GPS World articles from February 2003

GPS World archives from February 2003

Chasing Galileo unity. (The View from Here).
February 1, 2003... Reflecting on the current state of Galileo development brings to mind the ironic greeting-card message, "I love humanity. It's people I hate." Like UN-brokered covenants on human rights, the Galileo project illustrates the fact that it often...

Galileo stuck in political traffic. (Washington View).
February 1, 2003... Galileo is stuck. Like some lost satellite in a science fiction movie, the European counterpart to the Global Positioning System is trapped between the gravitational forces of various European national agendas -- held until a shift in the...

Pentagon axes GPS III funds. (Global View).
February 1, 2003... The Department of Defense (DoD) will reportedly seek to eliminate almost all funding for the next-generation GPS III architecture program for the next three years. Whether the money is rerouted into other cash-short military programs or...

WAAS nears IOC. (Global View).(GPS Wide Area Augmentation System nears initial operational capability )
February 1, 2003... More than three years behind its original schedule, the GPS Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) is approaching operational readiness. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which is overseeing the project to improve GPS accuracy and...

Audit urges LAAS changes. (Global View).(GPS Local Area Augmentation System)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... An audit report from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) urges the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to "reset" its expectations for the GPS Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS) to avoid the...

Instrument of Grace GPS augments gravity measurements. (Application Challenge).(Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment mission)
February 1, 2003... Using GPS timing to calibrate a microwave ranging system, the GRACE twins will improve knowledge of the Earth's geoid height from the current meter level to the centimeter level. In doing so, the system determines the 200-kilometer separation...

GPS radio IP design for cellular applications. (Challenge Design).
February 1, 2003... Successful GPS chipset design calls for optimal selection of trade-offs for particular processes and applications. Implementing a common intellectual property (IP) to diverse products makes this even more challenging. A team of RF engineers...

GPS world antenna survey.(Buyers Guide)
February 1, 2003... After choosing the most appropriate receiver for your application from last month's survey, you may need an antenna, too. We have collected information about all the most important features of 241 antennas from 30 manufacturers. We have made...

Handheld GPS receiver accuracy: standard positioning service. (Innovation).
February 1, 2003... Officially, the Global Positioning System has two levels of service: the Precise Positioning Service (PPS) which is afforded to the United States military, allied military forces and some other U.S. government agencies, and the Standard...

A utility's utility: gas, water, electric, telcos Rely on GPS. (GPS Inside).(summary of Geospatial Technology Report 2002: a Survey of Organizations Implementing Information Technologies)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... An overview of trends in the geospatial and geographic information systems (GIS) industry highlights GPS's role as one of the Top Ten technologies employed in this rapidly growing field. In one example, it states that GPS "drive-outs" enable...

CSI Wireless in vehicle recovery. (Deals).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... CSI Wireless Inc. of Calgary, Alberta, Canada will supply Datacom Wireless Corporation of Montreal, Quebec with its Asset-Link 100 unit for the latter's Mobilus stolen vehicle recovery system. CSI's Asset-Link 100, using the SiRF Star lie...

Pop, snacks GPS-tracked. (Deals).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Cadec Corporation of Atlanta, Georgia will supply Keebler, the second largest U.S. cookie and cracker manufacturer, with onboard logistics for its delivery trucks. The Kellogg subsidiary purchased 1,000 Cadec Mobius TTS managements systems,...

SiGe scores cool $42.8 mil. (Deals).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Ottawa, Ontario, Canada-based SiGe Semiconductor, a fabless supplier of analog integrated circuits in the wireless, cable and high-speed optical system markets, has raised $42.8 million to support new product development. In addition to...

SnapTrack, Inc. (People).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... SnapTrack, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, has appointed Kamil A. Grajski as senior vice president and general manager, replacing recently-resigned president Bret Sewell.

Events.
February 1, 2003... Simulator User Conference. Spirent Communications hosts a two-day Simulator User Conference in Nice, France, from March 27-28. The program will cover key issues in satellite navigation with papers from Spirent staff and other experts, as...

Correction.
February 1, 2003... A listing for RoyalTek's RGM3000 GFS modules in the December issue located the company in Japan. RoyalTek is based in Taipei, Taiwan; see .

Calendar 2003.
February 1, 2003... FEBRUARY 11-14, 2003 5th Geomatic Week: Conference and GlobalGeo Exposition Barcelona, Spain. Sponsored by the Institut de Geomatica, the conference focuses on integration of cartography, telematics, and navigation technologies, and...