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But enough about me.(OUT IN FRONT)
Jun 01, 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 multiple channels? What new, different, or ...
GPS health in question.(THE SYSTEM)(Global Positioning System)
Jun 01, 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 and ensured future capability, calling into ...
Problems aboard IIR(M)-20.(THE SYSTEM)
Jun 01, 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 corroborates rumors circulating about problems with ...
Loran report sees daylight.(THE SYSTEM)
Jun 01, 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 the Loran program. The IAT "unanimously ...
LabSat simulator tests OEM GPS devices.(MASS MARKET OEM)(Racelogic)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 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 products in the electronics and automotive markets ...
Apisphere unveils out-of-the-box geocaching GPS.(THE BUSINESS)
Jun 01, 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 States. "It's the extreme ease of use ...
JAVAD GNSS customers now track GPS L5 signal.(THE BUSINESS)
Jun 01, 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 signal, activated April 10. The ...
Trimble GPS mapping solutions receive EU certification.(THE BUSINESS)
Jun 01, 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 Regulation 796/04, Article 30. The directive ...
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)
Jun 01, 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 carrier (AltBOC) (15, 10) with a bandwidth ...
2009 buyers guide +Corporate profiles.(COMPANY DIRECTORY)(Directory)
Jun 01, 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 Fort Collins, CO ...
Products and services directory.(Directory)
Jun 01, 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 ...
GPS L5 first light: a preliminary analysis of SVN49's demonstration signal.(INNOVATION)
Jun 01, 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 proposed in the 1995 reports by the U.S ....
Online interviews.(VIDEO)
May 01, 2009 ... From the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit Watch now at www.gpsworld.com/videos * Brad Parkinson Professor Emeritus Stanford University and Deputy Chair of the U.S. PNT Advisory Council Parkinson discusses his "big three" requirements that the ...
Buzz over Blackberry apps, FCC issues.(NEWSLETTER EXCERPT)
May 01, 2009; ... This month's buzz at CTIA, the mammoth wireless show in Las Vegas, emanated from the BlackBerry App World store. The broadband industry was in a good mood, anticipating the prospect of a huge windfall from the stimulus package. The FCC didn't let CTIA hog all the spotlight, and ...
Hottest pages @ gpsworld.com.(WHAT'S HOT AT GPSWORLD.COM)
May 01, 2009 ... March 21, 2009-April, 2009 1 Air Force Successfully Transmits L5 Signal from GPS IIR-20 (M) LATEST NEWS 2 Pardon Me, Boy, Is That the Galileo Choo Choo? System Design & Test Newsletter 3 Microsoft, TomTom Settle Patent Dispute LATEST NEWS 4 L5 ...
Ready, aim, shoot foot.(OUT IN FRONT)
May 01, 2009 ... The GPS community carries around a loaded weapon, seemingly unconcerned with figuring out how to put a safety on it. This is a catastrophe waiting to happen, one that could hobble the industry. Equipment to interfere with the GPS signal is readily available over the Internet, as ...
Simulators key indicator.(EXPERT ADVICE)
May 01, 2009; ... As demand for GNSS products has increased, more manufacturers . and application developers have entered the market, and sales of GPS and GNSS simulators have risen proportionally. In this respect simulators serve as a bellwether for the GNSS industry, both mass market and professional. So ...
L5 arrives.(THE SYSTEM)
May 01, 2009; ... A new era in GPS modernization has begun. On March 24, the GPS IIR-20(M) satellite known as SVN49 rose and joined the constellation. The satellite carries a demonstration payload to transmit the new civil GPS L5 signal on 1176.45 MHz. The L5 demonstration payload, developed by ...
Witness to history.(Viewpoint essay)
May 01, 2009; ... OVER THE COURSE of a 30-year military career, you get used to being up for some event or other at the break of dawn, or oh-dark-thirty as we fliers like to say. Many of those events have been special, as was the turn on of the L5 GPS next-generation civilian signal at 04:58:18 on April 10, ...
Second Compass satellite.(THE SYSTEM)
May 01, 2009 ... ON APRIL 15, China launched a second Beidou/Compass global navigation satellite, destined for geostationary orbit along the equator at an altitude of about 22,300 miles. The Compass-G2 satellite has been characterized as of a "second generation," representing a transition from a ...