GPS World articles from January 2004

GPS World archives from January 2004

The power of new.(The View From Here)
January 1, 2004... Never underestimate the power of new. The calendar rolls over; a new year begins. Our hopes are reset; resolutions, enumerated; new goals, set out (or renewed). We are imbued with a sense that our debts with the past have been put aside, and...

Four seek Galileo lead role.(Global View)
January 1, 2004... Four consortia have responded to the Galileo Joint Undertaking (GJU) invitation to tender proposals to operate the Galileo system that will serve as the European counterpart to GPS. The GJU expects to select a concessionaire by the end of...

GPS, Glonass satellite launches.(Global View)
January 1, 2004... Both the U.S. and Russian navigation satellite systems added satellite to their constellations during December. On December 10, three Glonass spacecraft were placed into orbit in plane 1, including one of the new generation of Glonass-M...

Guard uses GPS in training simulation.(Global View)
January 1, 2004... In early December, the California Army National Guard conducted the first-ever, battalion-level demonstration of its Joint Training Experimentation program (JTEP)--a "live-virtual-constructive" training concept aimed at reducing training costs...

A good host: programming interface takes application inside GPS.(Integration Challenge)
January 1, 2004... GPS- and inertial-guided automatic steering systems for use on large tractors contribute tremendous environmental benefits by reducing wheel traffic in the field and thus mitigating soil compaction, runoff, and diesel consumption as well as...

Precision on a roll: DGPS solutions for heavy machinery.(Design challenge)
January 1, 2004... To optimize road-surface compacting, increasing surface lifetime and reducing costly repairs, French researchers devised and tested three differential GPS (DGPS) systems--standard DGPS, phase-smoothed DGPS, and a new wide-area code and phase...

2004 receiver survey.
January 1, 2004... Now in its 12th year, the annual GPS World Receiver Survey provides the longest-running, most complete, and perhaps only comprehensive reference to GPS equipment available in one place. With information provided by more than 70...

GPS world company directory.
January 1, 2004... Advanced Telematic Systems Avenida de Bruselas 38, A2 28100 Alcobendas Madrid, Spain Phone: +34 93 861 70 40 Fax: +34 93 861 70 41 ventas@advanced.es www.advanced.es ALK Technologies, Inc., 1000...

Jamming protection of GPS receivers; Part I: receiver enhancements.(Innovation)
January 1, 2004... The sensitivity of GPS performance to jamming has been well documented. In its January 2003 issue, GPS World featured an article on a recent instance of unintentional jamming of an entire marina by a malfunctioning UHF radio. Speculation...

NovAtel to develop Galileo, WAAS receivers.(GPS Inside)
January 1, 2004... NovAtel Inc. of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, will begin development work on a prototype Galileo receiver, under a CDN $186,000 (US $143,000) contract from the Canadian Space Agency. The company plans to use its new L5, field-programmable gate...

New Javad receivers.(Launches)
January 1, 2004... Javad Navigation Systems of Saratoga, California, has released two new products, the OEM board GGD-112 and the Maxor-GGD. The OEM board GGD-112 is a dual-frequency GPS and Glonass receiver set on a 112 X 100-millimeter board. The receiver has...

Air Traffic Alliance satellite study.(Launches)
January 1, 2004... The Air Traffic Alliance, an alliance of EADS, Airbus, and Thales, will perform a six month study for the European Space Agency to investigate how satellite technology can advance communication, navigation, surveillance/air traffic management....

Televigation service keeps tabs.(Launches)
January 1, 2004... Televigation of Sunnyvale, California, introduced TeleNav Track, a Web- and mobile phone-based vehicle tracking service that operates via the Nextel Communications wireless network using SiRF receiver technology. The service integrates audio...

Surrey constellation monitors disaster.(Launches)
January 1, 2004... In September, the British company Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd launched the first constellation of satellites dedicated to monitoring global disasters. Surrey's Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) was launched into low Earth orbit from a...

Can uLocate your family?(Launches)
January 1, 2004... uLocate Communications of Newton Center, Pennsylvania, offers an Internet-based global real-time tracking and telemetry service designed for locating family members to help ensure their safety. GPS and GSM/GPRS capabilities teamed with a...

u-blox tool tests receivers.(Launches)
January 1, 2004... The u-center Antaris Edition (AE) from u-blox (Thalwil, Switzerland) is a new support tool for evaluating, configuring, and testing GPS receivers and in particular, integrating the company's Antaris receivers in end products. Visualization,...

Reliance Monitors with OxLoc module.(Launches)
January 1, 2004... OxLoc of Oxford, England, and Reliance Monitoring Services of Uxbridge, England, have signed a memorandum of understanding in which OxLoc will provide its Asset Alert self-powered miniature GPS-GSM module for monitoring condition and position....

GeoSentry guards personal safety.(Launches)
January 1, 2004... GeoSentry of Anaheim, California, has introduced a portable tracking and monitoring service that integrates hardware and software for GPS-based positioning, digital wireless communications, Web server-based digital mapping with position...

Symmetricom defense focus.(Launches)
January 1, 2004... Symmetricom's Timing, Test, & Measurement division is venturing further into supplying critical defense programs by focusing integrated product lines, customization capabilities, and planning and management systems on specialized programs in...

Trimble steers Case tractors.(Deals)
January 1, 2004... Agricultural equipment manufacturer Case New Holland (Lake Forest, Illinois) has agreed to outfit its agricultural tractors with Trimble's (Sunnyvale, California) GPS-based automated steering systems, starting with the New Holland brand TG and...

Calendar 2004.(Calendar)
January 1, 2004... JANUARY 20-21 ERRI Conference Paris, France. The European Rail Research Institute hosts a conference on satellite-based applications exclusively dedicated to railways: existing applications in tracking and tracing and traffic control;...