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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.
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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)...