GPS World back issues from January 2009:
Can we Blog?(TECH TALK BLOG)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Wonder what the difference is between software radio, software-defined radio, and software receivers? Struggling with that pesky multipath or cycle slips? You can find help with these and many other GNSS-related questions at GPS World's Tech Talk, The Expert Blog for Industry ...
Set a course for '09.(OUT IN FRONT)
Jan 01, 2009; ... By the time you read this, the United States will either have a new president or be breathing awful darn close. For sure we're already in the middle of a mess of a new economy, and what an almighty challenge that poses. Glance wider around the horizon, there's a whole new world order. ...
From the front lines of interoperability.(EXPERT ADVICE)
Jan 01, 2009; ... For all the talk about and good will towards interoperability of GNSS systems, one might assume that such hands-across-various-waters agreements are nearly or tacitly accomplished. While this is not out of the question, neither can it be termed as within sight. Detailed discussions at the ...
Editorial update.(Editorial)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2009; ... Kevin Dennehy has returned from a year's active duty as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. National Guard, stationed in Germany. Somehow he found time during his tour to continue writing the LBS Insider e-mail newsletter, with only a few gaps. He has now returned home to Denver, Colorado, ...
Mobile apps, advertising, and location.(NEWSLETTER EXCERPT)
Jan 01, 2009 ... What will feed the uptake in data-rich mobile applications? They have to be sort of free, nearly free, or simply free. What's going to be the business model to make that happen? Although just getting off the ground, expect to see an uptick in mobile advertising. Our ...
GSA, EC spur Galileo proposals, applications.(THE SYSTEM)(European Commission)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Preparing for a [euro]40 million ($50.9 million) second call for proposals through the European Union's 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7), the European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA) will convene Growing Galileo 2009 January 27 and 28 in Brussels. Hosted by the GSA and ...
New media for Professional OEM.(THE SYSTEM)(original equipment manufacturers)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2009 ... A new monthly Professional OEM e-mail newsletter will appear in January from GPS World. Rob Lorimer provides expert commentary and focused news on the use of GNSS for original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and system integrators servicing professional, industrial, military, scientific, and ...
GIOVE, Galileo signal information website.(THE SYSTEM)
Jan 01, 2009 ... A GIOVE website is available to all internet users and provides up-to-date information on the Galileo satellites, GIOVE-A and GIOVE-B, including the Signal-InSpace Interface Control Document (SIS-ICD) released in October, to enable users to acquire and track both satellites' ranging ...
FAA approves ADS-B for national rollout.(THE SYSTEM)(Federal Aviation Administration)(automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2009 ... The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has approved a national rollout of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) air traffic control. "ADS-B is the backbone of the future of air traffic control. NextGen is real and, as of today, NextGen is now," said Robert A. ...
Interactive highway demonstrated.(THE SYSTEM)(German Aerospace Center)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2009 ... The German Aerospace Center (DLR) demonstrated a vehicle-to-road-infrastructure communication prototype December 11 at its Berlin test track. Future vehicles will exchange information about the traffic situation and potential dangers with each other, ...
Magellan sells consumer division to MiTAC.(MASS MARKET OEM)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Magellan Navigation, Inc., a pioneer in personal navigation devices for the consumer, is selling off its consumer products division to Mitac, maker of the popular Mio and Navman GPS brands. Magellan, based in Santa Clara, California, announced December 15 that it has entered ...
Trimble acquires KOREC software assets to expand Mapping, GIS solutions.(SURVEY & CONSTRUCTION)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Trimble (Sunnyvale, California) announced December 19 that it has acquired the FastMap and GeoSite software assets from KOREC, a privately held Trimble distributor serving the United Kingdom and Ireland. The acquisition, which includes software development, ...
IFEN to upgrade Galileo GATE signal.(German Aerospace Center )
Jan 01, 2009 ... The German Aerospace Center has contracted with IFEN GmbH for a signal upgrade of the Galileo Test and Development Environment (GATE), following the latest versions of the European Space Agency's Galileo Signal-in-Space Interface Control Document (ICD) and the GNSS Supervisory Authority ...
Spirent simulator to test Rockwell CRPA.(SYSTEM DESIGN & TEST)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Spirent Federal Systems will supply Rockwell Collins, Inc., with Phase 1 of a Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna (CRPA) test facility. Rockwell Collins selected a Spirent simulation system for performing coherent ...
Magellan targets land surveyors with PC software.(Real Time Data Server )(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Magellan's new PC software, Real Time Data Server (RTDS), enables land surveying companies to use GNSS equipment to build their own direct IP real-time kinematic (RTK) corrections server. The software collects corrections sent by a base station and acts as a gateway to make the data ...
Joint precision Missile launch tests a success.(MILITARY)
Jan 01, 2009 ... NetFires LLC, a joint venture between Raytheon Co.'s Missile Systems and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, in December completed the second guided test flight of the GPS/inertial-guided Non Line-of-Sight Launch System's (NLOS-LS) Precision Attack Missile (PAM). ...
SiRF, Tele Atlas make cuts.(MASS MARKET OEM)
Jan 01, 2009 ... The GNSS market as a whole may remain stable, but the current economic downturn continues to take a toll in consumer market for GPS and navigation. Both GPS receiver maker SiRF Technology and digital map data supplier Tele Atlas announced job cuts in December; for SiRF, it is the third ...
Munich satellite navigation summit 2009.(EVENTS)
Jan 01, 2009 ... March 3-5, 2009 Residenz Muenchen, Munich, Germany www.munich-satellite-navigation-summit.org The seventh summit features high-ranking world speakers from industry, science, and government discussing the direction of satellite navigation. An Opening ...
Spirent GPS Training Conference.(EVENTS)(Conference news)
Jan 01, 2009 ... www.spirentfederal.com/gps/training Spirent Federal is conducting a two-day GPS Training Conference. The East Coast Conference is March 18-19 in Washington, D.C., and the West Coast Conference is March ...
Remote asset management worth the cost.(TRANSPORTATION)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Companies that invest in remote asset-management recouped their investment within the first 12 months of deployment and saw returns well over 100 percent within the first five years of implementation, according to an industry research study. The study, The Impact of Remote Asset ...
Assessing the spoofing threat: A portable spoofer implemented on a digital signal processor mounts a spoofing attack, characterizes spoofing effects, and suggests possible defense tactics. GNSS users and receiver manufacturers should explore and implement authentication methods against sophisticated spoofing attacks.(MILITARY & GOVERNMENT)
Jan 01, 2009; ... Seven years after the Volpe Report warned that "[a]s GPS further penetrates into the civil infrastructure, it becomes a tempting target that could be exploited by individuals, groups, or countries hostile to the U.S.," civil GPS receivers remain as vulnerable as ever to this threat. Among ...
Counting equivalent correlators: quantifying the number for GNSS acquisition engine architectures.(INNOVATION)
Jan 01, 2009; ... Many GNSS chip manufacturers or software houses, when announcing a new product, include as part of the specifications the number of equivalent correlators that boost the power of their acquisition engine. This number is one of the most important figures of merit for a GNSS ...
2009 Receiver Survey.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Now in its 17th year, the annual GPS World Receiver Survey provides the longest-running, most comprehensive database of GPS equipment available in one place. With information provided by 74 manufacturers on 510 receivers, the survey assembles data on all the most important ...
Helping farmers save the reef.(GNSS technologies in the popular media)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Farmers will be trained to use GPS technology to manage their crops as part of a $23 million rescue package for the Great Barrier Reef, reports The Age of Melbourne, Australia. A 2007 report on water quality linked the reef's decline to fertilizers, chemicals, and soil being ...
Leading the Blind.(Leader Dogs for the Blind )(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Leading the Blind. Leader Dogs for the Blind is the first dog-guide school in the United States to permanently integrate a talking GPS navigational tool into dogguide classes for people who are blind and visually impaired, reports Crain's Detroit Business. HumanWare, makers of ...
Underwhere?(SEEN+HEARD)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Underwhere? A Brazilian clothing designer has incorporated a GPS receiver into her line of "Find Me if You Can" lingerie, reports Agence France Presse. Critics maintain that it's not exactly the most progressive idea, placing a satellite tracking ...