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January 14, 2016

GPS-Aided Positive Train Control Goes Back on Transportation Safety Board’s Most Wanted List for 2016

NTSB Chairman Christopher Hart

Once again, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended GPS-aided positive train control (PTC) as one of its “most wanted” transportation safety improvements in 2016. But the agency, which has been advocating for PTC for more than 45 years, appears to be fighting an uphill battle against Congress and the railroad industry.

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By Inside GNSS
ICG-11: International Committee on GNSS

ICG-11: International Committee on GNSS

Russia will host the eleventh meeting of the International Committee on GNSS (ICG) from November 6 to 11, 2016 in Sochi, on the Black Sea near Georgia. This meeting is organized by Roscosmos, the State Space Corporation. It will take place at the Pullman Sochi Center Hotel and Conference Center.

The ICG is a voluntary United Nations–backed association that brings together GNSS and augmentation providers, including the United States, Russia, European Union, China, India, and Japan.

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By Inside GNSS
CSNC 2016: China Satellite Navigation Conference

CSNC 2016: China Satellite Navigation Conference

Preparing for a May 2016 event at the Hunan International Conference and Exhibition Center, Changsha.

The 7th China Satellite Navigation Conference and exhibition will take place at the Hunan International Conference & Exhibition Center in Changsha (長沙), the 3,000 year old capital city of Hunan Province on May 18, 19 and 20, 2016.

Several thousand scientists, GNSS businesses and researchers from all over the world are expected to attend this high-level annual event. The conference language will be Mandarin, with simultaneous English translation.

Topics include:

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By Inside GNSS
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2016 Geospatial World Forum

2016 Geospatial World Forum

The Geospatial World Forum 2016 and industry exhibition will be held at the Beurs-World Trade Center in Rotterdam in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on May 23 – 26, 2015.

This year’s theme is "Where’s the Money? Disruptive Business Models." The annual event features plenary and technical sessions and workshops on policy, technology and user practices of the GIS  industry. Plenary themes this year are:

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By Inside GNSS
ICL-GNSS 2016: Localization and GNSS
January 13, 2016

ICL-GNSS 2016: Localization and GNSS

The sixth international conference on localization and GNSS will take place at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) – Casa Convalescència, a UNESCO site, on June 28, 29 and 30 in Barcelona, Spain.

ICL-GNSS covers recent research on terrestrial and satellite-based positioning techniques to provide reliable, accurate and low latency position information with the goal of inspiring new design, implementation, test and evaluation methodologies for positioning platforms.

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By Inside GNSS
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Baška GNSS Conference 2015
December 28, 2015

Baška GNSS Conference 2015

The 10th Baška GNSS Conference will take place May 8–10, 2016, in Baška, Krk Island, Croatia, organized jointly by The Royal Institute of Navigation (London, UK), Faculty of Maritime Studies (University of Rijeka, Croatia), and the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences (University of Zagreb, Croatia),  with technical co-sponsorship from Beihang University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Beijing, China)

The conference focuses on GNSS resilience and GNSS applications development. The deadline for submitting an abstract (300 – 500 words) of a proposed paper is February 22, 2016. Please contact Renato Filjar.

Please contact Ms Sally-Anne Cooke (e-mail <conference@rin.org.uk>) or Mrs. Marija Šimić-Hlača (e-mail: <marija@pfri.hr>) for further information.

By Inside GNSS
InterGEO 2016

InterGEO 2016

The 2016 InterGEO Trade Fair and Conference for Geodesy, Geoinformation and Land Management will take place at the fairgrounds —Hamburg Messe und Congress (HMC)—in Hamburg, Germany on October 11, 12 and 13.

Now 22 years old, the fair attracts 16,000 visitors from 92 countries who process, use or analyze geodata online or in the field.

The conference will cover the latest developments in surveying, geoinformation, remote sensing and photogrammetry and allied technologies. Proceedings are conducted in German and English.

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By Inside GNSS
ENC 2016: European Navigation Conference

ENC 2016: European Navigation Conference

Finlandia Hall conference center

The 2016 ENC will take place at Finlandia Hall in downtown Helsinki on May 30 and 31 and June 1 and 2. The event will focus on innovations in positioning, navigation and timing technologies and applications at land, sea and air. Topic areas include GNSS positioning,indoor and urban navigation and position based applications.

The opening keynote speaker will be Matthias Petschke, director for European Satellite Navigation Programs, European Commission. The conference endnote will be presented by John Raquet, U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology.

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Air Force Space Command to Release New GPS III Feasibility Solicitation
December 24, 2015

Air Force Space Command to Release New GPS III Feasibility Solicitation

Late yesterday (December 22, 2015) the Pentagon announced the imminent release of a new solicitation in its two-year search for a contractor to build the next tranche of GPS III satellites.

Air Force Space Command announced on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website that it would publish a request for proposals  (RFP) for a phase 1 production readiness feasibility assessment for the new GPS III spacecraft on or around January 8.

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By Inside GNSS
New LightSquared Settles with Trimble, Garmin
December 17, 2015

New LightSquared Settles with Trimble, Garmin

New LightSquared, the firm reconstituted from the original LightSquared wireless broadband company upon its exit from bankruptcy, has proposed a settlement of lawsuits filed against Garmin and Trimble Navigation, which would end most of the company’s legal action against the GPS community.

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Galileo Program Adds Pair of Satellites to Constellation

Galileo Program Adds Pair of Satellites to Constellation

Europe’s GNSS program placed two more satellites into orbit today (December 17, 2015), doubling the number of Galileo spacecraft in space in the course of nine months from 6 to 12.

Galileo 11 and 12 — the full Operational Capability (FOC) satellites numbers 7 and 8 — lifted off together at 6:51 a.m. EST (12:51 CET, 11:51 UTC, 8:51 a.m. local time) atop a Soyuz rocket from Europe’s spaceport near Kourou, French Guiana.

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