Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Income (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jul. 04, 2014	Jun. 28, 2013	Jul. 04, 2014	Jun. 28, 2013
Revenue:
Product	$ 468,995	$ 425,880	$ 911,564	$ 838,667
Service	100,062	84,511	193,381	166,107
Subscription	73,142	65,902	141,975	127,630
Total revenue	642,199	576,293	1,246,920	1,132,404
Cost of sales:
Product	212,369	200,493	416,121	399,194
Service	37,667	32,549	71,846	63,392
Subscription	17,574	20,995	36,584	40,967
Amortization of purchased intangible assets	20,018	19,855	40,906	39,536
Total cost of sales	287,628	273,892	565,457	543,089
Gross margin	354,571	302,401	681,463	589,315
Operating expense
Research and development	81,807	76,555	158,183	150,163
Sales and marketing	95,621	85,307	192,975	168,930
General and administrative	61,364	52,760	118,797	104,730
Restructuring charges	789	2,966	1,126	4,571
Amortization of purchased intangible assets	17,856	19,908	37,537	39,559
Total operating expense	257,437	237,496	508,618	467,953
Operating income	97,134	64,905	172,845	121,362
Non-operating income, net
Interest expense, net	(3,164)	(4,255)	(6,847)	(9,326)
Foreign currency transaction gain (loss)	(454)	600	(609)	(969)
Income from equity method investments	5,225	7,157	8,688	11,414
Other income, net	27	284	13,166	579
Total non-operating income, net	1,634	3,786	14,398	1,698
Income before taxes	98,768	68,691	187,243	123,060
Income tax provision	20,741	13,738	41,091	19,175
Net income	78,027	54,953	146,152	103,885
Less: Net gain (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	193	372	(306)	(504)
Net income attributable to Trimble Navigation Ltd.	$ 77,834	$ 54,581	$ 146,458	$ 104,389
Basic earnings per share	$ 0.30	$ 0.21	$ 0.56	$ 0.41
Shares used in calculating basic earnings per share	261,075	256,186	260,432	255,683
Diluted earnings per share	$ 0.29	$ 0.21	$ 0.55	$ 0.40
Shares used in calculating diluted earnings per share	265,957	260,533	265,370	260,416