GNSS (all systems)

IEEE ISISS 2015 - International Symposium on Intertial Sensors and Systems
February 10, 2015

IEEE ISISS 2015 – International Symposium on Intertial Sensors and Systems

Kauna’oa Bay and Beach, with Mauna Loa in the background

The 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Inertial Sensors and Systems will be held at the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel on the Big Island of Hawaii on March 23 – 26, 2015.

Online registration is open.

This event covers the latest developments in the area of modern inertial sensors and emerging applications.

Invited Speakers:

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By Inside GNSS
2015 Space Weather Workshop

2015 Space Weather Workshop

The annual Space Weather Workshop will take place on April 13 – 17 2015 at the Millennium Hotel in Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.

Registration will be open soon.

This meeting will bring together customers, forecasters, vendors, government agencies and researchers of space weather information.

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INSPIRE - Geospatial World Forum 2015

INSPIRE – Geospatial World Forum 2015

Lisbon Castle

The INSPIRE – Geospatial World Forum 2015 and industry exhibition will be held at the Lisbon Congress Center in Lisbon, Portugal on May 25 – 29, 2015.

The call for abstracts has closed. Early registration is open until March 10, 2015. Spot registration will be available.

This year’s theme is "CONVERGENCE: Policies + Practices + Processes via PPP" Plenary and thematic sessions include:

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By Inside GNSS
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GEOINT 2015: United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation Symposium

GEOINT 2015: United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation Symposium

Washington D.C. at sunset

The eleventh annual GEOINT Symposium and exhibition will take place on June 22 – 25, 2015 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C., U.S.A.

Registration for the GEOINT Symposium will open in February 2015.

The event will feature keynote speakers, breakout sessions, and provide attendees an opportunity to learn from leading experts, share best practices, and uncover the latest developments from government, military and private-sector leaders.


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By Inside GNSS
GNSS Hotspots | January 2015
January 18, 2015

GNSS Hotspots | January 2015

One of 12 magnetograms recorded at Greenwich Observatory during the Great Geomagnetic Storm of 1859
1996 soccer game in the Midwest, (Rick Dikeman image)
Nouméa ground station after the flood
A pencil and a coffee cup show the size of NASA’s teeny tiny PhoneSat
Bonus Hotspot: Naro Tartaruga AUV
Pacific lamprey spawning (photo by Jeremy Monroe, Fresh Waters Illustrated)
“Return of the Bucentaurn to the Molo on Ascension Day”, by (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
The U.S. Naval Observatory Alternate Master Clock at 2nd Space Operations Squadron, Schriever AFB in Colorado. This photo was taken in January, 2006 during the addition of a leap second. The USNO master clocks control GPS timing. They are accurate to within one second every 20 million years (Satellites are so picky! Humans, on the other hand, just want to know if we’re too late for lunch) USAF photo by A1C Jason Ridder.
Detail of Compass/ BeiDou2 system diagram
Hotspot 6: Beluga A300 600ST

1. SLAVE TRADE
Bangkok, Thailand

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The Party Crashers

The Party Crashers

These days getting the United States, Russia, China, and Europe to agree on a common policy seems to be an increasingly rare event.

That’s why the long-standing comity among system operators in the GNSS sphere is particularly notable and welcome. “Interoperable and compatible” is the first principle espoused by the four nations under the aegis of the International Committee on GNSS.

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By Dee Ann Divis
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January 16, 2015

From Data Schemes to Supersonic Codes

A decade has passed since the first GNSS system-level authentication protocols were proposed, and yet the current ongoing discussion is still, “Do we really need GNSS signal authentication?” Indeed, the current argument is whether we need authentication at the system level (the satellite broadcast service) or whether user-based authentication (anti-spoofing) is sufficient for a number of application requirements.

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FCC Raises Questions about U.S. Access to Non-GPS GNSS

FCC Raises Questions about U.S. Access to Non-GPS GNSS

No reality show contestant ever neared the finish line without the producers serving up another challenge. And so it is for would-be multi-GNSS users in the United States.

After dodging budget cuts, thwarting other teams’ attempts to grab critical frequencies, and dealing with jamming and technical problems, members of the U.S. GNSS community were thrown another curve late last year when they learned that signals from GLONASS and other international constellations must be authorized for use in the United States.

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By Dee Ann Divis
Why are carrier phase ambiguities integer?

Why are carrier phase ambiguities integer?

It is well known that carrier phase ambiguities are integer values. Intuitively, this is hard to understand with a common counter-argument progressing along these lines: even if the receiver measures the instantaneous phase of the incoming signal (thus removing any fractional cycle component at the receiver end), the phase of the signal at the satellite cannot be guaranteed to be zero, so how can the ambiguity be integer?

In this article we explain why the carrier phase ambiguities are indeed integer.

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Galileo’s Commercial Service

Galileo’s Commercial Service

Figure 1; Tables 1 & 2

After some years of concept studies and simulations, the Galileo Commercial Service is taking off. The journey has started toward what can be the most accurate and secure worldwide satellite-based navigation services for civil use.

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Frank van Diggelen: Riding the GNSS Wave

Frank van Diggelen: Riding the GNSS Wave

Running San Francisco Marathon, with daughter, Tanera. Note GPS watch.

SIDEBAR: Frank van Diggelen’s Compass Points

“It all traces back to my parents,” says Frank van Diggelen. “My father, Tromp van Diggelen, was a surfer. He taught me to surf and swim, in that order, when I was five. I was racing sailboats before I was 10, and there’s a lot of navigation there. Even when you’re just on a lake, the racing is all about reading the wind, understanding angles of convergence, velocity-made-good, and so on.”

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