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November 22, 2011
Roel van Bree

Roel van Bree graduated in astronomy from Leiden University in the Netherlands in 1997. He worked for 10 years at TNO Defense and…

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November 21, 2011
GNSS Hotspots | November 2011

One of 12 magnetograms recorded at Greenwich Observatory during the Great Geomagnetic Storm of 1859 1996 soccer game in the Midwest, (Rick Dikeman…

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November 21, 2011
From Family Friendly to Seriously Scientific, GNSS Ideas Contest Rewards New Commercial Applications

The Arthurs. Named after science fiction icon Arthur C. Clarke, the custom-designed statuettes were awarded to the top five finalists in the USA…

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November 21, 2011
Making Virtual Solid

FIGURES 1 & 2: True3D Volumetric HUD components and operation (left), Comparison of True3D HUD user view with other types of nav aids…

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November 17, 2011
GPS Timing Used in Experiment to Measure ‘Faster Than Light’ Particles

OPERA neutrino detector in Gran Sasso, Italy. INFN photo No sooner had GPS positioning helped validate key aspects of Einstein’s general theory of…

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November 17, 2011
ITT Excelis, Chronos Technology Team Up for GNSS IDM Offerings

ITT Exelis and Chronos Technology Ltd. announced today (November 17, 2011) that they have agreed to jointly pursue and develop product offerings for…

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November 16, 2011
EU Launches Two Navigation Satellites; Galileo is On Its Way

Europe’s first two Galileo satellites have reached their final operating orbits, opening the way for activating and testing their navigation payloads. Marking the…

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November 16, 2011
GLONASS Trio in Orbit, Another K-Class to Follow

Russia launched a Proton-M rocket carrying three GLONASS-M satellites from the Baikonur space center at November 4 after a 24-hour delay due to…

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November 16, 2011
Oh No! Not LightSquared Again!

Please. Please. Please. Please.  Can we please talk about something besides LightSquared? Not yet? You mean, they are still here? And we have…

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November 16, 2011
Network RTK and Reference Station Configuration

Q: What effect does network size have on NRTK positioning? A: Network real-time kinematic (NRTK) positioning is nowadays a very common practice, not…

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November 16, 2011
The Digital TV Case

Working Papers explore the technical and scientific themes that underpin GNSS programs and applications. This regular column is coordinated by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Günter…

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November 16, 2011
Staying In Lane

Next-generation car navigation may well require the ability to identify the lane in which a vehicle is operating on a motorway. This could…

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November 16, 2011
True3D HUD Wins Global SatNav Competition

Mike Rowe, host of the Discovery Channel series Dirty Jobs, gets behind the wheel with MVSC’s HUD system at the Makers Faire in…

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November 13, 2011
2012 East Coast Seminars: NavtechGPS

NavtechGPS will offer its 2012 East Coast GNSS technical seminars at the Doubletree Annapolis in Maryland, USA from June 18 through June 22….

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November 13, 2011
2012 West Coast Seminars: NavtechGPS

NavtechGPS will offer its 2012 West Coast GNSS technical seminars at the Doubletree Mission Valley Hotel in San Diego, California from March 26…

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