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DARPA Network Challenge Abandons GPS for the Power of Social Networking
December 7, 2009

DARPA Network Challenge Abandons GPS for the Power of Social Networking

Want to win $40k? DARPA gives you one day to locate 10 of these 8-foot weather balloons moored across the USA

(Updated December 7, 2009) A Massachusetts Institute of Technology team won the DARPA Network Challenge on Saturday, December 5. They took home a $40,000 cash prize from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

The team successfully located 10 eight-foot diameter, bright red weather balloons moored in plain site at locations across the United States.

Apparently, the DARPA personnel in charge were sensitive to frigid winter weather in the heartland –  most of the balloons turned out to be moored in pleasant places for an outdoor December search: Portland, Oregon; San Francisco and Santa Barbara, California; Scottsdale, Arizona; Katy, Texas; Memphis, Tennessee; Atlanta, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Charlottesville, Virginia; and Christiana, Delaware.

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Trimble Dimensions China User Conference 2009
December 2, 2009

Trimble Dimensions China User Conference 2009

Trimble will hold its first user conference in China on December 15-17 at the Jiuhua Resort and Conference Center in Beijing. It will cover civilian technology only.

The theme "Exploration Has No Boundaries," draws comparisons between 15th century navigator Zhenghe, the 2008 space mission Shenqui, and the use of positioning technology to steer exploration.

Trimble head Steve Bergland will deliver one of the conference keynotes.

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GNSS Signals 2009
November 15, 2009

GNSS Signals 2009

The fourth European workshop on GNSS signals and signal processing will take place at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany on Thursday and Friday, December 10-11 2009.

The keynote speech on “European GNSS Programs Status and Perspectives on Signals” will be given by Frédéric Bastide, European Commission (DG-Energy & Transport).

The full program can be downloaded from the website below.

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Berlin GNSS Symposium 2009

Berlin GNSS Symposium 2009

The international Symposium on GNSS, Space-based and Ground-based Augmentation Systems and Applications 2009 will take place at the Rathaus Wilmersdorf, Fehrbelliner Platz 4, in Berlin from Monday, November 30 through Wednesday, December 2.

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Spirent Federal GPS Training Conference 2010 – East Coast

Spirent Federal GPS Training Conference 2010 – East Coast

Spirent Federal Systems specializes in GPS and GNSS test technology. Its GNSS test systems can be tailored for government or industry needs, including support for encrypted military codes, interference simulation, commercial GPS applications and high dynamic testing. The company will hold identical training conferences this year on the East and West coasts.

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CERGAL 2010

CERGAL 2010

The 2010 International Symposium on Certification of GNSS Systems and Services (CERGAL) will take place from April 28-29, 2010 in Rostock, on the Baltic Sea in the north of Germany.

The event includes a technical program and an industry exhibition.

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Spirent Federal GPS Training Conference 2010 – West Coast

Spirent Federal GPS Training Conference 2010 – West Coast

Spirent Federal Systems specializes in GPS and GNSS test technology. Its GNSS test systems can be tailored for government or industry needs, including support for encrypted military codes, interference simulation, commercial GPS applications and high dynamic testing. The company will hold identical training conferences this year on the East and West coasts.

The West Coast conference will be held at the Doubletree Hotel Anaheim/Orange County, Anaheim, California. 

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U.S. Air Force Plans to Improve GPS Constellation Geometry for Military Forces in Afghanistan

U.S. Air Force Plans to Improve GPS Constellation Geometry for Military Forces in Afghanistan

Combined Joint Task Force 76 helicopter carries troops and supplies over Eastern Afghanistan. Photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Casteel, U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force officials are moving to reconfigure the GPS constellation to create a 27-satellite geometry that will improve the availability and accuracy of positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) capabilities for U.S. military forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Although the constellation currently has 30 operational space vehicles (SVs), not including the SVN49/PRN1 that has still not been set healthy, a number of the spacecraft are located nearby other satellites — effectively creating a 24-SV geometry. (See accompanying figure.)

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2010 ION International Technical Meeting (ITM 2010)
November 11, 2009

2010 ION International Technical Meeting (ITM 2010)

The Institute of Navigation’s 2010 International Technical Meeting will take place at the Catamaran Resort Hotel in San Diego, California from Monday, January 25 through Wednesday, January 27.

This year’s plenary session, Navigation Behind Close Doors: Challenges of Indoor and Urban Navigation, focuses on challenges for first responders and navigation in urban canyons and underground.

Browse the full program online.

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Rx Networks Introduces Real-Time, Multi-Mode Engine for A-GPS

Rx Networks Introduces Real-Time, Multi-Mode Engine for A-GPS

Rx Networks, Inc., has announced its new XYBRID RT multi-mode positioning engine, which combines cell-ID, WiFi signals with assisted-GPS ephemeris and coarse position aiding to yield fast, ubiquitous positioning for mobile devices.

The XYBRID RT — scheduled to be available for commercial use in December 2009 — can be licensed on a usage or a lifetime subscription basis. Rx Networks provides a XYBRID RT mobile client compatible with most mobile operating systems and most GPS chipsets.

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