Getting Personal, Now Ok, this column is supposed to be about high-precision GNSS, right? Well, who would have ever thought I’d be inclined to write about consumer GPS receivers? Certainly not me. S...
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 →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...
Read More →PRN 17, the first IIR-M satellite launched in September 2005, began broadcasting the second GPS civil signal, L2C, in December 2005. PRN 17 is the first in the new generation of GPS satellites with a ...
Read More →When the new flex power feature aboard PRN 17, the first IIR-M GPS satellite, was enabled for testing (for a very short period of time), a problem was observed by certain GPS users. PRN 17, the first ...
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