Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
The European Space Agency is sponsoring a free three day event in Brussels, Belgium to showcase new satellite navigation innovations and to encourage collaboration between small entrepreneurial companies and the major corporations involved in the buildout of Galileo.
By Inside GNSS
The Position Location And Navigation Symposium technical conference and industry exhibition is a forum for the latest navigation technology. It is held every other year in even numbered years. The 2010 event will be held at Renaissance Esmerelda Resort and Spa in Indian Wells, near Palm Springs, California.
Conference tutorials covering a number of topics from core navigation fundamentals to in-depth classes about the latest technologies will take place on May 3. Twenty-four half-day technical sessions are scheduled for May 4-6.
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Trimble will hold its first user conference in China on December 15-17 at the Jiuhua Resort and Conference Center in Beijing. It will cover civilian technology only.
The theme "Exploration Has No Boundaries," draws comparisons between 15th century navigator Zhenghe, the 2008 space mission Shenqui, and the use of positioning technology to steer exploration.
Trimble head Steve Bergland will deliver one of the conference keynotes.
By Inside GNSS
NavTechGPS will offer GNSS tutorials on February 22-26 2010 at the Hotel Solamar in San Diego, California. They are:
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NAV09, the Royal Institute of Navigation’s annual conference, will be
held at four different locations covering five different areas of navigation throughout November.
November 10: Maritime
"Shipbourne Navigation – What’s Coming Next?"
Southampton Solent University Conference Centre.
November 12: Positioning and Location
"Now and into the Future. Looking Beyond the Horizon"
University of Nottingham.
November 19: Land
The fourth European workshop on GNSS signals and signal processing will take place at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany on Thursday and Friday, December 10-11 2009.
The keynote speech on “European GNSS Programs Status and Perspectives on Signals” will be given by Frédéric Bastide, European Commission (DG-Energy & Transport).
The full program can be downloaded from the website below.
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The international Symposium on GNSS, Space-based and Ground-based Augmentation Systems and Applications 2009 will take place at the Rathaus Wilmersdorf, Fehrbelliner Platz 4, in Berlin from Monday, November 30 through Wednesday, December 2.
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The 2010 International Symposium on Certification of GNSS Systems and Services (CERGAL) will take place from April 28-29, 2010 in Rostock, on the Baltic Sea in the north of Germany.
The event includes a technical program and an industry exhibition.
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Torino, ItalyThe International Committee on GNSS (ICG), is a voluntary United Nations–backed association that brings together GNSS and augmentation providers — including the United States, Russia, European Union, China, India, and Japan — and associate members representing key user communities.
The group will hold their fifth meeting at the International Training Center in Turin, Italy on October 18-22, 2010. It will be hosted by Italy and the European Union.
Sessions include discussions of GNSS technology in an era of multi-gnss receivers and timing,
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The Institute of Navigation’s 2010 International Technical Meeting will take place at the Catamaran Resort Hotel in San Diego, California from Monday, January 25 through Wednesday, January 27.
This year’s plenary session, Navigation Behind Close Doors: Challenges of Indoor and Urban Navigation, focuses on challenges for first responders and navigation in urban canyons and underground.
Browse the full program online.
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Trimble and the China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group Co. Ltd. (CREEC), the third largest civil construction enterprise in the world, have signed a definitive agreement to form a 50/50 joint venture in China.
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Osmografo system on rescue dog (GMV photo)
The Spanish high-technology company GMV S.A. won three top prizes for its canine search and rescue positioning system at the sixth European Satellite Navigation competition awards ceremony held on October 21 in Munich, Germany.
The Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services (RTCM) has recognized Dr. Rudy Kalafus for his 25 years of service as Chairman of RTCM Special Committee 104 (SC104) on Differential Global Navigation Satellite System (DGNSS) Service.
By Inside GNSS
