GPS World articles from June 2006

GPS World archives from June 2006

Industry plot.(OUT IN FRONT)(Editorial)
June 1, 2006... When you create a new product or service and start a new business driven by it, you spend long hours tinkering with your offer, improving it, expanding it, launching upgrades, making sure it meets and even advances market needs. You don't earn...

The Case for eLORAN.(EXPERT ADVICE)(Industry overview)
June 1, 2006... The world's shipping industry is experiencing a period of strong growth with seaborne trade at record levels and increasing 4 percent per year. Ships are larger and faster, sealanes more crowded, and crews are less experienced. The UK...

Who's the biggest?(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2006... I thought your April issue was great, full of juicy stuff for me to use in the book I'm writing, due out next year, and tentatively titled, GNSS--Markets and Applications. While reading Jac Spaans' very interesting article on the Munich SatNav...

LORAN C as a backup for GPS.(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2006... GPS World is widely regarded throughout the world for accurate and well-researched reporting and commentary. Unfortunately, Alan Cameron's recent editorial titled "Call in for Backup" does not meet that high standard. He badly mis-characterizes...

Robotic vehicles take it to the streets in new challenge.(THE SYSTEM)
June 1, 2006... The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will hold its third Grand Challenge in a mock urban area, upping the ante and the technical difficulty from previous robotic vehicle challenges staged in mountain desert terrain. The...

Galileo Open Service PRN codes available.(THE SYSTEM)(Galileo Joint Undertaking)
June 1, 2006... The Galileo Joint Undertaking (GJU) has published on its website a document that provides the PRN codes for the Galileo open services signals (L1F, E5a, and E5b). This is not, however, the long-awaited Galileo Open Service (OS) Interface...

Potential problems for users of modernized GPS signals in mixed-mode operations.(THE SYSTEM)(Editorial)
June 1, 2006... PRN 17, the first IIR-M satellite launched in September 2005, began broadcasting the second GPS civil signal, L2C, in December 2005. PRN 17 is the first in the new generation of GPS satellites with a new feature called flex power. According to...

JAXA backs first QZSS sat.(THE SYSTEM)(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)(Quasi Zenith Satellite System)
June 1, 2006... The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced that it will fund the first of three Quasi Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) satellites, augmenting GPS signals for enhanced navigation and communications services. QZSS satellites will orbit...

Navman up for sale; Releases image-based navigator.(TRACKING & WIRELESS)(Brunswick New Technologies)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Navman's owner, Brunswick Corp. (Lake Forest, Illinois) announced April 27 its plans to sell its Brunswick New Technologies unit, which makes GPS technologies and other portable consumer navigation products, including Navman, Northstar, and MX...

Fiber-optic link transports RF signals to receiver.(GPS-RELATED HARDWARE)(Pulse Power and Measurement Ltd.)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Pulse Power & Measurement Ltd. (Swindon, United Kingdom) is offering a fiber-optic link system to enable users to transport GPS RF signals from the GPS antenna to the receiver in situations where these points are far apart or inaccessible. The...

Leica's system 1200 features GNSS engine.(SURVEY & MAPPING)(Global Navigation Satellite System )(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Leica Geosystems of Norcross, Georgia, has released a 72-channel GNSS engine, which is being incorporated into its System 1200 line of survey systems. The GNSS engine is being offered in the new Leica GX1230 GG and ATX1230 GG GPS sensors,...

LogicaCMG awarded Galileo security contracts.(SYSTEM DESIGN & TEST)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... The European Space Agency (ESA) selected LogicaCMG of Camberley, United Kingdom, on May 8 for three development contracts worth more than [euro]20 million. LogicaCMG will develop facilities that manage the most security-sensitive elements of...

Septentrio AsteRx1 receiver tracks Galileo.(SYSTEM DESIGN & TEST)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Septentrio of Leuven, Belgium, has released a compact high-end single-frequency GNSS receiver for industrial and professional applications. The AsteRx1 will make use of the European Galileo L1 signal, and has been tracking the GIOVE-A since it...

Lockheed and EADS team on two systems.(SYSTEM DESIGN & TEST)(Lockheed Martin Corp.)(EADS Astrium)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Lockheed Martin of Gaithersburg, Maryland, and EADS Astrium of Munich, Germany, have signed a teaming agreement to ensure interoperability of the GPS III and the European Galileo satellite navigation programs. The companies will perform...

Core strategy: NovAtel onboard.(Leadership Talks)(Jon Ladd)(Tony Murfin)(Interview)
June 1, 2006... Jon Ladd (JL) is president and chief executive officer of NovAtel, Inc. Tony Murfin (TM) is vice president, business development for the company. Alan Cameron (AC) of GPS World interviewed them at the European Navigation Conference. AC: To...

Platoon, roll! Robots test sensor combos.(NAVIGATION & GUIDANCE)(Cover story)
June 1, 2006... Collaborative driving systems--linking several vehicles together using in-vehicle positioning and control systems--can increase road capacity, improve safety, and reduce driver fatigue and stress. This test used fixed-ambiguity carrier-phase...

Buyers guide 2006.(Telecommunications equipment industry)(Directory)
June 1, 2006... COMPANY DIRECTORY 308 SYSTEMS Inc 2637 Wapiti Road Fort Collins, CO 80525 970-282-7006 fax: 970-282-7015 info@308systems.com www.308systems.com 3SOFT GmbH Frauenweiherstr. 14 D-91058 Erlangen,...

Searching for Galileo: reception and analysis of signals from GIOVE-A.(INNOVATION)
June 1, 2006... Galileo, Europe's answer to the U.S. Global Positioning System, achieved a milestone on December 28, 2006, with the launch of its first test satellite, GIOVE-A, which began transmitting navigation signals in early January 2006. Since the...

GPS CoPilots stars to finish line.(GNSS technologies in the popular media)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... GPS-enabled smartphones guided celebrities, wealthy car enthusiasts, and other thrill seekers in the Gumball 3000, an eight-day 3,000-mile auto race across three continents in the style of the 1981 movie Cannonball Run. The 240...

Going, going, GPS!(GNSS technologies in the popular media)(Global Positioning System)(Global Navigation Satellite System)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... GPS and satellite radio were eBay's top-selling categories for 2005, with both categories showing triple-digit gains, reports This Week in Consumer Electronics from Reed Business Information. In the fourth quarter of 2005, a GPS device sold...

Iraqi Army training on GPS.(GNSS technologies in the popular media)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Members of the Iraqi Army are being trained to use GPS, considered critical to military operations, reports the Canada Free Press. With the help of the U.S. Army, soldiers of the 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division are learning how to track...

Athletes go global.(Sprint Nextel introduced BiM Active, GPS-enabled wireless phone)(Global Positioning System)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Athletes of a variety of sports are using GPS devices to map training routes and track distance, speed, and elevation, reports the Los Angeles Times. GPS wrist devices are the most popular, serving as "virtual training partners" that beep when...