GPS World articles from September 1999

GPS World archives from September 1999

Shaw Moves to Civil Side.(Michael E. Shaw)(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... Michael E. Shaw has recently joined the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) as senior team leader of the radionavigation and positioning staff in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy. This new position reflects...

Economic Geography.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... Professionals, technicians, academicians, and researchers in the geosciences are used to looking at the curves and trajectories of data on the graphs and charts that document their work: the excursions of accuracy in GPS position fixes, the...

Modernization Cut: GPS Takes Hard Budget Hit.(global positioning systems)
September 1, 1999... GPS and GPS-related programs have taken a number of tough financial hits in the high-stakes budget game on Capitol Hill. GPS modernization took cut when both the House and the Senate Appropriations Committees voted to cancel the Department of...

An Eye on ION GPS-99.(Institute of Navigation, global positioning systems)(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... Preparations are well under way for the 12th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation (ION) -- more commonly known as GPS-99. With related meetings starting on Saturday the 12th, the Nashville,...

EC, ESA Issue Call for Galileo Proposals.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... The European Commission (EC) has issued a call for proposals to create a full-fledged, independent Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), which is known more simply as Galileo. An October 1 deadline has been set for responses to the...

Rain Damaged IIR, No Damper on Launches.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... A leaky roof and failure to follow procedures for the rain shield protecting space vehicle number (SVN) 50 resulted in damage to the Block IIR satellite on May 8, according to the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) Accident Investigation Board...

Ohio ADS-B Test Generates Enthusiasm.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Cargo Airline Association (CAA) recently conducted the first large-scale test of automatic dependent surveillance--broadcast (ADS-B) technologies, which are designed to enhance aviation safety by...

Bones and Stones.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... Unearthing Clues to Humankind's Origins James I. Ebert, Ph.D., is a Certified Photogrammetrist, forensic scientist, and archaeologist. He is chief scientist at Ebert & Associates, Inc. (Albuquerque, New Mexico), a firm specializing in...

PPS Prairie Dog Patrol.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... GPS Aerial Surveys of Dog Towns John G. Sidle, wildlife biologist and pilot, is the threatened, endangered, and sensitive species coordinator for the Great Plains National Grasslands administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture...

Opportunity Knocks.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... Will GPS Modernization Open Doors? Keith McDonald is president of Sat Tech Systems in Alexandria, Virginia, and was the Department of Defense's scientific director of GPS during the technology's early development. McDonald is a former...

FLIGHT INSPECTION: ENSURING SAFE SKIES.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... Curt Keedy is a physicist and electronics engineer in Flight Inspection Policy and Standards, Federal Aviation Administration, Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma). He is involved in developing and testing GPS flight...

New and Improved.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... The Broadcast Interfrequency Biases Brian D. Wilson, a senior member of the Ionospheric and Atmospheric Remote Sensing Group at JPL, has been using GPS to study the ionosphere for eight years, and he is a codeveloper of the GPS-based...

NovAtel, Sokkia Capitalize on Strengths in New JV.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... Finalizing plans announced in July, NovAtel Inc. and Sokkia Co. Ltd., have formed a jointly owned subsidiary company to' develop, build, and market GPS-enabled systems for surveying, mapping, geographic information systems (GIS),...

Philips, SiRF Introduce New Generations of GPS Chipsets.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... In separate announcements, Philips Semiconductors and SiRF Technology, Inc., recently revealed upcoming releases of new generations of the companies' GPS chipset technologies aimed at mass-market and embedded applications. SiRF, based in...

Qualcomm/Lucent Team to Provide E-911 Solution.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... Plans to jointly develop and promote standardization of a wireless emergency call location technology are in the works for Qualcomm Inc., developer of code-division multiple-access (CDMA) digital technology, and CDMA network provider Lucent...

Trimble Finances, Distributor Contracts.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... Trimble, of Sunnyvale, California, has announced improved second-quarter numbers as well as a signifant GPS base station network contract in the United Kingdom. Second-quarter (ending July 2, 1999) financial earnings for the company...

HP Spins Off Test and Measurement Subsidiary.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... As part of its plan to realign itself into two independent companies, Hewlett-Packard (HP) of Palo Alto, California, has launched a new diversified technology company, Agilent Technologies, made up of its former measurement component...

Around The Industry...(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. has selected Orbcomm business unit Vantage Tracking Solutions to provide trailer tracking services for its fleet of more than 14,000 trailers and 20,000 containers. The Vantage tracking system will provide...

SnapTrack, NEC Partner.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... Tokyo, Japan-based NEC, a leading worldwide supplier of wireless communications products, has announced an agreement with SnapTrack Inc. of San Jose, California, to integrate and market the latter company's personal location technology in...

Mobile gateway sewer.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... Cellport Labs has released the CP2lOO, an in-vehicle hardware/software package with wireless communications links. Designed as a mobile network server for managing and connecting various onboard systems, the device features a Trimble ACE or...

Antenna technology.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... Housed in a waterproof enclosure, the SM-25 GPS patch antenna from San Jose Navigation features 5 dB gain (26 dB with low-noise amplifier) and a power consumption of 10 milliamps at 3.3 volts. The 60gram unit also has a 1.3:1 voltage standing...

Vessel tracking.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... Ormston Technology has introduced a tug-management and vessel-tracking system designed for bidirectional offshore position control applications. Based on UHF telemetry, the equipment comprises a rig-mountable base station as well as mobile...

Remote sensing tool.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... Research Systems offers its ENVI 3.2 image processing application for analyzing remote sensing data. The program features direct GPS support for Windows-based personal computers, including plug-in capabilities that enable latitude and...

Marine navigation.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... Leica' s apMK3O GPS chart navigator comprises a 12-channel GPS receiver/antenna and thin-panel display/control console with built-in chartplotter. The device's color active-matrix screen measures 6.5 inches and is daylight-readable....

Geospatial data management.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... ESRI has released ArcInfo 8, the latest version of its professional geographic information system (GIS) software. The program has a new user interface comprising three application modules. ArcMap incorporates Arc View functionality into...

GPS on autopilot.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... S-TEC Corporation has introduced its GPS Steering (GPSS) Converter as an add-on module for use with existing S-TEC auto-pilots. Interfacing with a GPS having 429 digital composite roll steering output, the GPSS enables the autopilot to fly...

Time and frequency engine.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1999... Developed to support multiple frequency modules including temperature-, oven-, and double oven-controlled crystal as well as rubidium oscillators, the NanoSync from Odetics Telecom provides [plus or minus]100 nanosecond ([plus or minus]15...