GPS World articles from June 2002

GPS World archives from June 2002

Cooperative urges. (The View from Here).(Editorial)
June 1, 2002... In London's Highgate Cemetery, about midway between the grave sites of Karl Marx and George Eliot, is an overgrown tombstone with the name Herbert Spencer inscribed on it. The generally neglected circumstances of the plot echo Spencer's...

Freight Security Consortium sees GPS use for hazmat tracking. (Global View).(Freight Transportation Security Consortium)
June 1, 2002... A group of companies assembled in response to the threat of terrorist attacks on the hazardous materials (hazmat) supply chain is working to establish common standards for security-related messaging and data encryption for GPS-based location...

L-3 Communications, Interstate Electronics Corporation. (Advertorial).(Company Profile)
June 1, 2002... 602 E Vermont Avenue Anaheim, California 92803 714 758 0500 Fax 714 758 4148 www.iechome.com Greg_Martz@iecorp.com Contact person: Greg Martz No. of employees: 550 Year founded: 1956 CORPORATE...

Leica Geosystems AG. (Advertorial).(Company Profile)
June 1, 2002... Heinrich-Wild-Strasse CH-9435 Heerbrugg, Switzerland Phone: +41 71 727 3131 Fax: +41 71 727 4674 fritz.staudacher@leica-geosystems.com www.leica-geosystems.com Contact: Fritz Staudacher No. of employees: 2750...

Navtech seminars & GPS Supply. (Advertorial).(Company Profile)
June 1, 2002... 6121 Lincolnia Road, Suite 400 Alexandria VA 22312 USA Tel. (703) 256-8900 Fax (703) 256-8988 Toll free from US and Canada (800) NAV-0885 gpsteach@navtechgps.com www.navtechGPS.com Corporate description Navtech...

OmniSTAR, Inc. (Advertorial).(Company Profile)
June 1, 2002... 8200 Westglen Houston, TX 77063 Phone: (713) 785-5850 Fax: (713) 785-5162 dgps@omnistar.com www.omnistar.com Contact: John Pointon No. of employees: more than 100 worldwide Year founded: 1957 ...

Rakon Limited. (Advertorial).(Company Profile)
June 1, 2002... Private Bag 99943 Newmarket, Auckland New Zealand Phone: 0064 9 573 5554 Fax: 0064 9 573 5559 nina@rakon.com www.rakon.com Contact: Brian Karl No. of employees: 412 worldwide Date founded: 1967 ...

Rockwell Collins. (Advertorial).(Company Profile)
June 1, 2002... 400 Collins Road N.E. Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52498 Phone: (800) 321-2223 / (319) 295-5100 Fax: (319) 295-4777 collins@rockwellcollins.com www.rockwellcollins.com Contact: David West No. of employees: about 13,000...

SOKKIA Corporation. (Advertorial).(Company Profile)
June 1, 2002... 16900 W. 118th Terrace Olathe, Kansas 66061 USA Phone: (800) 255-3913 Fax: (913) 492-8233 www.sokkia.com Contact: Stephanie Fite, Marketing Coordinator No. of employees: 1,200 internationally Year founded: 1992...

Spirent Communications, Performance Analysis -- Positioning. (Advertorial).(Company Profile)
June 1, 2002... Aspen Way Paignton, Devon TQ4 7QR, England Phone: +44(0) 1803 546300 Fax: +44(0) 1803 546301 Sales-uk@spirentcom.com www.spirentcom.com Contact: Mark Wilson No. of employees: 60 Year founded: 1985 ...

A New Software Tool: Studying the performance of Global Navigation Satellite Systems. (Innovation).(Column)
June 1, 2002... The performance of a GNSS receiver and the accuracy and reliability of the position in formation derived from its measurements depend on several factors. How many satellites can it track? To what elevation cutoff angle? Does it provide...

Calendar 2001.
June 1, 2002... JUNE 24-26 ION Annual Meeting Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Institute of Navigation's 58th Annual Meeting. E-mail <meetings@ion.org>. web site <www.ion.org/meetings/meetings.cfm>. JUNE 24-28 IGARSS '02 Toronto, Ontario,...

Cacheing in on GPS. (Leading Edge).
June 1, 2002... Forget about guiding weapons, navigating ships, tracking trucks, and finding street addresses. Never mind surveying, precision agriculture, or determining spacecraft attitude. Now that GPS technology is mature and GPS receivers are small,...