Need Clear Vision Well done on the editorial this month (“Skies Cloudy All Day,” October). I totally agree with you regarding the lack of clear vision for our GPS future. And I’m not...
Read More →Momentum is a powerful phenomenon. When thought of in terms of a moving object, its mass and velocity can be measured. In other respects, it’s immeasurable. Feelings of confidence, trust, and fa...
Read More →This week, TerraGo Technologies announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement with In-Q-Tel – an independent venture capital fund tasked with identifying new technologies for the Central ...
Read More →Constellation Viability We recently discovered that in a 5-day period three GPS satellites were taken off line indefinitely with no explanation as to possible return to service. This is significant in...
Read More →In a recent editorial in GPS World’s Survey & Construction e-newsletter entitled “No Joy in Surveyville,” Eric Gakstatter lamented the performance of the GPS constellation for su...
Read More →Nationwide Differential GPS (NDGPS) heads toward the budget chop block. Its 2007 allocation has been scaled back to zero. As in aught, nought, zot. NDGPS, also referred to as the Coast Guard differe...
Read More →I have something to say about our mainstay — GPS — and its troubles of late. So many people in the survey/mapping community have asked me when this problem is going to be resolved. The problem is ...
Read More →Flex Power See “Potential Problems for Users of Modernized GPS Signals in Mixed-Mode Operations” by Eric Gakstatter in The System news section, page 15, June issue. Dear Mr. Gakstatter, T...
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