Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Income (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 29, 2013	Mar. 30, 2012
Revenue:
Product	$ 412,787	$ 398,538
Service	81,596	57,430
Subscription	61,728	46,299
Total revenue	556,111	502,267
Cost of sales:
Product	198,701	193,044
Service	30,843	22,521
Subscription	19,972	14,431
Amortization of purchased intangible assets	19,681	13,121
Total cost of sales	269,197	243,117
Gross margin	286,914	259,150
Operating expenses
Research and development	73,608	60,235
Sales and marketing	83,623	76,024
General and administrative	51,970	46,886
Restructuring charges	1,605	481
Amortization of purchased intangible assets	19,651	15,676
Total operating expense	230,457	199,302
Consolidated operating income	56,457	59,848
Non-operating income (expense), net
Interest expense, net	(5,071)	(3,863)
Foreign currency transaction loss	(1,569)	(2,213)
Income from equity method investments, net	4,257	6,192
Other income, net	295	363
Total non-operating income (expense), net	(2,088)	479
Income before taxes	54,369	60,327
Income tax provision	5,437	10,255
Net income	48,932	50,072
Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(876)	(746)
Net income attributable to Trimble Navigation Ltd.	$ 49,808	$ 50,818
Basic earnings per share	$ 0.20	$ 0.20
Shares used in calculating basic earnings per share	255,181	248,740
Diluted earnings per share	$ 0.19	$ 0.20
Shares used in calculating diluted earnings per share	260,299	255,520