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European Navigation Conference on GNSS 2010

European Navigation Conference on GNSS 2010

The ENC GNSS 2010 will be held at the Stadhalle Braunschweig, Germany on October 19-21.

The main topics will be Galileo system and segment technology, status and interoperability of the GNSSes and augmentation systems, GNSS integration with communications and other terrestrial systems and GIS, developments in navigation instruments, transport and mobility and more.

Paper abstracts must be submitted by April 16 2010. Peter Vörsman, DGON, is the program committee chair.

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5th ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation Technologies (NAVITEC)

5th ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation Technologies (NAVITEC)

"Multi-GNSS Navigation Technologies: The Beginning of a New Age" is the theme of the 5th ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation Technologies.

In addition to multi-GNSS issues, the event will focus on signal design, signal processing, GNSS payload technology effects and integration of navigation technologies with communication services.

The European Space Agency event will be held from December 8 to 10, 2010 at ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands.

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IET Seminar: GNSS-10, The Future of Satellite Navigation

IET Seminar: GNSS-10, The Future of Satellite Navigation

The UK Institution of Engineering and Technology will sponsor a one-day seminar on Galileo and GNSS on Thursday, April 29 at the IET headquarters on the Thames Embankment,  Savoy Place, London.The event runs from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.

Speakers include GNSS experts EADS Astrium, Helios, Roke Manor Research Ltd, SSTL, Logica and University College London.

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CISME 2010: China (Shanghai) International Mapping & Surveying Equipment

CISME 2010: China (Shanghai) International Mapping & Surveying Equipment

The 2010 CISME exhibition, including three GNSS-related symposia, will be held at the Shanghai EverBright Convention Center April 8 through 10.

"Digital China Based on Innovation" is the them of the China (Shanghai) International Mapping and Surveying Equipment exhibition.

The three symposia covering GPS, GIS and remote sensing technologies, are: 2010 National Survey Technology, 2010 Shanghai Remote Sensing Technology and 2010 Shanghai Geophysics.

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IFEN Software Receiver Workshop: IEEE/ION PLANS conference
March 23, 2010

IFEN Software Receiver Workshop: IEEE/ION PLANS conference

IFEN GmbH is hosting a SX-NSR Software Receiver Workshop during the IEEE/ION PLANS conference, on Wednesday, May 5.

The workshop focuses on multi-sensor, multi-frequency GNSS signal analysis with the company’s SX-Navigation software receiver.

It takes place from 9:30 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. at the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort and Spa.

Thomas Pany, IFEN senior research engineer, and Bernhard Riedl, IFEN product manager, will speak. They will discuss:

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Russia to Put 8 CDMA Signals on 4 GLONASS Frequencies
March 18, 2010

Russia to Put 8 CDMA Signals on 4 GLONASS Frequencies

Prof. Grigoriy Stupak. JPL/IGS photo

[Corrected March 20] Russia is “close to completion” of a coordination plan for the “whole set of GLONASS signals” that will include eight different CDMA signals on four frequencies, according to Prof. Grigoriy Stupak, deputy director general of the Russian Institute of Space Device Engineering (RISDE) and the general designer for the GLONASS system.

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Bright Ideas Welcome at 2010 European Satellite Navigation Competition
March 12, 2010

Bright Ideas Welcome at 2010 European Satellite Navigation Competition

European Satellite Navigation Competition Awards 2009

The European Satellite Navigation Competition (Galileo Masters), now in its seventh year, is seeking the best ideas for satellite navigation applications from companies, entrepreneurs, research institutes, universities, and individuals. Prizes total more than €500,000.

The 2010 contest begins on May 1, when competitors may register and submit their ideas online at the secure ESNC website. It closes on July 31.

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Sampler Plate from Munich Summit
March 9, 2010

Sampler Plate from Munich Summit

Tony Russo, U.S. National Office for Space-Based PNT

Ah, another Munich Summit plenary session filled with many already-knowns and former unknowns, the latter mostly conveyed in nuances and bon mots.

More about that in news reportage to come.

But in the event’s venue, a recently restored All-Saints Church under der Residenz, the speakers may have felt a little lingering moral pressure to tell the truth. So, a sampler plate of comments may be in order.

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March 8, 2010

Don’t Forget the Memory

Our hosts at Infineon Technologies AG today kept wanting to apologize for the snow, but Richard Fischer and I assured them that Oregon and New Jersey were no strangers to the stuff. Especially Richard, coming off this year’s season of perpetual storms on the East Coast.

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Downloadable GPS — Who’d Have Imagined?
March 7, 2010

Downloadable GPS — Who’d Have Imagined?

Wikimedia Commons

The S-Bahn from Munich’s airport rolls through the frigid Bavarian fields and suburbs toward the main train station — my jumping off spot for the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit.

On its front page, the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper laments the return of winter to Germany just as the crocuses had managed to push their heads through the frozen earth, and on our night-time approach to the airport the lighted villages amid the snowy landscape evoke thoughts of Christmas more than Easter.

But enough with the weather report.

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