GPS World articles from June 2009

GPS World archives from June 2009

But enough about me.(OUT IN FRONT)
June 1, 2009... Let us hear from you readers of print or digital editions, website users, e-newsletter subscribers, webinar attendees, linkers-in, RSS feeders, twitterers, Tech Talk bloggers. What do you think of the information conveyed through GPS World's...

GPS health in question.(THE SYSTEM)(Global Positioning System)
June 1, 2009... The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued on May 7 an alarming report on GPS, characterizing ongoing modernization efforts as shaky. The agency appears to single out the Block IIF program as the weak link between current stability...

Problems aboard IIR(M)-20.(THE SYSTEM)
June 1, 2009... Lt. Col. David Goldstein, chief engineer for the GPS Wing, told the European Navigation Conference in Naples, Italy, that the Wing is experiencing some "out of family" measurements from the recently launched IIR(M)-20 satellite. This...

Loran report sees daylight.(THE SYSTEM)
June 1, 2009... WITHHELD FOR TWO YEARS, the Independent Assessment Team (IAT) report has finally been released, just in time to counter recent efforts by the Obama administration, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the U.S. Coast Guard to throttle...

LabSat simulator tests OEM GPS devices.(MASS MARKET OEM)(Racelogic)(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... With the ability to record, replay, and simulate GPS RF data, Racelogic's new LabSat is being marketed as a real-world testing solution for original equipment manufacture (OEM) of GPS devices. The influx of professional and consumer GPS...

Apisphere unveils out-of-the-box geocaching GPS.(THE BUSINESS)
June 1, 2009... Apisphere, Inc., has announced the availability of the Geomate.jr., a GPS device designed to make geocaching accessible to families and children of all ages. The unit comes pre-loaded with 250,000 geocache locations covering the 50 United...

JAVAD GNSS customers now track GPS L5 signal.(THE BUSINESS)
June 1, 2009... JAVAD GNSS triple-frequency type OEM boards (TR-G2T, TR-G3T, TRE-G2T, TRE-G3X, TRE-G3TAJ) and receivers (TRIUMPH-1, Alpha TR-G2T/TR-G3T DeltaSTRE-G2T/TRE-G3T/TRE-G3TAJ, SigmaSTRE-G2T/TRE-G3T/TRE-G3TAJ) can now track the L5 demonstration...

Trimble GPS mapping solutions receive EU certification.(THE BUSINESS)
June 1, 2009... Trimble (Sunnyvale, California) has announced that its GeoXT handheld computer, GPS Pathfinder ProXT receiver, and GPS Pathfinder ProXRT receiver have obtained TUV certification under the European Union (EU) Agricultural Directive Commission...

Pulling in wideband: a direct-conversion receiver architecture meets the challenges of wideband GNSS signals, such as Galileo's E5 signal with bandwidth greater than 50 MHz.(L1/E5 Receiver)
June 1, 2009... New-generation GNSS signals can be combined to offer the use of dual-frequency techniques for the general public. The Galileo signal in the E5 band exemplifies such a wideband, widely available signal. Modulated by the alternate binary-offset...

2009 buyers guide +Corporate profiles.(COMPANY DIRECTORY)(Directory)
June 1, 2009... This annual two-part directory guides you to product manufactures and service providers in the GNSS industry. The company directory begins below; the products and services directory starts on page 38. 308 SYSTEMS, Inc. 2637 Wapiti Road...

Products and services directory.(Directory)
June 1, 2009... ACCESSORIES Cable assemblies AeroAntenna Technology, Inc. Allis Communications Co. Ltd. ALLSAT GmbH Anatech Electronics, Inc. C-Nav World DGPS Furuno USA Inc. GPS Networking, Inc. GPS Source, Inc. ...

GPS L5 first light: a preliminary analysis of SVN49's demonstration signal.(INNOVATION)
June 1, 2009... A key feature of GPS modernization is the addition of the L5 civil signal to the suite of signals transmitted by the satellites. The introduction of such a signal on a different carrier frequency than that used by the legacy L1 GPS signal was...