IGS-MGEX
Commonly employed antennas (top) and receivers (bottom) within the MGEX network
Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Commonly employed antennas (top) and receivers (bottom) within the MGEX network
Approval by the European Parliament of the new 2014-2020 European Union (EU) budget last November was widely seen as a step in the right direction for the 28-nation union, after more than a year of sometimes bitter monetary wrangling.
The Parliament quickly followed the move by voting to approve the financing and governance of Europe’s satellite navigation program over the same period. The measure passed the Parliamentary ballot by an impressive margin, with 603 votes in favor, 29 against, and 59 abstentions.
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India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) provisionally certified the nation’s Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) — the GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) system — to RNP0.1 (Required Navigation Performance, 0.1 Nautical Mile) service level on December 30, 2013.
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The Geospatial World Forum and industry exhibition will be held at the Centre International de Conférences Genève (CICG), Geneva, Switzerland on May 5-9, 2014.
The call for abstracts has closed. Early registration is open until February 15, late registration will be from February 16 to April 25. Spot registration is available after April 25.
This year’s theme is "geoSMART Planet: Resources + Infrastructure & YOU!" Program highlights include:
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The eDLoran receiver including antenna is mounted in a standard enclosure (14x14x10cm) for GPS-RTK equipment provided by AD Navigation (Norway)The Dutch Pilots Corporation and Reelektronika announced today (January 7, 2014) the successful development and test of an Enhanced Differential Loran (eDLoran) backup to GNSS in The Netherlands.
Trials at sea and in the Rotterdam Europort harbor area met the requirement for absolute accuracies in the five-meter range, according to Durk van Willigen, CEO of Reelektronika, and Wim van Buuren, Loodswezen’s information & communications technology (ICT) and innovation manager and board member.
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Jules McNeff, Overlook SystemsTechnologies, Inc.EDITOR’S NOTE: Jules McNeff answers additional questions on the subject of spectrum protection and sharing in a special “GNSS Forum” extension of this installment of the "Thought Leadership Series" in this issue of Inside GNSS.
As Mark Twain once famously told a petitioner for investment advice: “Buy land. They are not making it any more.”
So it is with radio frequency spectrum, a limited and finite resource.
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GPS/BeiDou/MEMS configuration and GPS/MEMS configuration (left and right, respectively, top photo), Front view (center photo) and back view (lower photo) of nAX5.2Due to the huge success of GPS in both military and civil applications, several other GNSSs have been developed, built, and operated in the last few decades. GNSS, regional, and augmentation systems are comprise a growing family that also includes GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou, and Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS). New members, such as the Global Indian Navigation System (GINS), are preparing to join in next decade.
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The Presidential Palace in Hanoi, VietnamThe fifth Asia Oceania Regional Workshop on GNSS will take place at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam from December 1-3, 2013.
Registration has closed.
The December 1 GNSS Tutorial Session will be "GNSS Positioning Technology".
On December 2 and 3, sessions will be devoted to GNSS applications, a group discussion on the technologies and results of the Multi-GNSS Demonstration experiment and a demonstration of emergency information distribution during disaster using GNSS.
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Prompted by reports of a sharp deterioration in the quantity and quality of 911-caller automatic location information, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is weighing new requirements for phone companies to help emergency personnel find cell phone users in need of aid.
Data from emergency providers show that a rapidly declining number of 911 calls from mobile phone users come in without the accurate location information needed to find the person calling for help.
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ION’s Pacific PNT Conference 2015 will take place April 20-23, 2015 at the Marriott Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The conference brings together policy and technical leaders from the Pacific Rim for policy updates, program status and technical exchanges on positioning, navigation and timing. The conference will include tutorials and a table-top exhibition.
Call for Abstracts will be available in Fall 2014. Registration will open in the Winter of 2014.
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The 2014 JNC – Joint Navigation Conference, "Military Navigation Technology: The Foundation for Military Ops", will take place June 16-19, 2014 at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida.
Online registration is open.
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NovAtel Inc. has announced the NovAtel CORRECT positioning technology, which combines data from multiple GNSS satellite constellations with corrections from a variety of sources, to deliver the best position solution possible.
Designed for NovAtel’s OEM6 receivers, CORRECT capabilities can be implemented in three ways, with correction data delivered via satellite or Internet, depending on the requirements of the application: precise point positioning (PPP), TERRASTAR, or real-time kinematic (RTK).
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A new nonprofit has been launched to push for repurposing the United States’ old C-Loran infrastructure to support a new, privately funded Enhanced Loran (eLoran) service as a backup to GPS.
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