GPS World back issues from April 2008:
Excerpt from the Military & Government PNT newsletter; Lighthouses in the Sky: the history of GPS.(GPS World News on Your Target)(Excerpt)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008; ... The updated U.S. Defense Department directive on Position, Navigation, and Timing confirms what has been an evolutionary process over the last 40 years. In his two March columns, Don Jewell takes a look back at how GPS evolved from highly classified "black" programs to the ubiqitous ...
Traffic report.(GPS World News on Your Target)
Apr 01, 2008 ... 72,737 unique visitors last month ...
Hottest pages @ GPSWorld.com.(GPS World News on Your Target)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... February 20--March 21, 2008 <Pre> 1 GPS Guided Artillery Used in Afghanistan 2 Navigon Claims No. 4 Spot in U.S. 3 GPS Gadgets BuckConsumer Spending Trend 4 Older Marine GPSAIS SystemsTroubled by PRN32 5 Multipath Mitigation:...
Excerpt from the Utilities & Communication Pulse newsletter: vehicle-based communication moving forward.(GPS World News on Your Target)(Excerpt)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Editor Janice Partyka reports in the March issue: "Something interesting happened this month on a stretch of road between New York City and Long Island. The ITS World Congress VII demonstration committee successfully tested advanced vehicle communication technology along the 50-mile route ...
Hit the road, jack.(OUT IN FRONT)
Apr 01, 2008; ... We get all wrapped up in our little locatable phones and the things we can do with them, such as find our buddies and coffees and the many other self-centric pastimes of today. Occasionally, we get tangled up in determining who holds down number one and two in the marketplace--still just ...
What were they thinking?(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the editor)
Apr 01, 2008 ... [Regarding the Navigate! e-newsletter lead story of February 20, "PRN-32--Not Quite Yet," recapped in "The System," page 18] As the possessor of several older GPS receivers (used for teaching students), which probably won't pick up PRN-32 (but might pick up PRN-0), I have to wonder why the ...
More on 32.(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the editor)
Apr 01, 2008 ... In your [Navigate! e-newsletter] article you talk about a healthy 32-satellite constellation. But setting PRN-32 healthy would only result in 31 healthy satellites. There is currently no satellite assigned PRN-7, although PRNs 1-6 and 8-32 are currently assigned. --T.S. Kelso ...
Anomaly straight talk.(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the editor)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Nice interview with Col. Crews! Very clear explanations of the anomaly that should quickly dissipate the "inevitable paranoid rumors" of such an anomaly. --Phil Ward Navward Consulting Ed: The interview by Don Jewell ran in the February 27 System Design & ...
WAAS and ADS-B.(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the editor)
Apr 01, 2008 ... In the February Business section there is an article on ADS-B and how UPS will be the first to use it. I work as the Operations Lead for the WAAS and was wondering why there is no mention of WAAS in this article. Seems like WAAS would need to be an integral part of Next Gen ....
In defense of SiRF: investors moan, attorneys gloat--and companies lose.(EXPERT ADVICE)
Apr 01, 2008; ... On February 11, GPS World's Navigate! e-news daily reported that a Pennsylvania law firm made SiRF Technology the object of a class-action lawsuit following the company's February 5 fourth-quarter earnings report. On February 14, we reported a second action. More than a dozen firms have ...
Advisory board update.(David Turner )(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... David Turner left the Aerospace Corporation's Center for Space Policy Strategy to become deputy director of the Office of Space and Advanced Technology in the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Oceans, Environment, and Science. He will assist director Ken Hodgkins in managing a broad ...
Prepare for GIOVE-B liftoff.(EXPERT ADVICE)(Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element )
Apr 01, 2008; ... A at the end of this month, on the 27th of April, Europe will add a new cornerstone to the Galileo programme and to global satellite navigation as a whole. GIOVE-B, the second Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element (GIOVE) satellite, will rise into a medium-Earth orbit aboard a Soyuz launcher ...
GPS embarrassment of riches.(THE SYSTEM)
Apr 01, 2008 ... As this magazine went to press, the GPS Operations Center announced that SVN-48/PRN-07 launched on March 15 was set usable on March 24 at 20:08 UTC. Launch to operational status in only nine days (9.58 days to be exact) is believed to be a GPS record. At the present time, all 31 ...
Galileo, Compass on collision course.(THE SYSTEM)
Apr 01, 2008 ... As Galileo looks forward to its second satellite launch (see Expert Advice, page 16), program officials fret over possible technical and security-related threats posed by the nascent Compass system touted by China. Talks during the week of April 21 between the European Space Agency (ESA) ...
GLONASS faces budget doubters.(THE SYSTEM)
Apr 01, 2008 ... In mid-February, the Russian Audit Chamber board assessed the country's space program, Roskosmos. It stated GLONASS was unlikely to offer serious competition to the U.S. GPS, annulled the results of a 2006 tender for developing a new spacecraft to replace aging Soyuz launchers, and ...
Navigation no bit player at CeBIT.(THE BUSINESS)(Centrum der Buround Informationstechnik)
Apr 01, 2008; ... CeBIT, the world's largest computer expo held March 4-9 in Hanover, Germany, dedicated an entire hall to navigation devices and software. CeBIT is short for Centrum der Buround Informationstechnik, which is German for Center of Office and Information Technology. It is no secret ...
Surveying a new track at 2008 GITA.(SURVEY & CONSTRUCTION)(Geospatial Infrastructure Solutions Conference)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Eric Gakstatter, GPS World's Survey & Construction editor, provided online reports from this year's Geospatial Infrastructure Solutions Conference, sponsored by GITA, held in Seattle in March. Surveying sparked a lot of interest as a new presentation track. Eric writes about the need to ...
Lawyers, investors in league against industry leader.(INDUSTRY WATCH)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Attorney-abetted investor response arose quickly to SiRF Technology Holding's 2007 fourth-quarter (Q4) earnings report, which appeared February 4 stating an 89 percent decrease in Q4 profits to $700,000 from $9.1 million the year before. This loss came despite net revenue of $100.4 ...
Leica unveils quad-constellation antenna.(SURVEY & CONSTRUCTION)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Leica Geosystems' Leica AR25, its next-generation, high-performance choke ring antenna, covers all present and planned GNSS constellations and signals, including L-Band, the company says. Choke ring antennas are omni-directional antennas typically used for high-frequency ...
Booming Ag market grows Hemisphere revenues.(AGRICULTURE)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Canada's Hemisphere GPS saw strong revenue growth and narrowed its losses in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2007, thanks to strength in its agricultural guidance and steering products, the company said March 11. The company posted net year-over-year growth of 68 percent for Q4, ...
Seeking Galileo Masters.(SYSTEM DESIGN & TEST)(European Satellite Navigation Competition )(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... For the fifth consecutive year, the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC)--formerly called the Galileo Masters--is seeking the best ideas for applications in satellite navigation. The international innovation contest is open to companies, entrepreneurs, research ...
Getac introduces rugged PDA.(UTILITIES & COMMUNICATIONS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Mitac Technology subsidiary Getac Inc. is unveiling its model PS535E, a combination personal digital assistant and GPS device designed for use in the field by utility workers and others ....
Ceva, HuaXun offer software-based GPS application for portable devices.(MASS MARKET OEM)
Apr 01, 2008 ... HuaXun Microelectronics Inc. and Ceva Inc. have co-developed a software-based GPS application for the Ceva-X family of DSP cores and the MM2000 portable multimedia platform, the companies announced March 10. San Jose, California-based Ceva is a licensor of chip intellectual ...
The second international summer school on global Navigation Satellite Systems.(EVENTS)
Apr 01, 2008 ... July 21-31, 2008, Berchtesgaden, Germany www.munich-satellite-navigation-summerschool.org The field of satellite navigation requires interdisciplinary knowledge. This summer school provides attendees with a comprehensive overview of the design and development of ...
Qualcomm Inc.(INBRIEF)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Qualcomm Inc. has introduced its first fleet-management offering under its OmniVision Metro service, called Service Fleet Manager. Service Fleet Manager is designed for local service-based businesses centered in metropolitan areas and which have mobile resources, such ...
NavSync Ltd.(INBRIEF)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... NavSync Ltd. has introduced its TrineX CW27, a compact, self-contained GPS receiver module based on the NemeriX NX3 high-sensitivity assisted-GPS single-chip receiver. The TrineX uses a new baseband processor and RF front end ...
Homeland Integrated Security Systems Inc.(INBRIEF)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Asset management provider Homeland Integrated Security Systems Inc. has signed a letter of intent to acquire Global Tracking Technologies LLC (GTT) for stock and other considerations, the companies said March 18. The companies plan to complete the merger's due diligence by April 12, with a ...
Axonn LLC.(INBRIEF)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Axonn LLC has been awarded patent number 7.337.061 for its AXTracker line of products. Axxon is the sole provider of asset monitoring hardware that uses the satellite-based Global-star Simplex Data Network. The new patent specifically covers technology for monitoring ...
UWB location tech on a roll: ultra-wideband location applications envisioned or already created support emergency services, asset tracking, and manufacturing inventory management.(BUSINESS OUTLOOK)
Apr 01, 2008; ... The market for ultra-wideband (UWB) devices looks very strong indeed. Potential location applications already envisioned or being created for UWB include emergency services, asset tracking, and manufacturing inventory management. It sounds too good to be true: A technology that ...
Anomaly response.(Leadership Talks)(Interview)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Many readers may not be aware, but October 8-10, 2007, there was, but for the quick action of an integrated government and civilian contractor team of experts, what could have been classified as a significant anomaly in the GPS constellation. This occurred almost three weeks ...
Shaping aviation integrity: two RAIMs for safety.(AVIONICS & TRANSPORTATION)
Apr 01, 2008; ... New opportunities exploiting L1 and L5 to bring airplanes within 200 feet of the ground anywhere on the globe have prompted aviation authorities to address time-to-alert with two methods. Relative RAIM and absolute RAIM both enable an aircraft to raise a flag within seconds of receiving ...
A GNSS odometer: how far have we come?(INNOVATION)
Apr 01, 2008; ... The possibility of replacing a traditional odometer by a satellite-navigation-based system naturally allows combining information on the distance traveled with information on location and time. These are pieces of information increasingly requested by road authorities, insurance companies, ...
Security personnel tracker.(PRODUCT SHOWCASE)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The GuardTrax SFL, used at this year's Super Bowl, is a real-time GPS tracker for foot-patrol security personnel that enables managers to track, monitor, and manage security forces. The GuardTrax SFL, which uses a WiTech Sony CX chipset, uses GPS antenna GSM wireless communication to ...
GNSS mapping and GIS receiver.(PRODUCT SHOWCASE)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The GPS Pathfinder ProXRT receiver is a flexible GNSS receiver for Geographic Information System (GIS) data collection and mapping. The receiver combines a high-performance GPS receiver with Trimble H-Star technology, OmniSTAR correction capability, and optional GLONASS capability to ...
Precision farming guidance with touch screen.(PRODUCT SHOWCASE)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The Outback S3 combines the most popular features of the Outback S2 and the Outback 360 with the latest developments in Crescent GPS receiver technology. Outback S3's 8.4-inch high-resolution touch screen displays clear and easy-to-read job data in real time. It features a variety of ...
Compact PND receivers with integrated antennae.(PRODUCT SHOWCASE)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The new Fastrax UC322 GPS receiver (shown) for personal navigation devices (PNDs) includes an integrated chip antenna designed to provide optimal performance and sensitivity. The module is suited for high-volume consumer devices, enabling slim design of PNDs by cutting the size by up to ...
Shipboard replacement.(PRODUCT SHOWCASE)(Ursa Navigation Solutions)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The Ursa Navigator is a a bolt-in replacement for the AN/WRN-6 Satellite Signals Navigation Set, a militarized GPS radio navigation system used on most U.S. Navy combatant ships and submarines. The ...
Which way to the castle?(GNSS technologies in the popular media)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Is Leeds Castle in Yorkshire? Just how old is Stonehenge? For those in the United Kingdom, answers come via a new GPS tour guide that alerts motorists to Britain's treasures as they drive near them, according to BBC News. Invented by history enthusiast Daniel Taylor, the ...
Plotting new uses.(GNSS technologies in the popular media)(Brief article)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Bill Marchel, outdoor reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, made readers aware of a simple way to plot acreage using a handheld GPS in a March 15 feature. "Acreage calculation via GPS might not be news to modern farmers, but most recreational landowners I have spoken with ...
Oh, deer, they're tracking me!(GNSS technologies in the popular media)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A white-tailed deer going about his business in suburban Pennsylvania is blogging regularly, sharing his location through GPS every five minutes, reports the Wired Blog Network. A poster named Siberian at the Google Earth Community collared a deer he nicknamed Thor with a GPS and cell ...