Subject to the Plan.  Subject to the  provisions of Section 11 of the
Plan,  the maximum  aggregate  number of shares  which may be optioned  and sold
under  the  Plan  is  5,000,000  shares  of  Common  Stock.  The  Shares  may be
authorized, but unissued, or reacquired Common Stock.

     If an Option should expire or become  unexercisable  for any reason without
having been exercised in full, the unpurchased Shares which were subject thereto
shall,  unless the Plan shall have been terminated,  become available for future
grant under the Plan.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of the Plan,  shares
issued  under the Plan and later  repurchased  by the  Company  shall not become
available for future grant or sale under the Plan.

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 4. Administration of the Plan.

          (a)     Procedure.

                           (i)Multiple Administrative Bodies. The Plan may be
administered by different Committees with respect to different groups of
Employeesand Consultants.

                           (ii)Section 162(m). To the extent that the
Administrator determines it to be desirable to qualify Options granted hereunder
as "performance-based compensation"  within the meaning of Section  162(m) of
the Code, the Plan shall be administered  by a Committee of two or more "outside
directors"  within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.

                           (iii)Rule 16b-3.  To the extent desirable to qualify
transactions hereunder as exempt under Rule 16b-3, the transactions contemplated
hereunder shall be structured to satisfy the requirements for exemption under
Rule 16b-3.

          (b) Powers of the Administrator. Subject to the provisions of the Plan
and in the case of a Committee,  the specific  duties  delegated by the Board to
such Committee, the Administrator shall have the authority, in its discretion:

                           (i)to determine the Fair Market Value of the Common
Stock, in accordance with Section 2(k) of the Plan;

                           (ii)to select the officers, Consultants and Employees
to whom Options may from time to time be granted hereunder;

                           (iii)to determine whether and to what extent Options
are granted hereunder;

                           (iv)to determine the number of shares of Common Stock
to be covered by each such award granted hereunder;

                           (v)to approve forms of agreement for use under the
Plan;

                           (vi)to determine the terms and conditions, not
inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any award granted hereunder
(including, but not limited to, the share price and any  restriction or
limitation,  or any vesting acceleration or waiver of forfeiture  restrictions
regarding any Option and/or the shares of Common Stock relating  thereto, based
in each case on such factors as the Administrator shall determine, in its sole
discretion);

                           (vii)to    determine    whether    and   under   what
circumstances  an Option may be settled in cash under subsection 9(e) instead of
Common Stock;

                           (viii) to determine whether, to what extent and under
what circumstances Common Stock and other amounts  payable  with  respect to an
award  under  this Plan shall be  deferred either automatically or at the
election of the participant  (including providing for and determining  the
amount,  if any, of any deemed earnings on any deferred amount during any
deferral period);

                           (ix)to reduce the exercise price of any Option to the
then current Fair Market Value if the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock
covered by such Option shall have declined since the date the Option was
granted; and

          (c) Effect of Administrator's Decision. All decisions,  determinations
and  interpretations  of the  Administrator  shall be final and  binding  on all
Optionees and any other holders of any Options.

          (d) Grant Limits.  The following  limitations shall apply to grants of
Options under the Plan:

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                         (i) No employee shall be granted,  in any fiscal year
of the Company,  Options under the Plan to purchase more than 150,000 Shares,
provided that the Company may make an additional  one-time  grant of up to
250,000 Shares to newly-hired Employees.

                         (ii) The foregoing  limitations   shall   be   adjusted
proportionately in connection with any change in the Company's capitalization as
described in Section 11.

                         (iii) If an Option is cancelled (other than in
connection with a transaction  described in Section 11), the  cancelled  Option
shall be counted against  the limits  set forth in  Section  4(d)(i).  For this
purpose,  if the exercise  price of an Option is reduced,  the  transaction
will be treated as a cancellation of the Option and the grant of a new Option.

 5.       Eligibility.

          (a)  Nonstatutory  Stock  Options  may be granted  only to  Employees,
Directors,  and  Consultants.  Incentive  Stock  Options may be granted  only to
Employees.  An Employee,  Director, or Consultant who has been granted an Option
may, if he is otherwise eligible, be granted an additional Option or Options.

          (b) Each Option shall be designated in the written option agreement as
either an  Incentive  Stock  Option or a  Nonstatutory  Stock  Option.  However,
notwithstanding such designations,  to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market
Value of the Shares with respect to which Options  designated as Incentive Stock
Options are  exercisable  for the first time by any Optionee during any calendar
year  (under  all plans of the  Company  or any  Parent or  Subsidiary)  exceeds
$100,000, such excess Options shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options.

          (c) For purposes of Section  5(b),  Incentive  Stock  Options shall be
taken into account in the order in which they were granted,  and the Fair Market
Value of the Shares shall be  determined  as of the time the Option with respect
to such Shares is granted.

          (d) The Plan shall not confer upon any Optionee any right with respect
to continuation of employment or consulting  relationship with the Company,  nor
shall it interfere in any way with his right or the Company's right to terminate
his employment or consulting relationship at any time, with or without cause.

 6. Term of Plan.  The Plan shall become  effective upon the earlier to occur of
its adoption by the Board of Directors  or its approval by the  shareholders  of
the Company as described in Section 18 of the Plan. It shall  continue in effect
for a term of ten (10) years unless  sooner  terminated  under Section 14 of the
Plan.

 7. Term of  Option.  The term of each  Option  shall be ten (10) years from the
date of grant  thereof or such  shorter  term as may be  provided  in the Option
Agreement.  However,  in the case of an  Incentive  Stock  Option  granted to an
Optionee who, at the time the Option is granted,  owns stock  representing  more
than ten  percent  (10%) of the  voting  power  of all  classes  of stock of the
Company or any Parent or  Subsidiary,  the term of the Option  shall be five (5)
years from the date of grant  thereof or such shorter term as may be provided in
the Option Agreement.

 8.       Exercise Price and Consideration.

          (a) The per Share exercise price for the Shares to be issued  pursuant
to exercise of an Option shall be such price as is determined by the Board,  but
shall be subject to the following:

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                            (i)In the case of an Incentive Stock Option

                             (A) granted to an Employee  who, at the time of the
grant of such Incentive Stock Option, owns stock  representing  more than ten
percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes  of stock of the  Company  or
any  Parent or  Subsidiary, the per Share exercise  price shall be no less than
110% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant.

                             (B)granted to any Employee, the per Share exercise
price shall be no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date
of grant.

                           (ii)In the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option, the
per Share exercise price shall be determined by the Administrator.  In the case
of a  Nonstatutory  Stock  Option  intended  to  qualify  as  "performance-based
compensation"  within the meaning of Section  162(m) of the Code,  the per Share
exercise  price shall be no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on
the date of grant.

                           (iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Options may be
granted with a per Share exercise price of less than 100% of the Fair Market
Value per Share on the date of grant pursuant to a merger or other corporate
transaction.

          (b) The  consideration  to be paid for the  Shares to be  issued  upon
exercise of an Option,  including the method of payment,  shall be determined by
the  Administrator  and  may  consist  entirely  of (1)  cash,  (2)  check,  (3)
promissory  note,  (4) other  Shares  which (x)  either  have been  owned by the
Optionee for more than six months on the date of surrender or were not acquired,
directly or  indirectly,  from the Company,  and (y) have a Fair Market Value on
the date of surrender equal to the aggregate  exercise price of the Shares as to
which said Option  shall be  exercised,  (5)  authorization  from the Company to
retain from the total number of Shares as to which the Option is exercised  that
number of Shares having a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the
exercise  price  for the  total  number  of  Shares  as to which  the  Option is
exercised,  (6) delivery of a properly  executed  exercise  notice together with
irrevocable  instructions  to a broker to  promptly  deliver to the  Company the
amount of sale or loan proceeds required to pay the exercise price, (7) delivery
of an  irrevocable  subscription  agreement  for the  Shares  which  irrevocably
obligates  the option holder to take and pay for the Shares not more than twelve
months  after  the  date of  delivery  of the  subscription  agreement,  (8) any
combination of the foregoing methods of payment, (9) or such other consideration
and method of payment for the issuance of Shares to the extent  permitted  under
Applicable Laws. In making its  determination as to the type of consideration to
accept,  the Board shall  consider if  acceptance of such  consideration  may be
reasonably expected to benefit the Company.

 9. Exercise of Option.

          (a)  Procedure  for  Exercise;  Rights as a  Shareholder.  Any  Option
granted  hereunder  shall be exercisable at such times and under such conditions
as determined by the Board,  including  performance criteria with respect to the
Company and/or the Optionee,  and as shall be permissible under the terms of the
Plan.

                  An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share.

                  An Option shall be deemed to be exercised  when written notice
of such exercise has been given to the Company in  accordance  with the terms of
the Option by the person  entitled to exercise  the Option and full  payment for
the Shares with  respect to which the Option is exercised  has been  received by
the  Company.  Full  payment  may, as  authorized  by the Board,  consist of any
consideration  and method of payment  allowable  under Section 8(b) of the Plan.
Until the issuance (as  evidenced by the  appropriate  entry on the books of the
Company or of a duly  authorized  transfer  agent of the  Company)  of the stock
certificate evidencing such Shares, no right to vote or receive dividends or any


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other rights as a  shareholder  shall exist with respect to the Optioned  Stock,
notwithstanding the exercise of the Option. The Company shall issue (or cause to
be issued)  such stock  certificate  promptly  upon  exercise of the Option.  No
adjustment  will be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date
is prior to the date the stock  certificate  is issued,  except as  provided  in
Section 11 of the Plan.

                  Exercise of an Option in any manner shall result in a decrease
in the number of Shares which thereafter may be available,  both for purposes of
the Plan and for sale under the Option,  by the number of Shares as to which the
Option is exercised.

          (b)  Termination of Status as an Employee or Consultant.  In the event
of termination of an Optionee's  Continuous  Status as an Employee or Consultant
(as the case may be),  such  Optionee  may, but only within thirty (30) days (or
such  other  period of time,  not  exceeding  three (3) months in the case of an
Incentive  Stock  Option or six (6) months in the case of a  Nonstatutory  Stock
Option,  as is determined by the Board) after the date of such  termination (but
in no event later than the date of  expiration of the term of such Option as set
forth in the Option  Agreement),  exercise  his Option to the extent that he was
entitled to exercise it at the date of such  termination.  To the extent that he
was not entitled to exercise the Option at the date of such  termination,  or if
he does not exercise such Option (which he was entitled to exercise)  within the
time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.

          (c) Disability of Optionee.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section
9(b) above, in the event of termination of an Optionee's Continuous Status as an
Employee or  Consultant as a result of his total and  permanent  disability  (as
defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code), he may, but only within six (6) months
(or such other period of time not exceeding  twelve (12) months as is determined
by the Board) from the date of such  termination (but in no event later than the
date of  expiration  of the  term of such  Option  as set  forth  in the  Option
Agreement),  exercise his Option to the extent he was entitled to exercise it at
the date of such termination. To the extent that he was not entitled to exercise
the Option at the date of  termination,  or if he does not exercise  such Option
(which he was entitled to exercise) within the time specified herein, the Option
shall terminate.

          (d) Death of Optionee. In the event of the death of an Optionee:

                           (i)during the term of the Option who is at the time
of his death an Employee or Consultant of the Company and who shall have been
in Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant since the date of grant of the
Option,  the Option may be  exercised,  at any time  within  twelve  (12) months
following  the date of death (but in no event later than the date of  expiration
of the  term of such  Option  as set  forth  in the  Option  Agreement),  by the
Optionee's  estate or by a person who  acquired the right to exercise the Option
by bequest or inheritance,  but only to the extent of the right to exercise that
would have accrued had the Optionee  continued living and remained in Continuous
Status as an Employee or Consultant  twelve (12) months after the date of death,
subject to the limitation set forth in Section 5(b); or

                           (ii)within  thirty (30) days (or such other period of
time not exceeding three (3) months as is determined by the Board) after the
termination of Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant, the Option may be
exercised,  at any time within  twelve (12) months  following  the date of death
(but in no event later than the date of expiration of the term of such Option as
set forth in the Option Agreement),  by the Optionee's estate or by a person who
acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance, but only to
the extent of the right to exercise that had accrued at the date of termination.

          (e) Buyout Provisions.  The Administrator may at any time offer to buy
out for a payment in cash or Shares, an Option previously granted, based on such
terms and conditions as the Administrator shall establish and communicate to the
Optionee at the time that such offer is made.

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 10. Non-Transferability of Options. Options may not be sold, pledged, assigned,
hypothecated,  transferred or disposed of in any manner other than by will or by
the laws of  descent  and  distribution  or  pursuant  to a  qualified  domestic
relations  order as  defined by the Code or Title I of the  Employee  Retirement
Income Security Act, or the rules  thereunder.  The designation of a beneficiary
by an  Optionee  does not  constitute  a transfer.  An Option may be  exercised,
during the  lifetime  of the  Optionee,  only by the  Optionee  or a  transferee
permitted by this Section 10.

 11.  Adjustments  Upon  Changes in  Capitalization  or  Merger.  Subject to any
required  action by the  shareholders  of the  Company,  the number of shares of
Common Stock  covered by each  outstanding  Option,  and the number of shares of
Common Stock which have been  authorized  for issuance  under the Plan but as to
which no Options have yet been  granted or which have been  returned to the Plan
upon  cancellation or expiration of an Option, as well as the price per share of
Common Stock covered by each such outstanding  Option,  shall be proportionately
adjusted for any  increase or decrease in the number of issued  shares of Common
Stock  resulting  from a stock  split,  reverse  stock  split,  stock  dividend,
combination or  reclassification  of the Common Stock,  or any other increase or
decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock effected without receipt
of  consideration  by the Company;  provided,  however,  that  conversion of any
convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been "effected
without receipt of  consideration."  Such adjustment shall be made by the Board,
whose  determination  in that respect  shall be final,  binding and  conclusive.
Except as  expressly  provided  herein,  no issuance by the Company of shares of
stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class,
shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to,
the number or price of shares of Common Stock subject to an Option.

     In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, the
Board  shall  notify  the  Optionee  at least  fifteen  (15) days  prior to such
proposed action. To the extent it has not been previously exercised,  the Option
will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action. In
the event of a merger  of the  Company  with or into  another  corporation,  the
Option shall be assumed or an  equivalent  option shall be  substituted  by such
successor  corporation or a parent or subsidiary of such successor  corporation.
In the even the successor corporation does not agree to assume the option or the
substitute and equivalent option, the Board shall, in lieu of such assumption or
substitution, provide for the Optionee to have the right to vest in and exercise
the Option as to all of the  Optioned  Stock,  including  Shares as to which the
Option  would not  otherwise  be vested or  exercisable.  If the Board  makes an
Option fully vested and exercisable in lieu of assumption or substitution in the
event of a merger,  the Board shall notify the Optionee that the Option shall be
fully vested and  exercisable for a period of fifteen (15) days from the date of
such notice,  and the Option will  terminate upon the expiration of such period.
If,  in such a  merger,  the  Option  is  assumed  or an  equivalent  option  is
substituted  by such  successor  corporation  or a parent or  subsidiary of such
successor corporation,  and if during a one-year period after the effective date
of such merger, the Optionee's Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant is
terminated  for any reason other than the  Optionee's  voluntary  termination of
such  relationship,  then the Optionee  shall have the right within  thirty days
thereafter  to exercise  the Option as to all of the Optioned  Stock,  including
Shares as to which the Option would not be otherwise  exercisable,  effective as
of the date of such termination.

 12. Stock Withholding to Satisfy Withholding Tax Obligations. At the discretion
of the Administrator,  Optionees may satisfy withholding obligations as provided
in this  paragraph.  When an Optionee incurs tax liability in connection with an
Option,  which tax liability is subject to tax withholding  under applicable tax
laws, and the Optionee is obligated to pay the Company an amount  required to be
withheld under applicable tax laws, the Optionee may satisfy the withholding tax
obligation by electing to have the Company withhold from the Shares to be issued
upon exercise of the Option,  if any, that number of Shares having a Fair Market
Value equal to the amount required to be withheld.  The Fair Market Value of the
Shares to be withheld  shall be determined on the date that the amount of tax to
be withheld is to be determined.

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 13. Time of Granting  Options.  The date of grant of an Option  shall,  for all
purposes,  be the date on which the Board makes the determination  granting such
Option.  Notice  of the  determination  shall  be  given  to  each  Employee  or
Consultant  to whom an Option is so granted  within a reasonable  time after the
date of such grant.

 14. Amendment and Termination of the Plan.

          (a) Amendment and Termination. The Board may at any time amend, alter,
suspend or  discontinue  the Plan, but no amendment,  alteration,  suspension or
discontinuation  shall be made which  would  impair  the rights of any  Optionee
under any grant theretofore made,  without his or her consent.  In addition,  to
the extent  necessary  and  desirable to comply with Section 422 of the Code (or
any other  applicable law or regulation,  including the requirements of the NASD
or an established stock exchange), the Company shall obtain shareholder approval
of any Plan amendment in such a manner and to such a degree as required.

          (b)  Effect  of  Amendment  or  Termination.  Any  such  amendment  or
termination  of the Plan  shall not  affect  Options  already  granted  and such
Options  shall  remain  in full  force  and  effect as if this Plan had not been
amended or terminated, unless mutually agreed otherwise between the Optionee and
the Board, which agreement must be in writing and signed by the Optionee and the
Company.

 15. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares.  Shares shall not be issued pursuant to
the  exercise of an Option  unless the  exercise of such Option and the issuance
and  delivery of such Shares  pursuant  thereto  shall  comply with all relevant
provisions of law, including, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Exchange Act, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and
the requirements of any stock exchange upon which the Shares may then be listed,
and shall be further  subject to the  approval of counsel  for the Company  with
respect to such compliance.

     As a condition  to the  exercise of an Option,  the Company may require the
person  exercising  such Option to represent and warrant at the time of any such
exercise that the Shares are being purchased only for investment and without any
present  intention  to sell or  distribute  such  Shares  if, in the  opinion of
counsel  for  the  Company,  such a  representation  is  required  by any of the
aforementioned relevant provisions of law.

 16. Reservation of Shares.  The Company,  during the term of this Plan, will at
all  times  reserve  and  keep  available  such  number  of  Shares  as shall be
sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.

          The inability of the Company to obtain  authority  from any regulatory
body having jurisdiction,  which authority is deemed by the Company's counsel to
be necessary  to the lawful  issuance  and sale of any Shares  hereunder,  shall
relieve the Company of any  liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell
such Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.

 17. Option  Agreement.  Options shall be evidenced by written option agreements
in such form as the Board shall approve.

 18. Shareholder Approval.  Continuance of the Plan shall be subject to approval
by the shareholders of the Company within twelve (12) months before or after the
date the Plan is adopted.  Such  shareholder  approval  shall be obtained in the
degree and manner required under Applicable Laws.


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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1
               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration  Statement
(Form S-8)  pertaining  to the 1988  Employee  Stock  Purchase Plan and the 1993
Stock Option Plan of Trimble  Navigation Limited of our report dated January 26,
1999 with  respect to the  consolidated  financial  statements  and  schedule of
Trimble  Navigation  Limited  included in its Annual  Report (Form 10-K) for the
year ended January 1, 1999, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                            /s/ERNST & YOUNG LLP



Palo Alto, California
August 11, 1999



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