GPS World articles from February 2002

GPS World archives from February 2002

Civil, military GPS program: Congress sets budget. (Global View).
February 1, 2002... GPS satellite acquisition was allocated $172.7 million and GPS III modernization, $78.4 million, in the 2002 Department of Defense Appropriations Act signed into law by President Bush on January 10. The GPS system also received $180.5 million...

Look beneath the surface with augmented reality. (Application Challenge).
February 1, 2002... Augmented Reality technology graphically overlays digitally-stored information on views of the real world. It can facilitate the work of engineers and managers in the field and reduce the costs of field excavations and other operations. A...

Formation flight in space: Distributed spacecraft systems develop new GPS capabilities. (Challenge Application).
February 1, 2002... Scientists have just begun to understand the full potential of space vehicle formation flying. In the last few years, this technology has gone from a space oddity -- and a high risk one at that -- to a concept fully embraced by earth and...

Mapping the low-latitude lonosphere with GPS. (Innovation).
February 1, 2002... Since the late 1980s various research groups have been investigating the behavior of the ionosphere using GPS data. These investigations are based on the total electron content (TEC) measurements derived from dual-frequency GPS observations...

Consumer models debut in vegas floor show. (GPS Inside).
February 1, 2002... A brand new bevy of GPS-equipped devices bowed in at January's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The product launches reflect a trend towards building positioning capability into a range of other appliances, broadening the wedge of GPS...

New report on GPS market. (GPS Inside).
February 1, 2002... Allied Business Intelligence has published a 210-page study on "GPS World Markets 2002." Among its findings, the report states that the overall market continues to grow at a fast pace, with new market segments and new generations of products...

Events.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... GPS-wireless 2002 The sixth annual conference, April 11-12 in San Francisco, California, focuses on telematics, E911, wireless location services, integration, fleet management, and new technologies. Call (888) 597-6538, email...

Calendar 2002.(News Briefs)
February 1, 2002... MARCH 5-8 Oceanology International 2002 London, United Kingdom. The conference and exhibition focus on developments in oceanography, the role of oceans in global climatic change, and the marine information industry. For information...