GPS World articles from June 2007

GPS World archives from June 2007

Fess up.(Galileo positioning system)
June 1, 2007... Galileo proponents have finally acknowledged that public funding presents the only feasible way to launch a satnav system. Now that they have shed the PPP illusion, it behooves us all to examine other Galileo myths, rehearsed again in a recent...

Ice Cube Tray exercise.(positioning, navigation, and timing capabilities)
June 1, 2007... Decisions made over the next five years to launch, cancel, or curtail U.S. programs will determine positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) capabilities over the next twenty years--how the picture will look in 2025. In this context, it's...

Galileo lurches on; EU sole funder.(Jacques Barrot)
June 1, 2007... Public-private partnership (PPP), long the proud standardbearer for Europe's hopes for an independent satellite navigation system, was laid to rest in Brussels on May 16. European Union (EU) Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot made the...

GLONASS drawing boards.(THE SYSTEM)
June 1, 2007... A trumpet blast of change had been hinted for the International Satellite Navigation Forum in Moscow in early April, but little more than a muted snore emerged. Russian officials reiterated pledges of a GLOANSS upgrade in satellite numbers,...

Companies set records as first quarter wraps.(INDUSTRY WATCH)
June 1, 2007... Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN), based in the Cayman Islands, announced a record first quarter ending March 31, fueled by strong personal navigation device growth. Total revenue ($492 million) is up 53 percent from $322 million in the first quarter...

Trimble provides pocket-sized data collection.(Trimble Navigation Ltd. launched "Trimble Juno ST", data collection device )(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Trimble of Sunnyvale, California, is extending its mapping and geographic information system product line with the Juno ST handheld, a portable, low-cost data collection unit supported by Trimble field and office software. The standard unit has...

LG Electronics launches PND line.(MASS MARKET OEM)
June 1, 2007... LG Electronics of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, has launched a portable navigator line in the United States. Previewed in January at the 2007 International CES, the new line--models LN730, LN735 and LN740--is available for purchase at Circuit...

Alcatel-Lucent to transfer space assets to Thales.(SYSTEM DESIGN & TEST)
June 1, 2007... Following an unconditional clearance decision of the European Commission, Alcatel-Lucent announced April 10 the transfer of its shareholdings in two space joint-venture companies, Alcatel Alenia Space (67 percent) and Telespazio (33 percent),...

CSI Wireless transforms completely to Hemisphere GPS.(AGRICULTURE)
June 1, 2007... CSI Wireless, Inc. is now officially Hemisphere GPS. The Calgary-based company now has a Toronto Stock Exchange symbol of "HEM." The company says the name change reflects its decision to concentrate on its growing GPS-related business...

Magellan introduces high-precision RTK.(DG14 RTK, global navigation satellite system)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Magellan has introduced the DG14 RTK, designed to give customers in high-precision applications high-end precision in a low-cost GNSS unit. The DG14 RTK from Magellan is a cost-effective, sub-meter GNSS (GPS + SBAS) + beacon receiver. The DG14...

GNSS summer school.(THE BUSINESS)
June 1, 2007... September 2-9, 2007 Berchtesgaden (Bavaria, Germany) www.munich-satellite-navigation-summerschool.org The first international summer school on GNSS is organized by the Institute of Geodesy and Navigation, University FAF Munich, in...

NovAtel goes with GLONASS.(THE BUSINESS)
June 1, 2007... NovAtel Inc. launched its new OEMV-1G and FlexPak(TM)-V1 G products with GPS+GLONASS positioning solutions. Full GPS+GLONASS AdVance RTK (Real Time Kinematic) positioning capabilities are also available on all existing OEMV-2 and OEMV-3...

Eyes on the road.(Leadership Talks)(Interview)
June 1, 2007... Chet Huber (CH), president of OnStar, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Motors that provides in-vehicle telematics to five million subscribers, spoke with GPS World on May 7. Alan Cameron (AC): OnStar's Turn-by-Turn service provides...

Measuring Mach 8: sub-millimeter survey system.(SURVEY & CONSTRUCTION)
June 1, 2007... The Benchmark Survey System replaces legacy NGA conventional survey techniques with a GPS-only system, maintaining sub-millimeter positioning accuracy while increasing throughput by 400 percent, with an 85 percent decrease in manpower. Results...

Company directory.(Buyers Guide 2007)(Directory)
June 1, 2007... 308 SYSTEMS, Inc. 2637 Wapiti Road Fort Collins, CO 80525 970-282-7006 fax: 970-282-7015 info@308systems.com www.308systems.com 746th Test Squadron 1644 Vandergrift Road Holloman AFB, NM 88330 ...

Products & services directory.(Buyers Guide 2007)(Directory)
June 1, 2007... ACCESSORIES XTech Cable assemblies AeroAntenna Technology Allis Communications Co. Allsat GmbH Andrew Corporation Antenex (a unit of Laird Technologies) ARC Wireless Solutions C & C Technologies C-Nav...

Ubiquitous positioning; Anyone, anything: anytime, anywhere.(INNOVATION)
June 1, 2007... Ubiquitous computing or UbiComp represents the third wave in computing, which has evolved from the mainframe (one computer shared by many users) and personal computing (one person using one computer) eras. This is the so-called "calm...

YouTube discovers what GPS thinks.(GPS World's new sister website GPS Maniac)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... GPS units are so helpful, providing voice directions just when you need them. But what are they really thinking--about you? Consumers can choose which voice their device will have and personalize their unit with a name, so perhaps the GPS...

Heartwarming tale: boy gets lifesaving transplant.(GNSS technologies in the popular media)
June 1, 2007... GPS technology brought together a sick Pennsylvania boy with a new donor heart in the nick of time, reported WTAE-TV Pittsburgh and the Associated Press. Ten-year-old John Paul May of Harrisville needed to be located within a narrow four-hour...

GPS phones won't get huge India tax.(GNSS technologies in the popular media)
June 1, 2007... The IndiaTimes web portal reports that India's Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has decided not to classify general packet radio service (GPRS) phones as radio navigational apparatus, or satellite phones. This means that...