FORM 8-K
                                 Current Report

     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
                        April 27, 2004 (April 27, 2004)

                           Trimble Navigation Limited
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                   California
                 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

                                     0-18645
                            (Commission File Number)

                                   94-2802192
                             (IRS Employer I.D. No.)

                         749 N. Mary Ave. Sunnyvale, CA
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                      94088
                                   (Zip Code)
       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (408) 481-8000








Item 5. Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure

     Institutional  Shareholder  Services ("ISS") has requested that the Company
provide  additional detail with respect to fees billed to the Company by Ernst &
Young, LLP, specifically relating to the tax services provided during the fiscal
year  ended  January  2,  2004.  This   information   supplements  the  required
disclosures  in the Company's  proxy  statement  for its 2004 Annual  Meeting of
Shareholders  and is not intended to amend any of the  disclosure  in such proxy
statement. The following is the information we are providing to ISS.

Fees billed by Ernst & Young, LLP for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2004

Audit Fees                          $883,000
Tax Compliance                      $863,000
Tax Advice and Planning             $485,000

Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

     On April 27, 2004,  the Company  announced  its  financial  results for the
quarter  ended April 2, 2004. A copy of the press  release  dated April 27, 2004
relating to this announcement is furnished as Exhibit 99.1.




                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                                   TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LIMITED
                                                   a California corporation


         Dated: April 27, 2004                     /s/ Mary Ellen Genovese
                                                   -----------------------
                                                   Mary Ellen Genovese
                                                   Chief Financial Officer







                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
                           Exhibit Number Description

99.1 Text of Company Press Release dated April 27, 2004.