Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Registration is taking place now for this year’s joint kick-off event of Europe’s major innovation competitions for space downstream applications — the Copernicus Masters and the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) — April 5, 2017 in Brussels, Belgium. The number of places is limited, so click here to secure a spot.
By Inside GNSS
ACR’s ResQLink+ Buoyant Personal Locator Beacon.Spirent Communications plc this week announced its test solutions have been used to improve maritime safety, and this development came about after much collaborative work designed to ensure that GNSS receivers are performing as needed, especially for rescue operations at sea.
Working with the Radio Technical Committee for Maritime Services (RTCM), Spirent has created test scenarios that simulate realistic satellite reception conditions at sea so that GPS distress beacon performance can be improved, allowing users to be rescued faster by search and rescue organizations.
By Inside GNSS
Galileo search and rescue beacon. GSA Photo.In effort to improve safety, the European GNSS Agency (GSA) has officially launched the Galileo and EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) test campaign for eCall devices, which allows eCall device manufacturers to pre-test Galileo and EGNOS compatibility prior to type approval.
By Inside GNSS
It’s been a big couple of weeks for second-generation satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) technology and for Bethesda, Maryland-based global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin.
By Inside GNSS
The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) is China’s contribution to the world in the domain of Global Satellite Navigation System (GNSS). The BDS is being developed by the Chinese government, mainly through military departments, with key considerations for China’s national security, economic interests and social progress.
By Ingo Baumann
Equations
EquationsWorking Papers explore the technical and scientific themes that underpin GNSS programs and applications. This regular column is coordinated by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Günter Hein, head of Europe’s Galileo Operations and Evolution.
By Günter W. Hein
SBAS illustration with the GNSS satellites (upper left) and the communications satellite (upper right).With the Australian government’s announcement earlier this month that it would invest $12 million in a two-year program looking into the future of positioning technology in Australia, comes plans for testing of satellite based augmentation systems (SBAS) to be undertaken, and for future applications for all four major modes of transport in Australia, as well as for potential safety, productivity, efficiency and environmental benefits.
By Inside GNSS
This week’s Navitec Conference, entitled “Navigating the Future of Transportation,” delivered good news to an appreciative crowd at the European Space Agency’s European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA/ESTEC) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
By Inside GNSS
With the Republican Party now entirely in charge of Washington’s prime policy real estate the neighborhood is going to change. The current residents are warily watching the newcomers take measurements for a major remodel of agencies, lobbying rules, national priorities, and international relationships, and everyone is assessing the implications of the new landscape.
By Dee Ann Divis
The European Commission (EC) has opened the third round of competition for €33 million (US$35.15 million) in Horizon 2020 (H2020) contracts for development of European GNSS (EGNSS) applications exploiting use of Galileo and the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS).
By Inside GNSS
The Saladin Citadel of CairoThe 10th International Symposium on Mobile Mapping Technology (MMT2017) will take place from May 6 – 8, 2017 at the Conrad Cairo Hotel, on the river Nile in Cairo, Egypt.
Online registration is available. Early bird rates end January 1, 2017.
By Inside GNSS
The 11th RIN Baška GNSS Conference will take place May 7 – 9, 2017, 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 abstract deadline is February 6, 2017. Please contact Renato Filjar.
By Inside GNSS
The Winspear Opera House and the Meyerson Symphony Center in the Downtown Dallas Arts DistrictAUVSI’s XPONENTIAL 2017, All Things Unmanned will take place at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. from May 8 – 11, 2017.
Online registration is open. Early bird registration ends November 30, 2016. Onsite registration will be available.
By Inside GNSS
