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December 2, 2014

Intelligent Transportation Systems: 22nd ITS World Congress

The Convention Centre Bordeaux

The 22nd World Congress and Exhibition on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services will be held at the Convention Centre Bordeaux and Exhibition Centre Bordeaux in Bordeaux, France on October 5 – 9, 2015. It will focus on how achieving intelligent mobility will change our lives, and the benefits space can bring to ITS applications.

The theme for this year’s event is “Towards Intelligent Mobility – Better Use of Space”, and will offer Plenary, Executive, Technical/Scientific, Special Interest and Interactive Sessions.

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By Inside GNSS

9th Baška GNSS Conference 2015

The 9th annual conference on the Croatian Adriatic aims at GNSS experts and focuses on GNSS resilience and GNSS applications development. It will take place at Baška on the resort island of Krk in Croatia from May 10 – 12, 2015.

The deadline for abstracts is January 20, 2015.

Registration information can be found on the RIN website.

Topics include:

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By Inside GNSS
November 28, 2014

Funding at Risk as Work on UAV Standards Falls Behind

Efforts to set aviation standards for larger unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have fallen behind schedule, threatening essential funding for related tests and possibly complicating an Air Force program that needs the standards to make technology choices.

The schedule is slipping because initial estimates of the work involved in setting the  standards for detect-and-avoid (DAA) technology did not fully capture the complexity and extent of the effort necessary. DAA technology is intended to

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By Inside GNSS
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November 23, 2014

GNSS Hotspots | November 2014

One of 12 magnetograms recorded at Greenwich Observatory during the Great Geomagnetic Storm of 1859
1996 soccer game in the Midwest, (Rick Dikeman image)
Nouméa ground station after the flood
A pencil and a coffee cup show the size of NASA’s teeny tiny PhoneSat
Bonus Hotspot: Naro Tartaruga AUV
Pacific lamprey spawning (photo by Jeremy Monroe, Fresh Waters Illustrated)
“Return of the Bucentaurn to the Molo on Ascension Day”, by (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
The U.S. Naval Observatory Alternate Master Clock at 2nd Space Operations Squadron, Schriever AFB in Colorado. This photo was taken in January, 2006 during the addition of a leap second. The USNO master clocks control GPS timing. They are accurate to within one second every 20 million years (Satellites are so picky! Humans, on the other hand, just want to know if we’re too late for lunch) USAF photo by A1C Jason Ridder.
Detail of Compass/ BeiDou2 system diagram
Hotspot 6: Beluga A300 600ST

1. Tariffs
Beijing, China

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By Inside GNSS
November 22, 2014

Year 10

Every so often, anthropologists — and maybe a few mathematicians — have a field day puzzling over the origins of our positional base-10 numeral system.

Oh, not the historical origins themselves, the Hindu-Arabic innovations beginning in the 5th and 6th centuries. That’s all pretty much agreed.

No, I’m referring to the possible physiological inspirations, the readily visible digits at the ends of our limbs: 10 fingers, 10 toes.

Coincidence? Does nature have coincidents, or does it abhor them like vacuums — o horror vacui?

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By Inside GNSS
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November 20, 2014

RIEGL LIDAR 2015 Scheduled for Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China

RIEGL has announced that its next international user conference, RIEGL LIDAR 2015, will be held in Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China,  next May.

“To meet the growing demand of our products in China, we’ve opened a new RIEGL CHINA office just recently. To recognize this development, we will hold our next user conference in Asia. We look forward to welcoming our international and Chinese community to the spectacular cities of Hong Kong and Guangzhou!” said Johannes Riegl Jr., RIEGL Chief Marketing Officer.

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By Inside GNSS

ING Robotic Aviation Opens New Facility

Officials at opening of ING Robotic Aviation’s new facility in Ottawa included Hon. James Moore (center), Canadian Minister of Industry, and Ian Glenn (3rd from right), ING Robotic CEO

ING Robotic Aviation officially opened the doors to its new facility in Ottawa earlier this week—representing another step forward in the company’s move into the commercial market.

The Hon. James Moore, minister of Industry Canada, officially opened the Ottawa–Orléans the new 4,000-square-foot office, which houses sales, R&D, marketing, and operations production.

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By Inside GNSS

Brian Wynne Tapped to Lead AUVSI

Brian Wynne, new AUVSI leader

The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, the world’s largest professional and industry group for those in the unmanned technology sector, has chosen a private pilot with roots in commercial transportation as its new president and chief operating officer.

Brian Wynne, currently president of the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA), will be leading the organization as regulators work through the rules needed to integrate unmanned aerial systems into the national airspace and car companies build on advances in assisted-drive vehicles.

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By Inside GNSS

Using Unmanned Systems to Fight Wildfires

Image captured by an onboard Infra-red camera during the West Virginia demonstration

Large wildfires can create their own weather and a dynamic, uncertain environment, and that is one of the reasons they’re so dangerous, says Manish Kumar, an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Toledo.

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By Inside GNSS

Unmanned Innovations Top DoD Wish List

The U.S. Defense Department (DoD) is launching a search for innovative technologies to help U.S. forces to maintain their advantage in the face of gains by potential adversaries, tighter budgets, and an increasingly complex landscape of security challenges.

At the top of the agency’s wish list are advances related to unmanned systems, including miniaturization and robotics as well as systems that can operate more autonomously.

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