GPS World articles from June 2004

GPS World archives from June 2004

Don't stop now.(The View from Here)(global navigation satellite systems)(European Global Satellite Navigation System)
June 1, 2004... Most marriage counselors would agree that once estranged partners start talking to one another, begin to find the common ground, you want to keep the process going. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] After nearly a decade of distrust and...

RTCM releases new differential standard.(Global View)(Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services)(Differential Global Navigation Satellite System)
June 1, 2004... The Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services (RTCM) Special Committee 104 has completed a new standard for Differential Global Navigation Satellite System (DGNSS) services. Like its predecessors, the standard supports very high accuracy...

New geointelligence group forms.(Global View)(United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation)
June 1, 2004... A new industry association has arisen to address security-related aspects of geospatial technologies and information. The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) introduced itself in May as a nonprofit organization seeking to...

L2C launch delay, tests.(Global View)(Joint Program Office)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Launch of the first modernized GPS Block IIR-M satellite with a second civil signal (L2C) apparently may not occur this year after all. A busy schedule at Cape Canaveral could push the launch back to as late as March 2005, although the...

GPS/Galileo deal advances.(Global View)(global navigation satellite systems)
June 1, 2004... Talks between the United States and the European Commission (EC) are nearing a formal agreement on cooperation between two global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs)--the GPS and Galileo. Progress in the negotiations, however, have come as a...

Rover, go your own way: Self-Calibrating Pseudolite Array.(Mars Navigation)(Stanford University Aerospace Robotics Laboratory)
June 1, 2004... Future Mars rovers may use a self-deployable pseudolite-based navigation system--without a satellite constellation--to provide drift-free, centimeter-level, three-dimensional positioning. The mobile rover deploys a ground-based array, then...

GPS goes martian: nav/com for a red planet; Researchers assess the performance of a proposed Martian satellite positioning system, calculate inter-satellite and satellite-ground ranges and range rates, and finally predict the ability of Mars exploratory vehicles--the Netlanders--to position themselves by observing passing satellites.(Mars Satellite Network)
June 1, 2004... Renewed interest in Mars exploration since the mid-1990s has brought forward the need for more reliable communication and navigation to and at Mars. In the past, Earth-based radio transceivers performed all these functions, limiting both the...

Going the Distance: a GPS solution for TSD rallies; GPS functionality is well known for such applications as positioning, timing, speed, navigation, and tracking. However, two participants in Time Speed Distance (TSD) car rallies show that it can also be used for measuring distances and possibly replace the expensive precision odometers currently used by contestants.(Measuring Distance)(global positioning system)
June 1, 2004... Azero score at a checkpoint! This is what a Time Speed Distance (TSD) car rally team works for. Like golf, the lowest score wins. Thus the teams, each consisting of a driver and a navigator, will use all legal means to achieve the elusive...

Allen Instruments & Supplies.(Corporate Profiles)(Company Profile)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... CORPORATE CONTACTS Allen Instruments & Supplies 7114 East Earll Drive Scottsdale, Arizona 85251 Phone: 800-272-0180 Fax: 480-994-8337 Web: www.alleninstruments.com e-mail: scranmer@alleninst.com Year...

Argo Navigation Inc.(Corporate Profiles)(Company Profile)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... CORPORATE CONTACTS Argo Navigation Inc 800 S Harbor Blvd Suite 220 Anaheim, California 92805 Phone: 714-502-6900 Fax: 714-502-6905 Web: www.argonav.com Contact: Rick Brooks Corporate Description Argo...

CSI Wireless.(Corporate Profiles)(Company Profile)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... CORPORATE CONTACTS CSI Wireless Inc. 4110 9th Street S.E. Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2G 3C4 Phone: (403) 259-3311 Fax: (403) 259-8866 Email: info@csi-wireless.com Web: www.csi-wireless.com Corporate...

Cloud Cap Technology Inc.(Corporate Profiles)(Company Profile)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... CORPORATE CONTACTS Cloud Cap Technology Inc. PO Box 1500 8 Fourth Street Hood River, Oregon 97031 Phone: 541-387-2120 Fax: 541-387-2030 Web: www.cloudcaptech.com e-mail: sales@cloudcaptech.com...

Data burst technologies.(Corporate Profiles)(Company Profile)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... CORPORATE CONTACTS Data Burst Technologies 800 Research Dr., Ste 240 Woodland Park, Colorado 80863 Phone: (866) MYiTRAK Fax: (719)686-9896 Web: www.databurst.com e-mail: tom.grounds@databurst.com Year...

DigitalGlobe.(Corporate Profiles)(Company Profile)
June 1, 2004... CORPORATE CONTACTS DigitalGlobe 1900 Pike Road Longmont, Colorado 80501 Phone: 303-702-5561 Fax: 303-702-5562 Web: www.digitalglobe.com e-mail: info@digitalglobe.com Year founded: 1995 Corporate...

GPSFlight.(Corporate Profiles)(Company Profile)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... CORPORATE CONTACTS GPSFlight, Inc. 3447 119th Avenue NE Bellevue, Washington 98005 Phone: 425-827-6419 Fax: (253) 396-5195 Email: info@gpsflight.com Web: www.gpsflight.com Year founded: 2003 President:...

Navman NZ limited.(Corporate Profiles)(Company Profile)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... CORPORATE CONTACTS Navman OEM 27121 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 220 Foothills Ranch, CA 92610-2807 Phone: 949 461 7860 Fax: 949 461 7860 Web: www.navman.com e-mail: oem.sales@navman.com Year founded: 1987 ...

NovAtel.(Corporate Profiles)(Company Profile)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... CORPORATE CONTACTS NovAtel Inc. 1120-68th Avenue NE Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2E 8S5 Phone: 800 NOVATEL or (403) 295-4900 Fax: (403) 295-4901 Web: www.novatel.com e-mail: sales@novatel.ca Year founded: 1978...

Pacific Crest Corporation.(Corporate Profiles)(Company Profile)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... CORPORATE CONTACTS Pacific Crest Corporation 990 Richard Avenue, Suite 110 Santa Clara, California 95050 Phone: 800-795-1001 or 408-653-2070 Fax: 408-748-9984 Web: www.pacificcrest.com e-mail: sales@pacificcrest.com ...

Rakon.(Corporate Profiles)(Company Profile)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... CORPORATE CONTACTS Rakon Private Bag 99943 Newmarket Auckland, New Zealand Phone: +64 9 573 5554 Fax: +64 9 573 5559 Web: www.rakon.com e-mail: sales@rakon.com Year founded: 1967 Corporate contact: Darren...

Rockwell Collins.(Corporate Profiles)(Company Profile)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... CORPORATE CONTACTS Rockwell Collins 400 Collins Rd. N.E. Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52498 Phone: 319.295.5100 Fax: 319.295.4777 Web: www.rockwellcollins.com/gs e-mail: collins@rockwellcollins.com Year founded: 1933 ...

Spirent Federal.(Corporate Profiles)(Spirent Federal Systems)(Company Profile)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... CORPORATE CONTACTS Spirent Federal Systems 22345 La Palma Avenue. Ste. 105, Yorba Linda, California 92887 Phone: 714-692-6565 Fax: 714-692-6567 Web: www.spirentfederal.com e-mail: info@spirentfederal.com Contact:...

Time Critical Decisions.(Corporate Profiles)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... CORPORATE CONTACTS Time Critical Decisions, LLC 2177 Glenfield Rd. Annapolis, Maryland 21401 Phone: 207-831-1651 Fax: 443-782-1411 Web: www.tcdecisions.com e-mail: mpaepcke@TCDecisions.com Year founded: 2004...

Buyers guide.(Directory)
June 1, 2004... The Company Directory on page 58 gives manufacturers' contact information. The Products and Services Directory begins on page 62; a category overview appears here. 62 Accessories Cable assemblies Connectors Power...

Company directory.(Buyer's Guide)(Directory)
June 1, 2004... 308 SYSTEMS Inc 2637 Wapiti Road Fort Collins, CO 80525 970/282-7006 fax 970/282-7015 info@308systems.com www.308systems.com 4P Mobile Data Processing Viale Regione, Veneto, 26 35127 Padova, Italy ...

Buyer's guide.(Products and Services)(Buyers Guide)
June 1, 2004... ACCESSORIES Extrusion Technology Cable assemblies AeroAntenna Technology, Inc. Air-Trak.com, Inc. Allen Instruments Allen Osborne Associates, Inc. Allis Communications Co. Ltd. Andrew Corporation ...

Where's my bus? Radio signposts, dead reckoning, and GPS.(Innovation)(Toronto Transit Commission)(dead reckoning )(Column)
June 1, 2004... There is nothing more irritating than walking to the bus stop on a windy sub-zero winter morning only to find that your bus is 15 minutes behind schedule. Wouldn't it be nice if you could connect to the transit system's Web site from your...

RF Micro orients to Bluetooth, GPS.(GPS Inside)(RF Micro Devices Inc.)
June 1, 2004... RF Micro Devices, Inc. (RFMD) of Greensboro, North Carolina, a provider of proprietary radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) for wireless communications applications, announced a reorganization around three core businesses: wireless...

Navman pockets Bluetooth with GPS.(Launches)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Navman of Foothill Ranch, California has released the GPS 4410 handheld device designed for use with Bluetooth-enabled Pocket PCs. The 4410 upgrades the GPS 4400 companion navigation product for Hewlett-Packard iPAQ Pocket PCs in the consumer...

National agencies remap Europe.(Launches)(EuroGeographics)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... EuroGeographics, the association of European national mapping agencies based in Marnela-Vallee, France, has launched new versions of its pan-European digital topographic datasets SABE and EuroGlobalMap. Both datasets are harmonized...

Telcontar, gpware navigate in tongues.(Launches)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... San Jose, California-based software supplier Telcontar will incorporate its Drill Down Server spatial software plat-form in the "gpmobile" smart-phone navigation application from gpware of Menlo Park, California. gpmobile is a GPS- and...

Xpert DSP arrives from CEVA.(Launches)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... CEVA, Inc., of San Jose, California has introduced Xpert-GPS, a software-configurable digital signal processor (DSP)-based GPS solution. According to the company, the product will reduce cost and power dissipation while improving location...

Trimble, u-Nav soft/hard allies.(Trimble Navigation Ltd.)(u-Nav Microelectronics)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Trimble and u-Nav Microelectronics Corp., of Sunnyvale and Irvine, California, respectively, will jointly develop and market integrated GPS chipsets and software incorporating Trimble's GPS software and u-Nav's ultra low-power GPS chipsets. ...

ERI inked for miniature AJ.(Electro-Radiation Inc.)(anti-jam technology)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems Rapid Response (R2) Program Office awarded a multi-year contract to Electro-Radiation Incorporated (ERI) of Fairfield, New Jersey to miniaturize and integrate its GPS anti-jam technology for precision-guided...

Raytheon eyeballs Maverick variant.(Deals)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... The Raytheon Company of Waltham, Massachusetts will evaluate the Lock-On-After-Launch (LOAL) variant of the AGM-65 Maverick missile under a $5.3 million contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Munitions Directorate at Eglin...

Tele atlas bulks up.(Deals)(Geographic Data Technology Inc. acquisitions)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Digital mapmaker Tele Atlas North America of Menlo Park, California, acquired Geographic Data Technology, Inc. of Lebanon, New Hampshire, for $100 million cash. The deal could upset some long-term relationships in the digital mapping industry...

London Bobbies collar Motorola units.(Deals)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... London, England's Metropolitan Police Service will equip its 31,000 officers with Motorola's MTH800 terminal for use on the nationwide TETRA communications network, Airwave. This marks the 11th UK police force contract for the company this...

fTech absorbs Racewood GPS.(Deals)(Racewood Technology Co)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Ftech Corporation of Tainan, Taiwan has acquired the GPS product line and research and development staff of Racewood Technology Co., Ltd, also of Taiwan. Ftech will continue to market the products, which use Trimble's FirstGPS technology. See...

Sydney calling: GNSS symposium.(Events)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... The 2004 International symposium on GPS/GNSS, to convene December 6-8 in Sydney, Australia, calls for abstracts on topics including, but not limited to, positioning, navigation, inertial systems, precise timing, recevier technology, signal...

Her majesty bestows upon Spirent.(Industry Bytes)(Spirent Communications receives Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... United Kingdom-based GPS simulator manufacturer Spirent Communications won the Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade in recognition of its role in the advancement of GPS and related navigation and positioning technology. ...

Erratum.(Correction Notice)
June 1, 2004... The United Kingdom project described in the cover feature of our May issue, "Precise Rail Track Surveying," included use of a 450-460 MHz, 2W, 25 kHzPDLLPB radio modem from Pacific Crest Corporation, Santa Clara, California.

Calendar 2004.(Telecommunications industry)(Calendar)
June 1, 2004... * JUNE 14-18 Navtech Seminars Annapolis, Maryland. See www.gpsetc.com * JUNE 14-18 Kalman Filter Short Course Fullerton, California, See http:///members.aol.com/kfcas * JUNE 14-18 OR OCTOBER 25-29 Training Course...