Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
The city of Madrid is one of the first utilizing Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in conjunction with enhanced positioning services, in order to improve public transport services in the Spanish capital.
By Stan Goff
The China Satellite Navigation Conference (CSNC) is an open academic platform for academic exchanges that aims at enhancing academic innovation to promote cooperation and exchanges in the field of satellite navigation. The event, which opens May 22, also is designed at strengthening technological innovation to accelerate engineering construction of satellite navigation systems, intensifying theoretical innovation to facilitate theory progress of satellite navigation and reinforcing application innovation to boost development of the satellite navigation industry.
By Inside GNSS
As urban populations grow, cities will have to become smarter to provide the same level of services to their residents, while tackling growing environmental and logistical challenges. A dedicated session at the recent Munich Satellite Navigation Summit discussed the future needs of smart cities and how synergies between GNSS and other emerging technologies support the applications that will meet these needs.
By Inside GNSS
Orolia, which provides GNSS-based systems for defense and commercial industries around the world, has successfully installed the world’s first operational Cospas-Sarsat second-generation technology on search and rescue ground stations for the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Florida and Hawaii. These ground stations have been upgraded with Second Generation Beacon (SGB) signal processing capabilities to more accurately and quickly locate the source of distress signals.
By Inside GNSS
The $2 billion lawsuit filed by Harbinger Capital Partners against Apollo Global Management over whether Apollo knew about GPS interference issues has been stayed yet again—again at the request of Ligado Networks, the current holder of the frequencies involved.
By Dee Ann Divis
“GPS 101” was the title of the GPS Caucus inaugural event last week at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. The caucus was recently formed by Senators Ernst and Duckworth and Representatives Loebsack and Bacon, with the support of the GPS Innovation Alliance.
By Dana A. Goward
Harris Corporation has inked a $243 million contract with GPS IIIF prime contractor Lockheed Martin to build all-digital payloads for the first two IIIF satellites.
By Inside GNSS
New York City reportedly had its government wireless network knocked out on April 6 when the GPS week number in signal’s message rolled over—that is when the system, as planned, reset its week counter back to zero.
By Dee Ann Divis
Organized by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Eidgenössische Techniche Hochschule (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland, the 7th International Colloquium on Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of GNSS is scheduled to take place this September in Zurich.
By Inside GNSS
The upcoming GPS Week Number Rollover (WNRO) on April 6 is bringing a lot of attention not only in the specialized GNSS media, but also in the general media. The WNRO is a known feature of GPS that occurs only every roughly 20 years and thus can be anticipated and tested in a receiver using a GNSS simulator.
By Inside GNSS
Automated vehicles are on the way, and the European GNSS Agency (GSA) sees satellite navigation as a core technology that will help to ensure their safe operation. At the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the GSA shared its space with the “ESCAPE” project, a European Union-funded initiative that has developed a unique positioning module for autonomous or semi-autonomous driving.
By Inside GNSS
GNSS spoofing is more wide spread than previously believed and being used to not only misdirect satellite navigation users but to deny GNSS service altogether, according to a new report by the Center for Advanced Defense Studies, a non-profit that analyzes transnational security issues.
By Dee Ann Divis
The European Navigation Conference 2019 (ENC 2019) comes to Warsaw, Poland on April 9-12. The European Group of Institutes of Navigation (EUGIN) and Polish Navigation Forum (PNF) invite attendees to the conference, which is organized by the Polish Navigation Forum. PNF is a non-profit organization, founded in the ’80s, with the aim of associating people involved in development of the science of navigation. This is the second time Poland is hosting the ENC conference participants, and the venue will be the Novotel Warszawa Centrum Hotel.
By Inside GNSS
