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February 25, 2020

Android Developers Enticed by Half-Meter Accuracy from Smartphone

A new GNSS-centric application programming interface (API) library for Android and IoT developers is on the verge of appearing, and is now accepting registrations for its software development kit. The Fulfilling Enhanced Location Accuracy in the Mass Market through Initial Galileo Services (FLAMINGO) reportedly achieves half-meter accuracy in a smartphone.

By Inside GNSS

February 21, 2020

Apple Seeks Machine-Learning GNSS Positions Patent

Apple has filed an application to patent a machine-learning system for correcting GNSS positions based on consumer location estimates gathered from the setting. The technology could be applied to the company’s mobile mapping app.

By Inside GNSS

February 14, 2020

Revolutionist Parkinson Covers Past, Present, Future of GPS in Online Video

“I’ve been a revolutionist for 47 years,” Brad Parkinson began a recent invited lecture at Google, “with this stealthy revolution. GPS is indeed a stealthy revolution.” In his lecture “GPS and Humanity” he described how GPS has “stealthily” crept into the fabric of global society and created dependencies that did not exist before.

By Inside GNSS

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Scottish Rocket Site Planned; Could It Launch British GNSS?

Plans have been submitted for a rocket launch site in the north of Scotland that could boost communications satellites into orbit in two years. No word has come regarding the possibility of launching satellites of the United Kingdom’s a-borning GNSS from this facility, but the prospect is intriguing.

By Alan Cameron

February 13, 2020

GNSS Receivers Keep Mapping Drone at Optimal Distance from Rugged Terrain

Keeping a mapping drone at a safe distance from rugged vertical terrain during its mission requires intense planning and a GNSS-enabled technology called “terrain following.” A new online video series and free webinar document the real-life challenges and hazards that professional surveyors encounter in their work, this among them.

By Inside GNSS

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February 12, 2020

Private Location Data Bought and Sold; FCC Fines Possibly Pending

Americans by the millions are being tracked through their cell phones, using location data sold both legally and, apparently, illegally. The buyers-users range from marketers and bounty hunters to border enforcement groups within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

By Dee Ann Divis

February 10, 2020

Third GPS III Satellite Arrives at Cape Canaveral

The third next-generation GPS III satellite arrived in Florida on February 5, destined for an expected April launch.

By Inside GNSS

February 7, 2020

Navigate Any Environment, Road or Underground

Three different low-cost sensor integrations, covering vehicle navigation in a range of environments, will be covered in a February 12 webinar, “Automotive-Grade GNSS + Inertial for Robust Navigation.”

By Inside GNSS

February 5, 2020

European Space Agency Looks at 2020

European Space Agency (ESA) top brass welcomed journalists to the Agency’s headquarters in Paris for its annual New Year’s press launch. On hand was the Director General as well as ESA’s Galileo guru Paul Verhoef, who spoke one-on-one with Inside GNSS.

By Peter Gutierrez

Details Emerge On Ligado Decision Delay

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) told two U.S. Senators in January that his agency could not complete a decision on Ligado Network’s license modification by the end of 2019 because of a late-in-the-year response from a key federal agency.

By Dee Ann Divis

February 3, 2020

Test Confirms Timing Resilience of LEO Time Service Underground, Indoors

A recent test demonstrated that the combination of the SecureSync time server manufactured by Orolia and the Satellite Time and Location (STL) service provided by Satelles can deliver extremely accurate timing as compared to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

By Inside GNSS

Characterizing GNSS Interference from Low-Earth Orbit

2017 and 2018 saw unprecedented GNSS interference activity, from the eastern Mediterranean to Norway and Finland. Syria emerged as a testbed for electronic warfare capabilities. In April 2018, General Raymond Thomas, commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, referred to the region as “the most aggressive electronic warfare environment on the planet.”

By Inside GNSS

January 31, 2020

SAPA and SPARTN GNSS Corrections Roll Out from SAPCORDA Joint Venture

Sapcorda Services GmbH announced the release of its Safe And Precise Augmentation (SAPA) Premium GNSS positioning service, providing GNSS corrections via internet and satellite.

By Inside GNSS

B: Applications

Housed GNSS Positioning and Heading Receiver for Construction, Ma...

GPS IIIF Slows as Program Funding Shifts to Space Force...

Android Developers Enticed by Half-Meter Accuracy from Smartphone

Apple Seeks Machine-Learning GNSS Positions Patent

Revolutionist Parkinson Covers Past, Present, Future of GPS in Online Video

Scottish Rocket Site Planned; Could It Launch British GNSS?

GNSS Receivers Keep Mapping Drone at Optimal Distance from Rugged Terrain

Private Location Data Bought and Sold; FCC Fines Possibly Pending

Third GPS III Satellite Arrives at Cape Canaveral

Navigate Any Environment, Road or Underground

European Space Agency Looks at 2020

Details Emerge On Ligado Decision Delay

Test Confirms Timing Resilience of LEO Time Service Underground, Indoors

Characterizing GNSS Interference from Low-Earth Orbit

SAPA and SPARTN GNSS Corrections Roll Out from SAPCORDA Joint Venture