GPS World articles from June 2003

GPS World archives from June 2003

Reversal of fortune. (The View from Here).(US efforts to modernize GPS and Europe's initiative to build the Galileo system)
June 1, 2003... As baseball's National League pennant race ground down to its conclusion in 1973, New York Mets manager Yogi Berra uttered one of his deceptively obvious sayings, "It ain't over till it's over." Indeed, the Mets ultimately won the race in...

GPS modernization. (Letter to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 2003... Being an avid reader, feel obligated to provide some comments to your The View From Here" and Washington View" columns in the March 2003 issue of GPS World. Both Mr. Gibbons and Ms. Divis provided a good representation of the facts relating to...

New GPS policy in the works. (Washington View).
June 1, 2003... The White House is starting an overall policy review of the Global Positioning System where, as one Washington insider put it, "Everything is on the table." By most accounts, the development of Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system...

Lockheed, Spectrum team on reborn GPS III. (Global View).
June 1, 2003... In the wake of renewed Department of Defense (DoD) interest in the GPS m modernization initiative, former competitors Lockheed Martin and Spectrum Astro have announced plans to combine their efforts to win future contracts for the program. That...

ESA moves to OK Galileo. (Global View).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The European Space Agency (ESA) has resolved objections from Spain to proposed allocation of shares for work on the Galileo global navigation satellite system (GNSS) and reached an agreement that will allow the project to move ahead. ...

IIT contract boosts IIF AJ. (Global View).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Reflecting a growing concern about protecting the Global Positioning System from adversaries' efforts to interrupt its use, the GPS follow-on (Block IIF) generation of satellites will be modified to raise power levels and increase their...

Exacting a toll: GPS, microwaves precise Swiss system. (Integration Challenge).
June 1, 2003... Germany and Britain will implement satellite-based road tolling for trucks. The European Commission proposes mandating GNSS-based tolls throughout Europe. Meanwhile, Switzerland has already introduced a new road-tolling system for heavy...

QZSS--Japan's new integrated communication and positioning service for mobile users. (System Challenge).(Quasi-Zenith Satellite System)
June 1, 2003... Japan is planning to create a regional augmentation--the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System, or QZSS--that will provide additional GPS-like signals aimed at improving positioning capability for mobile users, along with new communications services....

Galileo frequency & signal design. (System Challenge).
June 1, 2003... Europe's program to develop an independent satellite-based positioning system -- Galileo -- seeks to balance several goals: taking advantage of technological innovation while optimizing the compatibility and interoperability of Galileo and GPS....

Galileo performance: GPS interoperability and discriminators for urban and indoor environments. (System Challenge).
June 1, 2003... A technical study examines potential discriminators for Galileo mass-market acceptance in the presence of a freely available GPS service. This approach seeks to provide commercial input to the Galileo signal design process, to optimize the GPS...

Andrew Corporation: Multiband Antenna division. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Multiband Antennas 10500 153rd Street Orland Park, Illinois Phone: (800) 255-1479 Fax: (800) 349-5444 robert.wood@andrew.com www.andrew.com Corporate contact: Joe Mockus Sales contact: Robert Wood Technical...

Applanix. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).
June 1, 2003... 85 Leek Crescent Richmond Hill, Ontario Canada L4B 3B3 Phone: (905) 709-4600 Fax: (905) 709-6027 info@applanix.com www.applanix.com Corporate Description Applanix is a leading developer of aided inertial...

CSI Wireless Inc. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).
June 1, 2003... 4110 - 9 Street S.E. Calgary, Alberta T2G 3C4, Canada Phone: (403) 259-3311 Fax: (403) 259-8866 info@csi-wireless.com www.csi-wireless.com Corporate contact: Jeff Adams Sales contact: Steve Lawrence Service...

EDO Antenna Products & Technologies Division. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... 455 Commack Road Deer Park, New York 11729 Phone: (631) 595-6000 Fax: (631) 595-6180 steve.spaulding@dp.ail.com www.edocorp.com Corporate contact: Steve Spaulding Technical service contact: Steve Spaulding ...

Fastrax Oy. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).
June 1, 2003... Valimotie 7 01510 Vantaa, Finland Phone: +358 424 7331 Fax: +358 9 8240 9691 info@fastrax.fi www.fastrax.fi Corporate contact: Matti Raty Sales: sales@fastrax.fi Technical service: support@fastrax.fi ...

GPS Networking, Inc. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... 710A W. 4th Street Pueblo, Colorado 81003 Phone: (800) 463-3063 Fax: (719) 595-9890 gpsman@gpsnetworking.com www.gpsnetworking.com Corporate contact: Steven Waite Sales contact: Eileen O'Halloran Tecnical...

GPS Source, Inc. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).
June 1, 2003... PO Box 2087 Pueblo, CO 81005 Phone: (719) 561-9520 Fax: (719) 565-0890 sales@gpssource.com www.gpssource.Com Corporate contact: Allen Gross Sales contact: Ed Ward Technical services contact: Phil Coiner ...

Hirschmann Electronics, Inc. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).
June 1, 2003... 30 Hook Mountain Road P.O. Box 654 Pine Brook, New Jersey 07058 Phone: (973) 830-2000 Fax: (973) 830-1470 info@hirschmann-usa.com www.hirschmann-usa.com President: Klaus J. Egert Sales: Ed Renner Technical...

Honeywell. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).
June 1, 2003... 12001 State Highway 55 Plymouth, Minnesota 55441 Phone: (800) 323-8295 or (763) 954-2472 Fax: 763-954-2257 ssec.customer.service@honeywell.com www.magneticsensors.com VP and general manager: Eric Doremus...

L3 Communications, Interstate Electronics Corporation. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).
June 1, 2003... 602 E Vermont Avenue Anaheim, California 92803 Phone: (714) 758-0500 Fax: (714) 758-4148 Greg_Martz@iecorp.com www.iechome.com Corporate contact: Greg Martz Year founded: 1956 Corporate Description ...

KVH Industries. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).
June 1, 2003... 50 Enterprise Center Middletown, Rhode Island 02842 Phone: (401) 847-3327 Fax: (401) 849-0045 info@kvh.com www.kvh.com Vice-president, new business development: Dan Conway Sales director, FOG/OEM: Jay Napoli ...

MAXRAD, Inc. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).
June 1, 2003... 4350 Chandler Drive Hanover Park, Illinois Phone: (800) 323-9122, (630) 372-6800 Fax: (630) 372-8077 sales@maxrad.com www.maxrad.com CEO: Steven L. Deppe Senior VP, operations and finance: John Cosmas VP,...

Leica Geosystems, Inc. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).
June 1, 2003... 4855 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, Suite 235 Norcross, Georgia 30092 Phone: (770) 447-6361 Fax: (770) 447-Q710 www.leica-geosystems.com Year founded: 1921 Corporate Description Leica Geosystems is a global...

Navman NZ Limited. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).(Advertisement)
June 1, 2003... Navman OEM 27121 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 220 Foothill Ranch, California 92610-2807 Phone: (949) 461-7150 Fax: (949) 461-7860 oem.sales@navman.com www.navman.com President: Peter Maire EVP OEM: Mark Bowman...

Navtech Seminars & GPS Supply. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).(Advertisement)
June 1, 2003... 6121 Lincolnia Road, Suite 400 Alexandria, Virginia 22312 Phone: (800) NAV-0885 (703) 256-8900 Fax: (703) 256-8988 gpsteach@navtechgps.com www.GPSetc.com or www.navtechGPS.com Corporate Description Navtech...

NemeriX. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).(Advertisement)
June 1, 2003... Stabile Gerre 2000, P.O. Box 425 6928 Manno, 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....

OmniSTAR, Inc. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).(Advertisement)
June 1, 2003... 8200 Westglen Houston, Texas 77063 Phone: (713) 785-5850 Fax: (713) 785-5164 dgps@omnistar.com www.omnistar.com Corporate contact: S. John Waits (North America) Sales contact: John Pointon (North America) ...

NovAtel Inc. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).(Advertisement)
June 1, 2003... 1120 - 68th Avenue NE Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2E 8S5 Phone: (800) NOVATEL or (403) 295-4900 Fax: (403) 295-4901 sales@novatel.ca www.novatel.com Corporate contact: Farlin Halsey Sales: Graham Purves Technical...

Pacific Crest Corporation. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).(Advertisement)
June 1, 2003... 990 Richard Avenue Suite 110 Santa Clara, California 95050 Phone: (800) 795-1001 Fax: (408) 748-9984 sales@paccrst.com www.paccrst.com Media contact: Rick Gosalvez Year founded: 1994 Corporate Description ...

Rakon Limited. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).(Advertisement)
June 1, 2003... Private Bag 99943 Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand Phone: +64 9 573 5554 Fax: +64 9 573 5559 sales@rakon.com www.rakon.com Corporate contact: Darren Robinson Sales contact: Justin Maloney Technical services:...

Raven Industries. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).
June 1, 2003... 500 Center Ridge Drive, Suite 600 Austin, Texas 78753 Phone: (512) 670-7374, (800) 460-2167 Fax: (512) 454-5570 General manager: Paul Welbig Technical sales: Elliot Sura Year founded: Raven, 1956; Starlink Inc., 1989...

Rayming Corporation. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2003... 1305 John Reed Court City of Industry, California 91745 Phone: (800) 278-5179, (626) 961-6613 Fax: (626) 961-8493 sales@rayming.com www.rayming.com Corporate Description Rayming Corporation was Founded 18 years...

RF Micro Devices. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).(Advertisement)
June 1, 2003... 7628 Thorndike Road Greensboro, North Carolina 27409-9421 Phone: (336) 664-1233 Fax: (336) 931-7454 callcenter@rfmd.com www.rfmd.com Corporate contact: Irma Swain Sales contact: Greg Thompson Services...

Rockwell Collins. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).(Advertisement)
June 1, 2003... 400 Collins Road NE Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52498 Phone: (319) 295-1000 Fax: (319) 295-4777 collins@rockwellcollins.com www.rockwellcollins.com Corporate contact: Jeff Phelps Sales contact: Dale Mobely Technical...

RoyalTek Company Ltd. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).(Advertisement)
June 1, 2003... 8F, 256 YangGuang Street, Neihu Chiu 114 Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. Phone: +886-2-7721-5000 Fax: +886-2-7721-5666 sales@royaltek.com www.royaltek.com Corporate contact: sales@royaltek.com Sales contact:...

TechnoCom Corporation: making wireless location happen[TM]. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).(Advertisement)
June 1, 2003... 16133 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 500 Encino, California 91436 Phone: (818) 501-1900 Fax: (818) 501-1919 sales@technocom-wireless.com www.technocom-wireless.com Corporate Description TechnoCom Corporation[R] enables...

SOKKIA. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).(Advertisement)
June 1, 2003... 16900W. 118th Terrace Olathe, Kansas 66061 Phone: (913) 492 7585 Fax: (913) 492-8233 www.sokkia.com Corporate Description Sokkia Company, founded in 1920, is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and has worldwide...

Spirent Federal Systems Inc. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).(Advertisement)
June 1, 2003... 22345 La Palma Ave., Ste. 105 Yorba Linda, California 92887 Phone: (714) 692-6565 Fax: (714) 692-6567 info@spirentfederal.com www.spirentfederal.com Contact: Mark Wilson Year founded: 2001 Corporate Description...

Spirent Positioning Technology. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).(Advertisement)
June 1, 2003... Aspen Way Paignton, Devon, TQ4 7QR, England Phone: +44 (0) 1803 546325 Fax: +44 (0) 1803 546301 sales-uk@spirentcom.com www.positioningtechnologyco.uk Contact: Andy Addy Year founded: 1985 Corporate Description...

Symmetricom, Inc.: Timing, Test and Measurement Division. (Corporate Profiles: Advertorial).(Advertisement)
June 1, 2003... 3750 Westwind Boulevard Santa Rosa, California 95403 Phone: (888) FOR SYMM, +1 408 428 7907 (worldwide) Fax: (707) 527-6640 E-mail: jhopkins@symmetricom.com www.symmetricom.com/ttm Corporate contact: Jeanne Hopkins ...

Van Martin Systems, Inc. (Advertorial).(Advertisement)
June 1, 2003... P.O. Box 2203 Rockville, Maryland 20847-2203 Phone: (301) 468-2095 Fax: (301) 770-6555 vnisi@erols.com www.vmsi-microcosm.com Corporate contact: Thomas V. Martin Year founded: 1989 Corporate Description Van...

Company Directory. (Buyer Guide 2003).(Directory)
June 1, 2003... 308 SYSTEMS Inc 1265 Van Home Ave Ste 160, Hermosa Beech, CA 90254 310 376 2131 fax 310 318 6033 info@308systems.com www.308systems.com 4P Mobile Data Processing Viale RegioneVeneto, 26 35127 ...

Products & services. (Buvers Guide 2003).
June 1, 2003... ACCESSORIES Cable assemblies AeroAntenna Technology, Inc. AgNav Inc. Air-Trak.com, Inc. Allis Communications Co. Ltd. Andrew Micropulse Inc. Antenex, Inc ARC Wireless Communications Bergeson's Surveyor...

Multipath mitigation: how good can it get with new signals? (Innovation).
June 1, 2003... Answer: The winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize for Physics. The question? Who defined the most important signal parameter for controlling GPS multipath? The British/Hungarian physicist Dennis Gabor won the prize for the invention of holography....

NovAtel acquires CMC's OEM GPS product line. (GPS Inside).
June 1, 2003... NovAtel Inc. has acquired the nonaviation GPS OEM product line of its corporate parent, CMC Electronics. The deal effectively moves the remaining responsibility for CMC's core GPS technology development to the Calgary, Alberta, Canada-based...

ptf positioned to keep time. (GPS Inside).(Precise Time and Frequency Inc. )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Precise Time and Frequency, Inc., (ptf) newly headquartered in Peabody, Massachusetts, specializes in performance time and frequency products for applications such as communications and metrology. The company enters the marketplace with a...

Nottingham's BIGF rolls on. (GPS Inside).(University of Nottingham's British Isles GPS archive facility )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The U.K. Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) contributed funding to the University of Nottingham's British Isles GPS archive facility (BIGF) and named it an NRC facility. Operating since 1998, BIGF is the long-term repository for...

Trimble extend global reach. (GPS Inside).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Trimble, based in Sunnyvale, California, has formed a joint venture with Nikon Corporation of Tokyo, Japan. The agreement provides for Trimble's 50 percent ownership stake in Nikon-Trimble and its responsibility for Nikon Geotecs operations....

eRide: new GPS chip. (Launches).
June 1, 2003... A San Francisco, California-based company, eRide, is going after the wireless and location-based services markets with a new GPS chip architecture and server technology. Founded in 1999, the company recently introduced a...

RF Micro Devices telematics, bluetooth. (Launches).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... RF Micro Devices, Inc., of Greensboro, North Carolina, has released the RF8009 GPS receiver designed for telematics and automotive navigation applications. The integrated plug-and-play 12-parallel-channel module includes baseband digital signal...

Machine guidance from Leica. (Launches).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Leica Geosystems of Heerbrugg, Switzerland, has introduced Telescope software for real-time data transfer by radio between its Dozer 2000 GPS machine-guidance systems and central offices. The software allows the Dozer 2000 operator to upload...

CSI Wireless goes solar. (Launches).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... CSI Wireless of Calgary Alberta, Canada, offers a way to track untethered or unpowered trailers using a 4.5-watt solar-power alternative. The company's Fleet-Link tracking and reporting device provides vehicle-status reports for as many as 60...

Gotive has remote logistics. (Launches).(H41 wireless enterprise communicator)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Gotive, a Bratislava, Slovakia--based company, introduced a wireless enterprise communicator (WEC) and docking station that combines the functions of a handheld computer, mobile phone, localization-navigation device, and barcode reader in a...

NavCom enhances Bridge system. (Deals).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Bridge Technology of Phoenix, Arizona, will add NavCom Technology's (Redondo Beach, California) Safari Network SR-7100 system to its GPS-enabled Next-Shuttle real-time transportation tracking system. Bridge currently produces turnkey...

TechnoCom with SAIC, Bluetooth. (Deals).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... TechnoCom Corporation of Los Angeles, California, will provide more than 16,000 software licenses to San Diego, California- based Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). The TechnoCom software provides control of in-vehicle...

IEC secures new contracts. (Deals).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Interstate Electronics Corporation (TEC) of Anaheim, California, has sealed a contract with the Office of Naval Research to develop and test a high-performance GPS antijam capability for scalable, multi-element space time adaptive processing...

Telecontar, Televoke merge for LBS. (Deals).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Telcontar of San Jose, California, a provider of software for location-based services LBS, and Televoke of San Francisco, California, an automated web and telephony service company, have merged to provide U.S. and European customers with mobile...

Spirent Communications. (Industry Bytes).
June 1, 2003... Spirent Communications of Devon, England, has introduced software for its 5TR4760 series of GPS simulators capable of simulating the new GPS L5 and L2C frequencies. SimGEN allows users to easily create representative scenarios. An L5 upgrade...

u-blox. (Industry Bytes).
June 1, 2003... u-blox of Thalwil, Switzerland, has opened a sales office in San Diego, California to improve support for its West Coast customers, further develop its GPS business in the West, and strengthen its overall position in the North American market.

ESRI. (Industry Bytes).
June 1, 2003... ESRI of Redlands, California, launched an online ArcExplorer GIS data viewer. A custom mapping application for viewing one or multiple map services, ArcExplorer Web can overlay multiple map images, turn layers within a map service on or off,...

CSI Wireless Inc. (Industry Bytes).
June 1, 2003... CSI Wireless Inc. of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, has achieved record earnings levels for the first quarter of the year. The return to profitability was marked by a 72-percent increase in revenues over first-quarter 2002 earnings and a 17-percent...

Events.
June 1, 2003... The Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) has issued a call for papers for its 27th conference scheduled for April 25-2 8, 2004 in Seattle. The deadline for abstract submission is July 11, 2003, on topics such as mobile...

Antijam GPS antenna. (Receiver Technology).
June 1, 2003... EDO and NavSys have jointly developed an antijam dual-frequency GPS antenna for operation over the full military GPS bandwidth. The DM NI 07 mini-array 5.25-inch-diameter antenna has a frequency range of 1227.6 6 10.23 MHz and 1575.42 610.23...

GPS receiver module. (Receiver Technology).
June 1, 2003... The DioHelix-F GPS receiver module from Sarantel combines the company's PowerHelix omnidirectional GPS miniature antenna with the iTrax02/4 GPS receiver from Fastrax for a reported accuracy of approximately [+ or -] 10 meters. The antenna...

GPS engine. (Receiver Technology).
June 1, 2003... NovAtel's OEM4-G2L GPS engine incorporates the company's pulse aperture correlator (PAC) for a reported accuracy of 2 centimeters with RT-2 corrections. The 60 X 100 X 16-millimeter device has two serial ports--a USB port and one that supports...

GM receiver. (Receiver Technology).
June 1, 2003... The XE1610-OEMPVT OEM GPS receiver from Xemics designed for PDAs, handheld receivers, automobiles, and location based services-enabled devices, has a position accuracy Circle 73

Precision time system. (Timing).
June 1, 2003... The PTS time and frequency instrument from Brandywine has outputs accurate to Circle 74

GPS mapping system. (Survey and Mapping).
June 1, 2003... Leica Geosystems' GS20 Bluetooth-enabled professional data mapper contains the company's Indigo 12-channel GPS receiver for L1 code and requires 2.1 watts at 20 8C, 7.2 volts internal, 12 volts external. The 21.5393 5-centimeter unit weighs...

Mapping and surveying software. (GPS-Related Software).
June 1, 2003... Corvallis Microtechnology's PC-Mapper 5.5 GPS/GIS/navigation software for Windows 2000/NT/XP tablet, notebook, or desktop PCs offers real-time navigation, field and office GPS/GIS data collection, auto routing, stakeout, coordinate geometry,...

Calendar 2003.
June 1, 2003... JUNE 23-27 IEEE Antennas & Propagation Symposium Columbus, Ohio. The joint Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale (URSIIIAU) North American Radio Science Meeting and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)...