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The GNSS Merry Go Round

The GNSS Merry Go Round

The whole GNSS world should have a warm spot in its heart for centripetal forces.

After all, a centripetal force — in this case, gravity — is what keeps planets in rotation around our Sun and satellites, around the Earth.

Centrifugal force, of course, is what throws us off a merry-go-round or carousel. Centripetal force is what keeps us on board.

For those on a merry-go-round, the centripetal force is not gravity, but rather the tensile strength of our arms pulling us toward the center of rotation, at right angles to the motion of our seats.

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By Inside GNSS
No Time Like the Present for Europe in Asia

No Time Like the Present for Europe in Asia

Peter Gutierrez

Galileo promoters have always tended to try to link the program to new jobs and economic growth, arguing that once Europe’s global satnav system is up and running, new services will be possible and opportunities for EU companies will abound.

Such arguments needed to be made, to bolster the chronically tenuous political support Galileo has garnered from the European Union (EU) powers-that-be and the chronic lack of faith among just about everybody in Europe’s ability to actually make the system fly.

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By Peter Gutierrez
More Than Money Worries

More Than Money Worries

Navigation users may benefit from GPS modernization sooner than expected thanks to an apparent shift in the schedule of the modernized GPS ground control segment still under development.

The change means that full operational implementation of the new signals will come earlier in the delayed modernization of the operational control Segment (OCS).

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By Dee Ann Divis
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AFRL Selects Surrey Satellite US to Evaluate Small Satellite Approach to GPS
January 22, 2013

AFRL Selects Surrey Satellite US to Evaluate Small Satellite Approach to GPS

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has selected Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (SST-US), of Englewood, Colorado, to investigate cost reduction and augmentation of the current GPS constellation through the application of a small satellite approach.

AFRL has contracted with SST-US to identify and analyze how small satellites can improve aspects of GPS system performance, such as accuracy, coverage, and robustness at costs far below those of past procurements.

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By Inside GNSS
EGU General Assembly 2013: European Geosciences Union

EGU General Assembly 2013: European Geosciences Union

The 2013 European Geosciences Union General Assembly and exhibition will take place in the Austria Center Vienna (ACV) from April 7 through April 12.

The event attracts more than 11,000 geoscientists from all over the world. The official language is English. The early registration deadline is March 13. The program will be available after March 25.

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By Inside GNSS
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2013 Geospatial World Forum

2013 Geospatial World Forum

The 2013 Geospatial World Forum and industry exhibition will be held at the Beurs – World Trade Center in the international port city of Rotterdam on May 13-16.

This year’s theme is "Monetizing Geospatial Value and Practices." The keynote speakers are Chris Gibson, vice president of Trimble and Mark Reichardt, president and CEO of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC).

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By Inside GNSS
United Nations/ Croatia Workshop on GNSS Applications

United Nations/ Croatia Workshop on GNSS Applications

This five-day workshop is one of several sponsored by the Office for Outer Space Affairs of the United Nations in various European countries.  The workshops will give participants an overview of GNSS systems and applications with the aim of strengthening a network of national reference stations and promoting the interoperability of navigation, positioning and timing systems in the region.

The UN/Croatia workshop will take place on Baška, Krk Island on April 21-25, 2013.
It is free.

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By Inside GNSS
ESAVS2013: Enhanced Solutions for Aircraft and Vehicle Surveillance Applications
January 20, 2013

ESAVS2013: Enhanced Solutions for Aircraft and Vehicle Surveillance Applications

The third symposium on Enhanced Solutions for Aircraft and Vehicle Surveillance Applications will take place at the MARITIM proArte Hotel in Berlin, germany on March 20 and 21, 2013. The event will be held in English. It  is organized by the German Institute of Navigation (DGON).

This emerging field of next-generation surveillance is driven by increasing air traffic volume, business demands for increased capacity and efficiency and citizen and government concerns about emissions and other environmental pressures.

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By Inside GNSS
GENIUS Workshop: GNSS Integrity Monitoring

GENIUS Workshop: GNSS Integrity Monitoring

A free three-day program on "GNSS Integrity Monitoring" will take place at Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile (ENAC) at 7, Ave. Edouard Belin in Toulouse on June 18, 19 and 20, 2013.

This is third course in the EU’s GENIUS project series of 3-day GNSS training programs for professionals. Five are scheduled in 2013 and five in 2014.

The instructors are Dr. Christophe Macabiu, head of ENAC’s Telecom lab, Dr. Anaïs Martineau, head of the Electronics, Electromagnetism and Signal division of ENAC and Prof. Carl Milner, also of ENAC Telecom lab.

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By Inside GNSS
GENIUS Workshop: Fundamentals of GNSS

GENIUS Workshop: Fundamentals of GNSS

The European Commission and the European GNSS Agency (GSA) introduce the GENIUS project’s series of 3-day GNSS training programs for professionals. Five are scheduled in 2013 and five in 2014.

The first program is "Fundamentals of GNSS." It will take place at GSA headquarters in Prague on March 4,5 and 6, 2013.

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By Inside GNSS
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