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Cybersecurity Bills Could Reshape GPS Anti-Interference Efforts
April 30, 2012

Cybersecurity Bills Could Reshape GPS Anti-Interference Efforts

Legislation moving through Congress could reshape efforts to counter GPS interference as the government steps up its efforts to fight cybercrime and protect critical systems like the power grid and communications networks.

Though cybersecurity generally focuses on protecting information systems the broad definitions in some legislation now on the Hill appear to encompass GPS support systems, some user communities, and even the constellation itself.

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By Inside GNSS
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China Succeeds with Dual BeiDou-2 Compass Satellite Launch

China Succeeds with Dual BeiDou-2 Compass Satellite Launch

Two Beidou-2 MEO satellites go up on a Long March rocket

China successfully launched two Compass satellites into space at 4:50 a.m. Beijing Time on Monday, April 30 (20:50 UTC, April 29).

Designated Compass M3 and M4, these are the 12th and 13th of its second-generation Beidou-2 spacecraft to reach orbit and the second and third middle-Earth-orbiting (MEO) spacecraft launched by China’s GNSS program.

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ICINS 2012: International Conference on Integrated Navigation Systems

ICINS 2012: International Conference on Integrated Navigation Systems

The Winter Channel during the White Nights

The 19th International Conference on Integrated Navigation Systems will take place  at Central Scientific and Research Institute "Elektropribor" in St. Petersburg on May 28-30, 2012.

The conference is being held during the lively "White Nights" tourist season, when the sun stays up until 11 p.m. or later. An English-language sight-seeing tour of St. Petersburg the evenoing of May 28 is included in the conference fee.

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By Inside GNSS
British Military Claims Patent on GPS, Galileo Civil Signal Structure
April 27, 2012

British Military Claims Patent on GPS, Galileo Civil Signal Structure

Variations on the common GPS/Galileo MBOC signal

The British military establishment is seeking royalties from GPS receiver manufacturers, asserting it holds a patent on the technology at the heart of the new GPS and Galileo civil signals.

Should U.S. manufacturers have to pay royalties, American GPS users, who have already paid for the GPS constellation and made it available to the world free of charge, could find themselves spending more to use its location capabilities. Sources said the development could undermine relations between the U.S. and the European Union (EU), which have cooperated for years to develop a common signal at the L1/E1 frequency centered at 1575.42 MHz.

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By Inside GNSS
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NASA Backs Test of Real-time GPS Earthquake Mitigation Network
April 26, 2012

NASA Backs Test of Real-time GPS Earthquake Mitigation Network

Location of real-time GPS monitoring stations in the western United States that make up part of the Real-Time Earthquake Analysis for Disaster Mitigation Network. The networks stations are overlain on a U.S. Geological Survey seismic hazard map showing areas forecast to have a 10-percent probability of exceeding a certain level of ground shaking within the next 50 years. (Areas in shades of red have the strongest shaking, while areas in green shades have the weakest shaking.) Image credit: USGS/UC Berkeley/Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Evolution of real-time GNSS reference networks and data processing has evolved to the point that NASA-backed researchers believe they can soon implement large-scale demonstration tests to provide earthquake and tsunami alerts to the general public and emergency responders.

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By Inside GNSS
Trimble to Acquire SketchUp — Google 3D Modeling Tool

Trimble to Acquire SketchUp — Google 3D Modeling Tool

Example of site logistic design by M.A. Mortenson Company using Google’s SketchUp 3D modeling tool

Trimble announced plans today (April 26, 2012) to acquire SketchUp, a popular 3D modeling tools, from its Silicon Valley neighbor, Google, Inc.

Sunnyvale, California–based Trimble signed a definitive agreement with Google, headquartered in Mountain View, with the transaction expected to close in the second quarter of 2012. Although the companies did not disclose financial terms of the deal, a Trimble news release said the transaction “is not expected to be material to 2012 earnings per share.”

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2012 Space Weather Workshop
April 23, 2012

2012 Space Weather Workshop

Aurora Borealis, 1977, near Anchorage, Alaska from the National Weather Service collection in NOAA’s online photo database

The annual Space Weather Workshop will take place on April 24-27 2012 at the Millennium Hotel in Boulder, Colorado. Registration is now open.

The conference schedule is online here.

Organizers call it the meeting of science, research, applications, operations and users.

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By Inside GNSS
3rd China Satellite Navigation Conference (CSNC 2012)

3rd China Satellite Navigation Conference (CSNC 2012)

Last year’s Satellite Navigation Conference, held in Shanghai.

Opening Day Video (CNTV)

The CSNC, now in its third year, is an open platform for academic exchanges in the field of satellite navigation. Its aim is to encourage technological innovation, accelerate GNSS engineering and boost the development of the satellite navigation industry in China.

The conference will be held May 15-19 2012 at the Poly World Trade Center, Exhibit Hall 6,  in Guangzhou, China.

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Geospatial World Forum 2012
April 21, 2012

Geospatial World Forum 2012

Pres. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the “Missile Man of India,” in 2008. (wikicommons)

The 2012 Geospatial World Forum will be held at the Amsterdam RAI Exhibition and Convention Center from April 23 to April 27. The venue is in the south part of the city and close to the airport.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, president of India 2002-2007 and one of the country’s most famous space scientists, will give the keynote talk. Kalam, called the "People’s President" was also known as the "Missile Man of India" for his work on development of ballistic missile and space rocket technology.

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By Inside GNSS
European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012

European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012

Austria Center Vienna

The EGU General Assembly 2012 will be held at the Austria Center Vienna from April 22 to April 27. The official language is English and scientists from all countries are welcome.

The EGU is a professional society and publisher of peer-reviewed, mainly open access, journals for those working in the geosciences, planetary and space sciences. The annual meeting regularly attracts over 10 thousand scientists and students from nearly 100 countries.

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