GPS World articles from January 2009

GPS World archives from January 2009

Can we Blog?(TECH TALK BLOG)
January 1, 2009... Wonder what the difference is between software radio, software-defined radio, and software receivers? Struggling with that pesky multipath or cycle slips? You can find help with these and many other GNSS-related questions at GPS World's...

Set a course for '09.(OUT IN FRONT)
January 1, 2009... By the time you read this, the United States will either have a new president or be breathing awful darn close. For sure we're already in the middle of a mess of a new economy, and what an almighty challenge that poses. Glance wider around the...

From the front lines of interoperability.(EXPERT ADVICE)
January 1, 2009... For all the talk about and good will towards interoperability of GNSS systems, one might assume that such hands-across-various-waters agreements are nearly or tacitly accomplished. While this is not out of the question, neither can it be termed...

Editorial update.(Editorial)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Kevin Dennehy has returned from a year's active duty as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. National Guard, stationed in Germany. Somehow he found time during his tour to continue writing the LBS Insider e-mail newsletter, with only a few gaps. He...

Mobile apps, advertising, and location.(NEWSLETTER EXCERPT)
January 1, 2009... What will feed the uptake in data-rich mobile applications? They have to be sort of free, nearly free, or simply free. What's going to be the business model to make that happen? Although just getting off the ground, expect to see an uptick...

GSA, EC spur Galileo proposals, applications.(THE SYSTEM)(European Commission)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Preparing for a [euro]40 million ($50.9 million) second call for proposals through the European Union's 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7), the European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA) will convene Growing Galileo 2009 January 27 and 28 in...

New media for Professional OEM.(THE SYSTEM)(original equipment manufacturers)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... A new monthly Professional OEM e-mail newsletter will appear in January from GPS World. Rob Lorimer provides expert commentary and focused news on the use of GNSS for original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and system integrators servicing...

GIOVE, Galileo signal information website.(THE SYSTEM)
January 1, 2009... A GIOVE website is available to all internet users and provides up-to-date information on the Galileo satellites, GIOVE-A and GIOVE-B, including the Signal-InSpace Interface Control Document (SIS-ICD) released in October, to enable users to...

FAA approves ADS-B for national rollout.(THE SYSTEM)(Federal Aviation Administration)(automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has approved a national rollout of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) air traffic control. "ADS-B is the backbone of the future of air traffic control. NextGen is real and, as of...

Interactive highway demonstrated.(THE SYSTEM)(German Aerospace Center)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... The German Aerospace Center (DLR) demonstrated a vehicle-to-road-infrastructure communication prototype December 11 at its Berlin test track. Future vehicles will exchange information about the traffic situation and potential dangers with each...

Magellan sells consumer division to MiTAC.(MASS MARKET OEM)
January 1, 2009... Magellan Navigation, Inc., a pioneer in personal navigation devices for the consumer, is selling off its consumer products division to Mitac, maker of the popular Mio and Navman GPS brands. Magellan, based in Santa Clara, California,...

Trimble acquires KOREC software assets to expand Mapping, GIS solutions.(SURVEY & CONSTRUCTION)
January 1, 2009... Trimble (Sunnyvale, California) announced December 19 that it has acquired the FastMap and GeoSite software assets from KOREC, a privately held Trimble distributor serving the United Kingdom and Ireland. The acquisition, which includes software...

IFEN to upgrade Galileo GATE signal.(German Aerospace Center )
January 1, 2009... The German Aerospace Center has contracted with IFEN GmbH for a signal upgrade of the Galileo Test and Development Environment (GATE), following the latest versions of the European Space Agency's Galileo Signal-in-Space Interface Control...

Spirent simulator to test Rockwell CRPA.(SYSTEM DESIGN & TEST)
January 1, 2009... Spirent Federal Systems will supply Rockwell Collins, Inc., with Phase 1 of a Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna (CRPA) test facility. Rockwell Collins selected a Spirent simulation system for performing coherent CRPA testing. The CRPA...

Magellan targets land surveyors with PC software.(Real Time Data Server )(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Magellan's new PC software, Real Time Data Server (RTDS), enables land surveying companies to use GNSS equipment to build their own direct IP real-time kinematic (RTK) corrections server. The software collects corrections sent by a base station...

Joint precision Missile launch tests a success.(MILITARY)
January 1, 2009... NetFires LLC, a joint venture between Raytheon Co.'s Missile Systems and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, in December completed the second guided test flight of the GPS/inertial-guided Non Line-of-Sight Launch System's (NLOS-LS)...

SiRF, Tele Atlas make cuts.(MASS MARKET OEM)
January 1, 2009... The GNSS market as a whole may remain stable, but the current economic downturn continues to take a toll in consumer market for GPS and navigation. Both GPS receiver maker SiRF Technology and digital map data supplier Tele Atlas announced job...

Munich satellite navigation summit 2009.(EVENTS)
January 1, 2009... March 3-5, 2009 Residenz Muenchen, Munich, Germany www.munich-satellite-navigation-summit.org The seventh summit features high-ranking world speakers from industry, science, and government discussing the direction of satellite...

Spirent GPS Training Conference.(EVENTS)(Conference news)
January 1, 2009... www.spirentfederal.com/gps/training Spirent Federal is conducting a two-day GPS Training Conference. The East Coast Conference is March 18-19 in Washington, D.C., and the West Coast Conference is March 24-25, in Anaheim, California. The...

Remote asset management worth the cost.(TRANSPORTATION)
January 1, 2009... Companies that invest in remote asset-management recouped their investment within the first 12 months of deployment and saw returns well over 100 percent within the first five years of implementation, according to an industry research study....

Assessing the spoofing threat: A portable spoofer implemented on a digital signal processor mounts a spoofing attack, characterizes spoofing effects, and suggests possible defense tactics. GNSS users and receiver manufacturers should explore and implement authentication methods against sophisticated spoofing attacks.(MILITARY & GOVERNMENT)
January 1, 2009... Seven years after the Volpe Report warned that "[a]s GPS further penetrates into the civil infrastructure, it becomes a tempting target that could be exploited by individuals, groups, or countries hostile to the U.S.," civil GPS receivers...

Counting equivalent correlators: quantifying the number for GNSS acquisition engine architectures.(INNOVATION)
January 1, 2009... Many GNSS chip manufacturers or software houses, when announcing a new product, include as part of the specifications the number of equivalent correlators that boost the power of their acquisition engine. This number is one of the most...

2009 Receiver Survey.
January 1, 2009... Now in its 17th year, the annual GPS World Receiver Survey provides the longest-running, most comprehensive database of GPS equipment available in one place. With information provided by 74 manufacturers on 510 receivers, the survey...

Helping farmers save the reef.(GNSS technologies in the popular media)
January 1, 2009... Farmers will be trained to use GPS technology to manage their crops as part of a $23 million rescue package for the Great Barrier Reef, reports The Age of Melbourne, Australia. A 2007 report on water quality linked the reef's decline to...

Leading the Blind.(Leader Dogs for the Blind )(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Leading the Blind. Leader Dogs for the Blind is the first dog-guide school in the United States to permanently integrate a talking GPS navigational tool into dogguide classes for people who are blind and visually impaired, reports Crain's...

Underwhere?(SEEN+HEARD)
January 1, 2009... Underwhere? A Brazilian clothing designer has incorporated a GPS receiver into her line of "Find Me if You Can" lingerie, reports Agence France Presse. Critics maintain that it's not exactly the most progressive idea, placing a satellite...