GPS World articles from July 2003

GPS World archives from July 2003

Hanging up on E911? (The View from Here).(Column)
July 1, 2003... Sometimes it seems as though the whole world is on the phone. Oh, I'm not talking about busy signals, or voice mail, or the infinite loop of automated CBX menus and prompts. I'm talking about people walking around on the streets pressing...

Galileo breaks free. (Washington View).
July 1, 2003... With the last half of its development money finally freed from the bondage of endless negotiations -- and a newly elected managerial leadership in place -- the Galileo program is set to leap forward. Program mangers will soon be letting...

Congress steps in bill to regulate E911 funds. (Global View).
July 1, 2003... Congress may intervene to prevent states and local governments from reallocating funds originally designated for E911 public safety answering points (PSAPs) and local service providers. The call centers need this money to upgrade their systems...

Trimble acquires Applanix. (Global View).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Trimble of Sunnyvale, California, has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Applanix Corporation of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada in a stock transaction valued at CDN $25 million (approximately U.S. $18.6 million). Applanix has three...

Robots behind the wheel: GPS/INS-vehicle assessment.
July 1, 2003... Vehicle manufacturers use subjective and quantitative tests to improve safety and steering responsiveness in new car models. One major problem with quantitative tests is -- the test driver. Even professional drivers find it hard to drive the...

Cleared for take-off GPS, GIS, and removal of airport obstructions. (Challenge Application).(San Diego Airports Division and Department of Public Works GIS Division)
July 1, 2003... Two months to deadline, underequipped, and underfinanced: The San Diego Airports Division and Department of Public Works GIS Division used a backpack GPS, GIS mapping, and simple instruments to identify trees obstructing the flight path at San...

Reporting from the scene: automated crash documentation. (Challenge Design).(Optimus Corp's AutoDOCS GPS-based system)
July 1, 2003... The Automated Documentation of Crash Scenes using GPS (AutoDOCS-GPS) provides police officers with a faster, more accurate way to record and analyze vehicle positioning after a crash. This can help increase road and vehicle safety. Driving...

NemeriX.
July 1, 2003... Stabile Gerre 2000, P0 Box 425 6928 Manna, Switzerland Phone: +41-91-612-4700 Fax: +41-91-612-4701 info@Nemerix.com www.Nemerix.com CEO: Ken Hawk Chief Scientist: Dr. Francesco Piazza Head Digital Tech: Dr....

An integrated positioning system GPS + INS + pseudolites. (Innovation).(inertial navigation systems )
July 1, 2003... Kinematic positioning has become a standard GPS technique for precision navigation that supports surveying and mapping systems. One application for which the high accuracy and reliability of kinematic positioning are required is mobile mapping,...

Two studies gauge AVL/LBS: aftermarket delivers, OEMs fail. (GPS Inside).(C.J. Driscoll and Associates, Allied Business Intelligence )
July 1, 2003... Telematics companies, wireless carriers, and automatic vehicle location (AVL) suppliers may benefit from a new market research study of U.S. commercial fleet operators announced by C.J. Driscoll & Associates of Los Angeles, California. ...

Leica tunes GIS data. (Launches).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Leica Geosystems GIS & Mapping of Atlanta, Georgia, has expanded its product line for capturing, referencing, and presenting geographic information system (GIS) data with three new products. Leica Photogrammetry Suite, a set of eight...

GiveMePower TDS CAD station. (Launches).(Tripod Data Systems)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... GiveMePower of Towson, Maryland, combines its PowerCAD software with Corvallis, Oregon--based Tripod Data Systems' Recon Packet PC and SoloView GPS location software. The resulting independent mobile computer-aided design (CAD) station will...

Trimble SiteVision cuts and fills. (Launches).(GPS-enabled SiteVision 5.0 and laser-based GCS400 machine guidance and control system)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Trimble Navigation of Sunnyvale, California, has released its GPS-enabled SiteVision version 5.0 and laser-based GCS400 machine guidance and control systems. An upgrade of an earlier product for use on earthmoving machinery, SiteVision 5.0...

Athena filters interference. (Launches).(AD-2800 antijam filter )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The Athena Group of Gainesville, Florida, has introduced the AD-2800 antijam filter for narrow-band GPS signal preprocessing. Part of the company's digital excision processor technology (ADEPT) product line, it identifies and eliminates...

TomTom navigator beats U.S. drum. (Launches).(door-to-door personal navigation system )
July 1, 2003... Netherlands-based TomTom has opened an office in Concord, Massachusetts, and released the TomTom Navigator USA, its door-to-door personal navigation system for U.S. locations. The unit, available through retailers at a $319 price point,...

Curl and Suunto on new tack. (Launches).(use of Suunto M9 wristop computer)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Curl Corporation of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Suunto Software Solutions of Vantaa, Finland, are testing the waters with their GPS-driven marine information, Web-based map application. The Suunto M9 wristop computer is a sailing instrument...

Matsushita wheels GPS bicycle. (Launches).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... An affiliate of Tokyo, Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial will produce a GPS-equipped electric bicycle that will enable owners to trace it if stolen. National Bicycle Industrial Co. Ltd. will roll out the new product in Japan in...

IEC FaSTAP, wind correction. (On the Military Front).(Interstate Electronics Corporation )
July 1, 2003... Interstate Electronics Corporation (IEC) of Anaheim, California, has secured a contract with the Office of Naval Research to develop and test a scalable multi-element space-time adaptive processing-based (STAP) adaptive array for a...

With DAGR InHand. (On the Military Front).(defense advanced GPS receiver )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The Precision Guidance Systems (PGS) Division of Raytheon Company, Lexington, Massachusetts, has licensed InHand Electronics, Inc., of Rockville, Maryland, to add its low-power hardware/software capabilities to the Raytheon handheld defense...

Harris to JDAM. (On the Military Front).(Boeing's Joint Direct Attack Munition )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Harris Corporation of Melbourne, Florida, has contracted with The Boeing Company of St. Louis, Missouri, to provide antijam GPS modules for Boeing's Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM). Harris's antijam GPS electronics module will be integrated...

TACNAV of KVH. (On the Military Front).(military vehicle navigation system)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has placed a $1.4 million order with KVH Industries of Middletown, Rhode Island, for the company's TACNAV military vehicle navigation system. The system, which provides precision heading, pointing,...

Navman's new pocket guide. (Launches).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Navman USA, Inc., a Nashua, New Hampshire, subsidiary of Auckland, New Zealand-based Navman Limited, has released a new companion navigation product for Compaq's (now Hewlett-Packard) iPAQ Pocket PC. The Navman GPS 3450 replaces the company's...

Chrysler drives Navigation Radio. (Launches).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Chrysler Group of Auburn Hills, Michigan, will equip select 2004 Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep models with factory-installed RB1 Navigation Radios, incorporating GPS receivers and antennas from Alps Electronics, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. ...

NovAtel, Leica under umbrella. (Deals).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... NovAtel Inc. of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and Leica Geosystems of Heerbrugg, Switzerland, have signed an umbrella agreement for joint development of new GNSS technologies. It expands a February 2002 strategic cooperation agreement for...

CSI Wireless in Ag, fleet. (Deals).(CSI's MBX-3S differential GPS beacon receiver )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... CSI Wireless Inc. of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, has contracted with 3-D Marketing of Pancho Santa Fe, California, to deliver CSI's MBX-3S differential GPS (DGPS) beacon receiver to U.S. government agencies. 3-D Marketing uses the instrument in...

GPS board. (Receiver Technology).(BP 12-channel L1)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The BP 12-channel L1, C/A-code GPS receiver from BAE Systems Rokar International is a parallel tracking unit that provides three-dimensional position, velocity, and time. The 119 X 122 X 16-millimeter receiver provides one-per-second update...

Noise and interference generator. (Receiver Technology).(GPS7500 )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Noise Com's GPS7500 noise and interference generator, with optional one or two independent arbitrary waveform generators, is designed for simultaneous testing of L1 and L2 or L5 frequencies. The unit includes a 1000- to 2000-megaHertz...

GIS software. (GPS-Related Software).(Electronic Data Solutions' HydroPlus GIS )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... HydroPlus GIS from Electronic Data Solutions, for use with ESRI ArcPad 6 mapping software, provides continual readout of water-resource management data and enables users to create points based on current location, GPS location, or by...

Positioning package. (Survey and Mapping).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... RTD-CE Epoch-by-Epoch positioning capabilities from Geodetics, Inc., and Carlson Software's SurvCE software, are available as a package suitable for all dual-frequency geodetic receivers with or without real-time kinematic (RTK) capability. The...

GPS handheld PC. (Survey and Mapping).(Panasonic's GPS-enabled Toughbook 01 )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Panasonic's Toughbook 01 handheld PC, GPS-enabled by Sokkia Corp., includes a SiRF chipset for C/A code reception, 12 parallel channels, and provides a reported position accuracy of 15 meters 2D rms and 2-3 meters 2D rms, wide area augmentation...

Asset-monitoring system. (Tracking and Wireless).(GeoLogic)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The GeoLogic asset monitoring system designed in partnership by Aether Systems, TransCommunications, and Mobilacomm Eagle, includes a GP2021 12-channel correlator and a GP2015 radio frequency front-end chip. The approximately 8-pound unit,...

Correction.
July 1, 2003... A product item in the June issue incorrectly stated that the Xemics XE1610-OEMPVT receiver operates at less than 20 milliangstroms. The correct unit is mA, or milliamps.

Calendar 2003.(Calendar)
July 1, 2003... JULY 7-11 ESRI International User Conference San Diego, California. The 23rd annual ESRI Users conference concentrates on applications of GIS software from the ESRI user community. Session topics include cadastral and land records;...