GPS World articles from June 2008

GPS World archives from June 2008

Want to talk tech?(News on Your Target)
June 1, 2008... Learn from the experts at GPS world's TECH TALK blog. http://techtalk.sidt.gpsworld.com/ TECHTALK is a resource for industry professionals and academics to share technical details surrounding GPS and GNSS systems, receivers, and...

Say you want a revolution.(OUT IN FRONT)
June 1, 2008... Well, you know We all want to change the world. The new signals in orbit augur a new age. Galileo's satellite now transmitting the interoperable MBOC, and GPS L5 broadcast capability rising soon, together will usher in applications...

Jayanta Ray.(Editorial Board.)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... With this issue, Jayanta Ray, group manager at Accord Software and Systems Private Limited, Bangalore, India, joins the magazine's Editorial Advisory Board. Accord focuses on GPS/GNSS and avionics software. It developed an aerospace GPS-SBAS...

Old, new, borrowed, blue.(EXPERT ADVICE)
June 1, 2008... With weddings on many minds in the month of June, I'll follow this train of thought to describe The Institute of Navigation's Satellite Division's 21st International Technical Meeting, ION GNSS 2008, September 16-19, in Savannah, Georgia, in...

Lockheed to build GPS IIIA, with L5 rising.(THE SYSTEM)
June 1, 2008... Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne and the Global Positioning Systems Wing, Space and Missile Systems Center, announced on May 15 that the $1.4 billion development and production contract for the first eight GPS III satellites (Block MA)...

Galileo's GIOVE-B broadcasting new MBOC signal.(THE SYSTEM)
June 1, 2008... Following its April 27 launch, GIOVE-B the second Galileo satellite, began transmitting navigation data on May 7, the European Space Agency (ESA) reported. GIOVE-B is now transmitting the Galileo L1 signal using a specific optimized wave-form,...

Move to leave user equipment in the dust?(THE SYSTEM)
June 1, 2008... An important pending decision may have a significant effect on high-precision users in the survey, construction, agriculture, and geographic information systems (GIS) fields. On May 16, the U.S. Office of Space Commercialization published a...

NDGPS DOT-funded through October 2009.(THE SYSTEM)(Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has approved a decision to continue the inland component of the Nationwide Differential GPS (NDGPS), based on results of a user assessment conducted by the Research and Innovative Technology...

BlackJack deals winning hand.(Leadership Talks)
June 1, 2008... This month, Managing Editor Tracy Cozzens (TC) interviewed Angie Dorsey (AD), senior member of the Engineering Staff at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. Dorsey was featured in 50+ Leaders to Watch in our May issue. ...

TomTom-Tele Atlas deal approved.(MASS MARKET OEM)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... After a six-month review by European antitrust officials, Netherlands-based TomTom received unconditional approval May 14 to proceed with its [member of] 2.9 billion ($4.5 billion) acquisition of digital mapmaker Tele Atlas. TomTom...

Spirent improves GSS8000; pens China deal.(SYSTEM DESIGN & TEST)(China Telecommunications Technology Labs )(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Spirent Communications unveiled in May improvements to the high-dynamic capabilities on its Spirent GSS8000 GNSS simulation system. The GSS8000 supports up to 20,000 g signal dynamics, up to 120,000 m/s velocity, and 50 Hz processing rates,...

KVH, NovAtel integrate GPS, fiber optic gyros.(SURVEY & AGRICULTURE)
June 1, 2008... KVH Industries Inc. and manufacturer NovAtel Inc. unveiled May 7 the KVH CNS-5000, a self-contained navigation system that combines fiber optic gyro (FOG)-based inertial measurement technology from KVH with GPS from NovAtel. The CNS-5000...

Trimble introduces Copernicus II.(MASS MARKET OEM)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Trimble has introduced the Copernicus II GPS receiver--a thumbnail-sized, surface-mount, high-sensitivity module. Designed for portable handheld and tracking applications, the Copernicus II has advancements in signal tracking for applications...

NXP, Siemens to develop private car toll system.(TRANSPORTATION)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... NXP and Siemens Mobility said May 6 they are developing NXP's Automotive Telematics On-Board Unit Platform (ATOP) for automatic road-toll collection in private cars based on GPS and cellular communication. ATOP will be based on a single chip...

AEP goes operational: GPS control segment upgrade details.(SYSTEM DESIGN & TEST)
June 1, 2008... The phased transition of the 22-year-old Legacy GPS Master Control Station (MCS) to the Architecture Evolution Plan (AEP) control segment, which became operational in September 2007, constituted a multi-year cooperative effort to achieve a...

Company Directory.(Buyers Guide 2008)(Directory)
June 1, 2008... This annual two-part directory guides you to product manufacturers and service providers in the GNSS industry. The company directory begins below; the products and services directory starts on page 37. 308 SYSTEMS Inc. 2637 Wapiti Road...

Products and services directory.(Buyers Guide 2008)(Directory)
June 1, 2008... ACCESSORIES Cable assemblies Cable assemblies AeroAntenna Technology, Inc. Allis Communications Co. Ltd. Allsat GmbH C&C Technologies C-Nav DataGrid Inc. Furuno USA Inc. Gilsson Technologies Global...

Interference heads-up: receiver techniques for detecting and characterizing RFI.(INNOVATION)
June 1, 2008... With the growing proliferation of a large variety of transmitters around the world, there should be little question that the noise floor for GNSS receivers will continue to increase along with the threat of disabling in-band radio-frequency...

"Flying priest" lost at sea.(SEEN + HEARD)
June 1, 2008... Oregon Man Plots Second Flight in Australia Lawn-chair flying may not be a typical use of GPS, nor is it the safest way to fly even with guidance. But that doesn't stop the determined few. In April, a Brazilian priest trying to raise...