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September 14, 2013

GNSS Hotspots | September 2013

1. EASY RIDER
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA
√ Not only has century-old American motorcycle manufacturer Harley Davidson used consumer focus groups for the first time to develop its newest “hogs,” it has responded to customers with a voice-activated touch-screen GPS unit, the first on a production model. Now the Easy Riders don’t have to wend their way to trouble, they can ask their chopper where to go.

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By Inside GNSS

GAO Report: More Research Needed to Determine GPS Program Changes

Air Force officials should get more cost and user information and determine how many GPS satellites they will support before making decisions about revamping the navigation system, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has told Congress.

Although an Air Force report about program options was “a good starting point, more information on key cost drivers and cost estimates, and broader input from stakeholders would help guide future investment decisions,” the GAO wrote in an assessment of the defense agency’s analysis.

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By Inside GNSS
September 13, 2013

Building a BeiDou Simulator

BeiDou-2 Is Born
The year before the main release, China surprised the global community when it published just a test version of the promised ICD for the BeiDou-2 B1 open signal. In this document, the modulation scheme for the signal was confirmed and the pseudorandom code generator for the ranging signal was described.

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By Inside GNSS
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Munich Satellite Navigation Summit 2014

After skipping a year, the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit will reconvene on March 25, 26 and 27 in Der Residenz, München in Bavaria. The 2014 event will include a parallel track on Copernicus, the European Commision’s Earth Observation Program. Registration is now open at the web address below.

The opening plenary panel at 5 p.m. on Tuesday will discuss "GNSS-New Challenges."

The technical program will cover:

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By Inside GNSS
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