Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Today, Hemisphere GNSS announced its next-generation digital and RF (radio frequency) ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) platforms, and the release of three all-new positioning and heading OEM (original equipment manufacturer) boards – the first products incorporating these technological advancements.
By Inside GNSS
The city of Madrid is one of the first utilizing Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in conjunction with enhanced positioning services, in order to improve public transport services in the Spanish capital.
By Stan Goff
As urban populations grow, cities will have to become smarter to provide the same level of services to their residents, while tackling growing environmental and logistical challenges. A dedicated session at the recent Munich Satellite Navigation Summit discussed the future needs of smart cities and how synergies between GNSS and other emerging technologies support the applications that will meet these needs.
By Inside GNSS
The International Conference on Localization and GNSS (ICL-GNSS) 2019 will take place in Nuremberg, Germany on June 4-6, 2019 and will feature a session on “Errors Mitigation for GNSS High Accuracy Positioning,” among other timely topics.
By Inside GNSS
Orolia, which provides GNSS-based systems for defense and commercial industries around the world, has successfully installed the world’s first operational Cospas-Sarsat second-generation technology on search and rescue ground stations for the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Florida and Hawaii. These ground stations have been upgraded with Second Generation Beacon (SGB) signal processing capabilities to more accurately and quickly locate the source of distress signals.
By Inside GNSS
Automated vehicles are on the way, and the European GNSS Agency (GSA) sees satellite navigation as a core technology that will help to ensure their safe operation. At the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the GSA shared its space with the “ESCAPE” project, a European Union-funded initiative that has developed a unique positioning module for autonomous or semi-autonomous driving.
By Inside GNSS
The European Navigation Conference 2019 (ENC 2019) comes to Warsaw, Poland on April 9-12. The European Group of Institutes of Navigation (EUGIN) and Polish Navigation Forum (PNF) invite attendees to the conference, which is organized by the Polish Navigation Forum. PNF is a non-profit organization, founded in the ’80s, with the aim of associating people involved in development of the science of navigation. This is the second time Poland is hosting the ENC conference participants, and the venue will be the Novotel Warszawa Centrum Hotel.
By Inside GNSS
Orolia announced today that it has successfully acquired Skydel Solutions, an innovative GPS/GNSS signal simulation company based in Montreal, Canada. This latest PNT industry news was announced during the Association of the U.S. Army’s Global Force Exhibition in Huntsville, Alabama.
By Inside GNSS
Officials representing the European Union are now publicly advancing the use of EU space assets, including the Galileo satellite-based navigation system, for military purposes. Galileo has traditionally been touted as a purely civil, purely nonmilitary system, but times and circumstances are changing.
The theme of the EU Space Week session Security and Defense was established by the introductory text that appeared in the event’s program: “The development of the European space sector has, from the outset, been linked to security, either that of the Member States or the EU itself.”
By Peter Gutierrez
Officials for the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit announced the theme for the 2019 event while attending the ION GNSS+ conference in Miami last fall and are now preparing for their 2019 conference in the spring.
“Augment Yourself with GNSS…” will be the theme of the 2019 edition of the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit, taking place on March 25–27, 2019 at the Alte Kongresshalle in Munich. The organizing Institute of Space Technology and Space Applications (ISTA) of the Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen will invite experts from all over the world to talk about the latest news on Positioning, Navigation, and Timing and their role for Augmented/Mixed Reality as well as other up-to-date technologies.
By Inside GNSS
Thinking Allowed
In the GNSS race launches are often quoted as the main event for the coming year — there won’t be another launch for Galileo until 2020. Despite this, in 2019 new capabilities are going to be introduced that will allow users to profit even more of the unique features offered by the Galileo system. As Galileo Galilei used to say “e pur si muove” (and yet it moves).
By Inside GNSS
In recent years, the railway segment – including industry, service providers and R&D – has led and developed a portfolio of innovative solutions to increase cost effectiveness, improve passengers’ experience and enhance the safety of rail transport.
By Inside GNSS
The European Union’s Horizon 2020 HELIOS and its coordinator Orolia have announced the launch in Europe and the United States of an upgrade to its McMurdo FastFind 220 and Kannad SafeLink Solo personal location beacons (PLB) to include Galileo.
By Inside GNSS
Spaceopal has successfully passed the Maintenance Handover Review (MHOR) for the Level 2 and 3 Maintenance of the European GNSS Service Centre (GSC) in Torrejón de Ardoz, located outside Madrid, Spain.
By Inside GNSS
A two-day training course in GNSS from fundamentals to advanced topics is planned for March 21-22 for United Kingdom industry and SMEs.
By Inside GNSS
