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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
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

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
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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

UrsaNav to Buy Megapulse Assets including Loran-C and GPS Backup Candidate eLoran

UrsaNav, Inc. has finalized an agreement to acquire the assets of Loran-C pioneer Megapulse, Inc., of Bedford, Massachusetts, with the transaction expected to close this quarter.

Megapulse’s general area of business is low-frequency (LF)
radionavigation, position-fIxing, orientation, and time transfer
systems, with primary product and service lines in Loran and enhanced
Loran (eLoran). Since the 1970s, all Loran transmitter systems installed
were of Megapulse design.

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By Inside GNSS
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Royal Institute of Navigation NAV Series: GNSS Vulnerability

GNSS positioning, navigation and timing applications are vulnerable to malicious, accidental and space weather threats – but what can be done?

Rear Admiral Nick Lambert will keynote this one-day seminar on threat detection and mitigation techniques for civil use at the National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington on February 13.

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By Inside GNSS
January 16, 2013

NovAtel Announces New BeiDou Capability for Its GNSS Products

NovAtel has announced support for the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System on its OEM6 family and selected OEMStar GNSS receivers.

The long-anticipated BeiDou Interface Control Document (ICD) release is a
significant milestone that facilitates global acceptance of the Chinese
GNSS system into the growing range of satellite-based positioning
applications, the company says.

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By Inside GNSS
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