Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Income (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Apr. 04, 2014	Mar. 29, 2013
Revenue:
Product	$ 442,569	$ 412,787
Service	93,319	81,596
Subscription	68,833	61,728
Total revenue	604,721	556,111
Cost of sales:
Product	203,752	198,701
Service	34,179	30,843
Subscription	19,010	19,972
Amortization of purchased intangible assets	20,888	19,681
Total cost of sales	277,829	269,197
Gross margin	326,892	286,914
Operating expense
Research and development	76,376	73,608
Sales and marketing	97,354	83,623
General and administrative	57,433	51,970
Restructuring charges	337	1,605
Amortization of purchased intangible assets	19,681	19,651
Total operating expense	251,181	230,457
Operating income	75,711	56,457
Non-operating income (loss), net
Interest expense, net	(3,683)	(5,071)
Foreign currency transaction loss	(155)	(1,569)
Income from equity method investments	3,463	4,257
Other income, net	13,139	295
Total non-operating income (loss), net	12,764	(2,088)
Income before taxes	88,475	54,369
Income tax provision	20,350	5,437
Net income	68,125	48,932
Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(499)	(876)
Net income attributable to Trimble Navigation Ltd.	$ 68,624	$ 49,808
Basic earnings per share	$ 0.26	$ 0.20
Shares used in calculating basic earnings per share	259,789	255,181
Diluted earnings per share	$ 0.26	$ 0.19
Shares used in calculating diluted earnings per share	264,784	260,299