GPS World back issues from September 2007:
Y'all come by, now.(OUT IN FRONT)(ION-GNSS conference)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Getting ready to head on down to Texas, to the ION corral in Fort Worth. For a GPS editor of any stripe, the ION-GNSS conference in September is the Mother Lode, prime digging ground for new ideas, new articles, new contacts, and just plain news. That's not to say the exhibit ...
NDGPS gasping.(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Given the improved WAAS coverage and the fact that the equipment needs are so much less, the number of beacon users I suspect will drop to a trickle if it hasn't already. I continue to be skeptical that the small additional gain in cases where you are close to a beacon site is really worth ...
GNSS for all: Sharafat Gadimova, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs.(EXPERT ADVICE)
Sep 01, 2007 ... A new era of space cooperation is underway, as the International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG) prepares for its second meeting in Bangalore, India, on September 5-7, 2007. The ICG seeks to promote the greater use of Global Navigation Satellite Systems ...
AEP on the ground: advance to a new architecture.(THE SYSTEM)
Sep 01, 2007 ... The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) announced in late August that the long-planned upgrade of the GPS command and control system will occur during the second week of September, fulfilling a major program commitment for 2007. Dubbed the Architecture ...
Galileo tests; Rescue role.(THE SYSTEM)
Sep 01, 2007 ... The test campaign using the large antenna at Chilbolton Observatory to analyze the navigation signals transmitted by GIOVE-A, the first Galileo satellite, has been success-fully completed, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced in mid-August. Analysis of the satellite's ...
DOT weighs NDGPS future, asks public input.(THE SYSTEM)
Sep 01, 2007 ... The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) is preparing an assessment on the inland component of the Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System (NDGPS) that will determine its future. As part of that assessment, ...
The robots of DARPA.(THE SYSTEM)
Sep 01, 2007 ... The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has named 36 teams as semifinalists for its Urban Challenge to take place later this year. The DARPA Urban Challenge will feature autonomous ground vehicles executing simulated military supply missions in a mock urban ...
TomTom seeks to buy map supplier Tele Atlas.(LOCATION-BASED SERVICES)
Sep 01, 2007; ... A navigation unit and its maps are a necessary combination for personal navigation devices, but the announcement in July that PND-maker TomTom seeks to buy mapmaker Tele Atlas for $2.5 billion ([euro]2 billion) has analysts and competing PND makers concerned. If the deal is ...
Garmin edges TomTom; Magellan shipments booming.(MASS MARKET OEM)
Sep 01, 2007 ... In terms of GPS navigation hardware shipments, Garmin edged TomTom to take the no. 1 spot in the market in the second quarter of 2007 (Q2), according to market research firm Canalys Ltd. Garmin moved 1,852,150 units in Q2, accounting for nearly 25 percent of the market, while ...
Strong growth in Q2.(THE BUSINESS)
Sep 01, 2007 ... GPS companies reported strong growth in the second calendar quarter of 2007 (Q2). Navigation device maker Garmin Ltd.'s revenues for Q2 rose 72 percent year over year, lead by sales in the North American automotive and mobile markets, the company announced. Garmin ...
Trimble debuts GPS handheld PC.(SURVEY & CONSTRUCTION)
Sep 01, 2007 ... On July 17, Trimble introduced its Nomad series of rugged handheld computers, which come standard with Bluetooth technology and options such as an integrated GPS receiver, a bar-code scanner, a digital camera, and 802.11g (Wi-Fi). The Nomad has an 806 MHz processor, 128 MB of ...
Septentrio pursues North America market.(SYSTEM DESIGN & TEST)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2007 ... European GNSS receiver supplier Septentrio is opening a business development office in Los Angeles. The company has appointed former NavCom sales executive J. Christopher Litton as business development manager to start up and run its North American operations. Peter ...
Leica unveils receiver for specialty monitoring.(SURVEY & CONSTRUCTION)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Leica Geosystems has introduced the GMX902 GG, a high-performance GPS and GLONASS receiver developed to monitor sensitive structures such as bridges, mines, or high-rise buildings and crucial topographies such as landslides or volcanoes. It provides dual-frequency code and phase data up to ...
Iridium gains on GPS/data monitoring.(AVIONICS & TRANSPORTATION)
Sep 01, 2007 ... The demand for combination GPS/data monitoring for asset management in the machine-to-machine (M2M) market is helping to drive growth at satellite communications provider Iridium Satellite LLC. Iridium reported that it had 203,000 subscribers worldwide as of the end of June 2007, a 27.7 ...
U.S. consumer GPS market largely untapped.(RESEARCH ROUNDUP)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Only one in six adults in the United States--about 17 percent--uses a GPS device or service, market research firm Harris Interactive said in a study released August 16. Despite the trend of increasing integration of multimedia functions in personal navigation devices, that's not ...
Consumer GPS apps on the rise.(BUSINESS OUTLOOK)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2007 ... GPS technology is poised to move beyond personal navigation devices (PNDs) and mobile phones within the consumer market to digital cameras, laptops, and personal media devices, market research firm IMS Research reported August 9. IMS Research believes these three markets will ...
Interest in telematics services high.(BUSINESS OUTLOOK)
Sep 01, 2007 ... A survey of U.S. commercial fleet operators on mobile resource management (MRM) systems and services found that those using GPS tracking systems are extremely pleased with them, and see it as critical technology, according to market research by C.J. Driscoll and Associates' released in ...
PNT architecture from the top.(Leadership Talks)(interview with James B. Armor, Jr.)(Interview)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Major General James B. Armor, Jr. (MGA), director of the National Security Space Office and former GPS Joint Program Office (now GPS Wing) director, spoke with GPS World's contributing editor for military and government, Don Jewell (DJ), himself a former commander at Schriever Air Force ...
Bringing all GNSS in to line: new assistance standards embrace Galileo, GLONASS, QZSS, SBAS.(SYSTEM DESIGN & TEST)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Cellular networks have an in-built capability to assist integrated GPS receivers in mobile handsets. The introduction of new GNSSs requires updating the outdated AGPS-only solution to add support for new GPS bands, new GNSSs, and to enhance accuracy, sensitivity, and availability. ...
It's a robot life: using GPS and pseudolites for humanoid robot positioning.(UTILITIES & COMMUNICATIONS)(Reprint)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Robots helping with the housework may seem like science fiction, but Waseda University researchers are exploring ways that humanoid robots could live in harmony with humans. To enable robots to navigate household living spaces, the researchers are developing a seamless indoor/outdoor ...
Navigation in a Nugget: SPAWAR leverages new chip-scale atomic clock.(MILITARY & GOVERNMENT)
Sep 01, 2007; ... The Navigation Nugget, first GPS receiver in the world to incorporate a chip-scale atomic clock, will transform designs for the future, enabling warfighters and warfighting platforms to navigate in waters and terrains that can be unattainable with current standalone GPS receivers. ...
Brainy positioning: processing GPS data with neural networks.(INNOVATION)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Modeling plays a fundamental role in geodesy and other scientific and engineering disciplines. Signal processing, functional modeling of physical phenomena, interpolation, forecasting, and stochastic modeling are a few examples of the applications that require modeling in geodesy. In most ...
Personal tracker and mobile phone.(LOCATION-BASED SERVICES)
Sep 01, 2007 ... The Mambo II personal tracker and mobile phone includes GPS height and heading indication, speed meter and mileometer, satellite view and metering, and route recording. In addition to standard mobile phone functions, the Quadband GSM/GPRS mobile phone has real-time object tracking, GPS ...
Single-die GPS/AGPS solution.(MASS MARKET OEM)(ACLYS)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2007 ... The ACLYS ultra-miniature, single-die GPS/AGPS solution is designed for mass-market mobile devices. ACLYS reportedly consumes less than 10 mW of power during 1 Hz tracking. It combines both an LI GPS RF front-end and GPS coprocessor on a single die. The RF front-end receives the RF signal ...
Nav and entertainment.(MASS MARKET OEM)(Amcor 3500 Advanced GPS)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2007 ... The Amcor 3500 Advanced GPS navigation and entertainment system has a 3.5-inch wide touchscreen and four buttons. The 2-pound device has a 300 MHz Samsung CPU, SiRFStar ...
Noise modules.(MILITARY & GOVERNMENT)(Noise Com NC1127A and NC1128A)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Noise Com's noise modules are a source for jamming signal generators, as they are used for example to deflect missile guidance systems. The Noise Com NC1127A and NC1128A noise modules are designed for use when wide-bandwidth frequencies are required to test filters, electronic circuits, or ...
GPS a big hit with rainforest pygmies.(GNSS technologies in the popular media)
Sep 01, 2007 ... GPS is no small thing for indigenous pygmies of the northwest region in the Republic of Congo. A Congolaise Industrielle des Bois logging company has provided GPS units to the Mbendjele pygmies, a semi-nomadic people living in the rainforests, so that they can map the areas critical to ...
China seeks safe food for Olympics.(GNSS technologies in the popular media)
Sep 01, 2007 ... China plans to use GPS tracking to ensure food safety at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which begin Aug. 8, 2008, reports the Associated Press. Food transportation vehicles will be tracked as they deliver products affixed with an Olympic food safety logistics code to the Olympic Village, which ...
Surf's Up!(GNSS technologies in the popular media)(Surf Radio)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2007 ... A surfboard under development by Lenart Studios has built-in GPS and LCD, reports engadget.com. The Surf Radio board gives surfers up-to-date information on their location, rip currents, and building swells, and will also double as a ...
Some squirrelly spies.(GNSS technologies in the popular media)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Fourteen squirrels--yes, squirrels, the furry rodents that gather nuts for the winter--were arrested for espionage by Iranian officials, some with embedded GPS devices, according to NBC News, which cited the official Islamic Republic News Agency. Supposedly, the animals were ...