GPS World articles from November 2004

GPS World archives from November 2004

Human geography.(use of Global Positioning System helpful in personal life)
November 1, 2004... I recently read the comments of a television celebrity who confided that her greatest regret in life was not keeping a diary. I share her remorse. My memory, which once seemed so sharp, retentive, and unsullied at 18, has become quite...

White House prepares new GPS policy.(global positioning system)
November 1, 2004... A White House review of GPS policy, conducted largely behind closed doors, is expected to be released in the near future. For more than a year, an interagency working group reexamined GPS policy in an effort to update the 1996 Clinton...

Galileo moves ahead.(testing of a space probe)
November 1, 2004... On October 6 the European Commission (EC) adopted a communication on moving ahead with the deployment and operational phases of Galileo, the European civil-controlled counterpart to GPS. On the basis of the document's conclusions, at the end of...

GPS & structural monitoring: deformation studies of Koyna Dam.(HIGH-PRECISION POSITIONING)(Global Positioning System)
November 1, 2004... The safety of large engineering structures demands monitoring of the deformation patterns of these structures and their surroundings. Over the past four years, a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay has used GPS to...

Threading the maze: GPS/INS, landmark sensing, and obstacle avoidance.(AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION)(Global Positioning System)(Cover Story)
November 1, 2004... A high-accuracy autonomous navigation system provides decimeter-level positioning with carrier-phase differential GPS, aided by a landmark database, fiber optic gyro, odometer, and a laser scanner to overcome signal blockage in an environment...

Time and frequency dissemination: advances in GPS transfer techniques.(TIMING & SYNCHRONIZATION)
November 1, 2004... The atomic clock is one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century. When the first commercial atomic clocks based on the resonance of the cesium atom were introduced in 1958, available clock accuracy jumped by orders of magnitude. The new...

Shipping security.(use of global positioning system)
November 1, 2004... Recent intelligence reports have claimed that the United States is vulnerable to terrorist weapons smuggled into the country via shipping containers. While the federal government and other organizations have been slow to mandate GPS-based...

NovAtel EuroPak, L5 receiver, SPAN.(LAUNCHES)(Synchronized Position, Attitude and Navigation)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... NovAtel Inc. of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, introduced the first commercially available L5 receiver, a Euro-3M receiver, its EuroPak enclosure, and SPAN (Synchronized Position, Attitude and Navigation) technology. The Euro-L5 tracks up to four L5...

RFDomus releases RFD1400, Q-MAX.(LAUNCHES)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... San Jose, California-based RFDomus Inc. has developed RFD1400, a GPS receiver consuming 12 mW via 1.8V DC, and Q-MAX technology designed to bridge the gap between competing demands for low power consumption and high performance. RFIC....

GPS Source's 60 dB amplifier/attenuator.(Global Positioning System)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Pueblo, Colorado-based GPS Source has developed an L1 preamplifier that can be configured as an L1/L2 amplifier without a filter. The device offers 60 dB attenuation, gain control in 1 dB digital increments via-push button or RS232, and is USCG...

Sarantel in security phone, SDIO card.(secure digital input/output, Precisa Instruments AG)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Precisa Instruments AG, a manufacturer from Dietikon, Switzerland, will embed a GeoHelix GPS antenna from Sarantel (Wellingborough, UK) in its new Secufone mobile phone. Secuphone is a triband (900/1800/1900 GSM) mobile phone designed for...

Neve unveils StepLogger.(Neve ITS Pty. Ltd.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Neve ITS Pty. Ltd. of Mawson Lakes, Australia, has developed a new handheld GPS-GSM-GPRS mobile logging device allowing constant position logging and tracking with data rates of up to 4 Hz. Designed for security guards, surveyors, hikers, and...

Raytheon, Honeywell get Trimble Force 5.(DEALS)(Trimble Navigation Ltd., Raytheon Space)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Sunnyvale, California-based Trimble has received an order for the Force 5 GPS module from Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems of El Segundo, California. Raytheon embeds the militarized P/Y-code selective availability anti-spoofing module...

Hammerhead: Global Locate, Infineon.(DEALS)(Infineon Technologies AG)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... San Jose, California-based Global Locate Inc, and Infineon Technologies A.G. of Munich, Germany, have partnered to develop a high-sensitivity, low-power single chip enabling assisted GPS (A-GPS) services for mobile phones. The goal of the...

Synergy, n-Phase fashion LBS tools.(DEALS)(location-based services)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Synergy Systems LLC of San Diego, California, and Chicago-based n-Phase LLC will provide connectivity for Siemens and Kyocera OEM wireless modules. Targeting location-based services (LBS) solutions, the partners will combine Synergy's GPS and...

Sepura selects QinetiQ GPS.(DEALS)(Global Positioning System)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Cambridge, England-based Sepura, a supplier of TETRA terminals (TErrestrial Trunked RAdio, a global standard for digital private mobile radios), has selected GPS technology from QinetiQ of Farnborough, Hampshire, UK, to provide public safety...

GPS.(global positioning systems, planning of construction of transoceanic bridge)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... China is building the world's longest transoceanic bridge with Trimble positioning technologies--GPS, digital auto levels, and software. The $1.7 billion, 22-mile-long, six-lane Hangzhou Bay Transoceanic Bridge, scheduled for completion in...

JNC call for papers.(EVENTS)(Joint Navigation Conference)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The Joint Service Data Exchange (JSDE), NAVSTAR GPS Joint Program Office (JPO), and Embedded GPS Inertial (EGI) Programs Office are accepting papers and presentations through November 30, 2004, for the Department of Defense's 2005 Joint...

ESRI users.(EVENTS)
November 1, 2004... ESRI software users can submit presentation proposals by a December 3 deadline for the next user conference in San Diego, July 25-29, 2005. It will comprise user, education, and survey, telecom and LBS summit tracks. Visit www.esri.com.

Erratum.(Correction Notice)
November 1, 2004... An October news item incorrectly stated company headquarters for the simAUTO evaluation of GPS and dead reckoning sensors. Spirent Communications is based in Paignton, Devon, UK.

GPS World's stock tracker.(global positioning system)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
November 1, 2004... GPS WORLD'S STOCK TRACKER SEPT 15, 2004 OCT 15, 2004 COMPANY STOCK MARKET SYMBOL ADJ. CLOSE ADJ. CLOSE CSI WIRELESS INC. TORONTO S.E. CSY.TO $2.38 $2.40...

PMC module.(TIMING & SYNCHRONIZATION)
November 1, 2004... Brandywine Communications' PMC-SyncClock32 is an advanced Mezzanine Card (PMC) module delivering precision time to the host computer with a stated zero latency. The module's on-board microprocessor automatically synchronizes the clock to...

NTP Time Servers.(TIMING & SYNCHRONIZATION)
November 1, 2004... Spectracom Corp.'s TTS series of NTP (network time protocol) Network Time Servers use GPS technology to automatically track up to 12 satellites simultaneously for stated accuracy within 50 microseconds of coordinated universal time (UTC)...

Single-chip GPS.(RECEIVER TECHNOLOGY)
November 1, 2004... STMicroelectronics has released its STA2056 single-chip GPS for active antenna systems. The device features full RF function, GPS baseband, an ARM7TDMI processor, and peripherals on one piece of silicon. It reportedly requires no external host...

Agricultural GPS receiver.(RECEIVER TECHNOLOGY)
November 1, 2004... Trimble Navigation has developed the AgGPS252 integrated smart antenna, taking lightbar guidance to stated sub-foot pass-to-pass accuracy levels in listing, bedding, and planting agricultural applications. Trimble calls the AgGPS 252 the first...

Photogrammetric tool.(GPS-RELATED SOFTWARE & HARDWARE)
November 1, 2004... Geo-3D has released v 2.1 of its Trident-3D Analyst photogrammetric application for the analyses of digital images captured with horizontally oriented camera systems. Capable of working in static or temporal stereo-base mode, Trident 3-D...

MEMS gyro sensor.(GPS-RELATED SOFTWARE & HARDWARE)
November 1, 2004... Silicon Sensing Systems has introduced a new gyroscope, CRS07, based on its MEMS gyro sensor element integrated into automotive stability control systems. Consuming 35 mA via a 5V DC, the 21 X 13 X 22 millimeter device weighs 16 grams. CRS07...

Robotic rescue: firms developing two GPS-enabled robotic vehicle prototypes designed for wounded soldier extraction and sentry/reconnaissance.(MILITARY NAVIGATION & GUIDANCE)(Applied Perception Inc.)
November 1, 2004... No one gets left behind. Thanks to GPS, in the near future U.S. military forces could be much better positioned to keep this promise without jeopardizing additional lives. The U.S. Department of Defense recently awarded a $1 million Small...

Calendar 2004.(Calendar)
November 1, 2004... * DECEMBER 6-8 GNSS 2004 Syndney, Australia. The 2004 International Symposium on GPS/GNSS features a comprehensive industry exhibition. GPS World Editor Glen Gibbons will deliver a keynote. Sessions on: surveying and mapping; geodesy...