http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld GPS World examines the Global Positioning System from inside and outside. We follow GPS inside the portable devices, black boxes, and integrated systems where it resides while celebrating innovative and state-of-the-art applications. In addition, we explore the characteristics and capabilities of mobile computing, wireless communications, the Internet, and other positioning technologies and sensors. 2009-07-04T21:45:24Z http://cp.gpsworld.com/gpscp/Latest+News/CSR-and-SiRF-Complete-Merger/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/608652?ref=25 CSR plc of Cambridge, UK, and SiRF Technology Holdings Inc., of San Jose, Califonia, on June 26 completed the merger between SiRF and a wholly owned subsidiary of CSR. The merger resulted in "creating a provider of connectivity and location platforms and a company with the scale, technology, and strategy to enable its customers to address the exciting and emerging opportunities in mobile markets," according to a company statement. 2009-07-02T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpscp/272009/608652null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/From+the+Editor/Out-in-Front-Next-Is-the-New-Now/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/606362?ref=25 The Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce Emissions (AIRE), conducted jointly by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the European Commission, and several airlines, plans to demonstrate how GPS technology can cut flight times and reduce fuel use by thousands of pounds per longhaul flight. A green ticket, some call it. 2009-07-01T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/262009/606362null HTML http://cp.gpsworld.com/gpscp/Expert+Advice+%26+Leadership+Talks/Expert-Advice-All-Rise-GPS-Entering-the-Court/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/606361?ref=25 In the litigious society that we have become, it is not surprising to see GPS as a regular fixture in many civil and criminal proceedings in our nation?s courts. A new and growing outlet for the legal profession, it has also engaged many of the older GPS pioneers who, instead of just retiring, have found a relatively lucrative way to spend their free time. They now form the cadre of GPS expert witnesses, without whom many of the cases involving positioning could not be settled equitably. 2009-07-01T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpscp/262009/606361null HTML http://tl.gpsworld.com/gpstl/Business+News+%26+Outlook/Business-Outlook-The-Real-Race-in-GNSS-to-Be-the-P/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/606369?ref=25 As dependence upon GPS grows, so does the need for complementary or augmented solutions. In commercial aviation, the lack of integrity in GPS is addressed by systems such as the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS), while mariners have developed their own differential network for similar assurances. The mobile market has developed network-assisted techniques to counter the slow time-to-first-fix, whilst on-board solutions such as map-matching enable seamless in-car navigation. 2009-07-01T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpstl/262009/606369null HTML http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/Business+News+%26+Outlook/The-Business-Broadcom-Introduces-PND-on-a-Chip/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/606342?ref=25 Broadcom has released what it calls "the first PND on a chip," a new navigation processor and power management unit (PMU) designed for personal navigation devices (PNDs). The BCM4760 system-on-a-chip (SoC) includes a GPS baseband, radio frequency (RF) circuitry, low noise amplifier (LNA), and high-powered applications and graphics processors to drive 3D user interfaces. 2009-07-01T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsworld/262009/606342null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Air-Force-Polls-Receiver-Makers-for-Solutions-to-S/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/607645?ref=25 The U.S. Air Force GPS Wing seeks comments from receiver manufacturers regarding the SVN-49 signal anomaly and the Air Force’s proposed solution. The Air Force has been investigating the cause and effects of signal distortions, observed as an elevation-dependent bias in ranging measurements, from the GPS IIR-20(M) spacecraft launched on March 24, 2009 and not yet set operational. As recently as June 19, the GPS Wing outlined solutions it planned to implement to compensate for the pseudorange errors, but now it states that "it is not possible for the Air Force to evaluate the myriad of civilian products and applications. Your help is urgently requested to […] evaluate […], conduct tests […], and provide recommendations and advice to the Air Force." 2009-06-30T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/272009/607645null HTML http://cp.gpsworld.com/gpscp/Latest+News/Garmin-Introduces-Dakota-Recreational-GPS-Handheld/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/607233?ref=25 Garmin International Inc. has released two new recreational handheld GPS navigators, the Dakota 10 and Dakota 20. According to Garmin, the Dakotas pack a high-sensitivity GPS receiver, worldwide basemap, and color touchscreen display into a compact, waterproof device with up to 20 hours of battery life. 2009-06-29T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpscp/272009/607233/Garmin-Dakota-P_thumbnail.jpg http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpscp/272009/607233null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Latest+News/Navteq-to-Provide-Utilities-Data-Licensing-through/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/607177?ref=25 Mapmaker Navteq is offering a Utility Street Data Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) as an enhancement to the recently launched ESRI Small Utilities ELA. Available only through ESRI, the customized Navteq offering can be obtained by any U.S. utility with meter counts of 100,000 or less. 2009-06-29T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/272009/607177null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Avionics+%26+Transportation+News/NovAtel-to-Supply-Next-Gen-WAAS-Reference-Receiver/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/606908?ref=25 GNSS OEM manufacturer NovAtel Inc. received a $9.7 million contract from the FAA to develop the next-generation WAAS reference receiver, the GIII. 2009-06-25T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/262009/606908null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/Analyses-of-a-Drop-in-GPS-Satellite-Numbers/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/605171?ref=25 Professor Richard Langley of the University of New Brunswick (also GPS World Innovation editor) has done several analyses to see how the use of GLONASS satellites could help compensate for a potential reduction in the number of available GPS satellites. These studies came in response to a warning from the U.S. Government Accountability Office about the potential drop in the number of healthy satellites in the GPS constellation as a result of delays in both the Block IIF and Block III modernization programs. 2009-06-22T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/252009/605171null HTML http://lbs.gpsworld.com/gpslbs/Latest+News/Geodelic-to-Offer-Intelligent-Location-Application/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/605470?ref=25 Mobile technology company Geodelic announced today that it has partnered with T-Mobile USA, Inc. to deliver a new application, called Sherpa, a local discovery application that learns a user's favorite types of locations and preferences over time. 2009-06-22T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpslbs/262009/605470null HTML http://cp.gpsworld.com/gpscp/Mass+Market+OEM+News/New-Jersey-Could-Ban-Manual-GPS-Devices-in-Cars/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/605477?ref=25 A New Jersey legislator is hoping to ban in-car navigation systems that rely on manual input. Voice-activated units would still be allowed. 2009-06-22T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpscp/262009/605477null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/The-SVN-49-Story-What-Went-Wrong-How-It-Got-Found-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/605179?ref=25 During a very reassuring teleconference today with Colonel David Madden (GPSW/CC) and Colonel David Buckman (AFSPC - GPS Command Lead), we learned the true story of exactly what happened to SVN-49 , aka IIR-20(M), launched March 24, and why it has not been set to a healthy status. This teleconference should put an end to all the speculation concerning SVN-49 and its future status. In sum, there is nothing wrong with the L1, L2, or L5 signal transmitters, and they will not have to undergo expensive re-testing. 2009-06-19T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/252009/605179null HTML http://cp.gpsworld.com/gpscp/Latest+News/Doh-Wrong-Turn-Homer-Simpson-New-Voice-for-TomTom/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/605139?ref=25 Homer Simpson knows how to navigate to the Kwik-E Mart in Springfield, and thanks to TomTom, now he can help you find your way to your favourite supermarket, doughnut store or burger bar in the UK or Ireland. 2009-06-19T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpscp/252009/605139/Homer-T_thumbnail.jpg http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpscp/252009/605139null HTML http://sc.gpsworld.com/gpssc/Latest+News/DeLorme-Extends-GPS-Capabilities-to-ESRI-Users/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/605134?ref=25 With the Earthmate PN-40 Extension for ESRI software from DeLorme, mobile professionals can convert collected waypoints and tracks with associated comments for import into ArcGIS Desktop as shapefiles. Users can also transfer views of their projects for use in the field, display MrSID and GeoTIFF imagery files, and navigate rural terrain across DeLorme trail and road data, the company said. 2009-06-19T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssc/252009/605134null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Latest-GPS-Satellite-Early-Orbit-Checkout-Extended/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/604393?ref=25 The U.S. Air Force is investigating the cause and effects of signal distortions observed from the GPS IIR-20(M) spacecraft launched on March 24, 2009. Routine early orbit checkout procedures determined that GPS IIR-20(M) signals were inconsistent with the performance of other GPS IIR-M satellites. The signal distortion was initially observed as an elevation-dependent bias in ranging measurements from GPS monitor stations. 2009-06-17T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/252009/604393null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Coast-Guard-Directed-to-Maintain-and-Upgrade-Loran/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/604089?ref=25 The U.S. Senate, in a Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011 currently before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, directs the Secretary of Transportation to maintain the current Loran-C navigation system and prepare for modernization to eLoran, and authorizes $37 million per year for 2010 and 2011 towards that purpose. Similar action is also currently pending in the House. 2009-06-16T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/252009/604089null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Resource-for-Comparing-Precise-Point-Positioning-P/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/602940?ref=25 GNSS researchers at the University of New Brunswick, Canada, have created a Precise Point Positioning (PPP) Software Centre website to offer an easy means of comparing solutions from online PPP applications. Users are invited to send a RINEX observation file that will be simultaneously processed by three online PPP applications: 2009-06-11T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/242009/602940null HTML http://lbs.gpsworld.com/gpslbs/LBS+News/SpotOn-GPS-Platform-Enables-LBS-Ad-Delivery/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/602330?ref=25 TechnoCom Corporation has launched a mobile advertising and marketing content-delivery platform, SpotOn GPS, providing comprehensive turn-by-turn navigation, search, and mapping. 2009-06-09T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpslbs/242009/602330null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/UN-ICG-Seeks-Presenters-for-Fourth-Meeting/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/601989?ref=25 Preparations are underway for the fourth meeting of the United Nations International Committee on GNSS in September, and the workshop is looking for contact with receiver manufacturers, software application companies, scientists, or educators that would be willing to make a presentation to the group. 2009-06-05T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/232009/601989null HTML http://tl.gpsworld.com/gpstl/Latest+News/Applanix-Introduces-Flight-Management-and-Direct-G/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/601993?ref=25 Applanix of Richmond Hill, Canada, has introduced today the POSTrack 410 flight management and direct georeferencing system. The system is designed specifically to be used with the latest generation of medium-format airborne digital photogrammetric cameras to maximize the efficiency and productivity of airborne mapping, the company said. 2009-06-05T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpstl/232009/601993null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/GAO-Report-The-Long-Form/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/601747?ref=25 A much longer version than previously reported by this website of the U.S. Government's General Accounting Office report on GPS health is available online. This 61-page PDF, compared to the 15-page digest that we have previously pointed to, contains the same conclusions and recommendations, stemming from the same analysis, but includes further key supporting figures and more extensive discussion of core topics of concern. 2009-06-04T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/232009/601747null HTML http://sc.gpsworld.com/gpssc/Latest+News/Topcon-Makes-Initial-Purchase-of-Italian-Software-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/601759?ref=25 Topcon Positioning Systems has purchased a significant ownership interest of Destura, s.r.l, a software and hardware technology company located in Concordia Sulla Secchia, Modena, Italy. Topcon has committed to buying the remaining ownership interest by 2014. 2009-06-04T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssc/232009/601759null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Clarification-of-Parkinson-Remarks-on-Block-IIF/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/601500?ref=25 Dr. Brad Parkinson, speaking from the Joint Navigation Conference, emphasized that he is “a strong supporter of GPS IIF continuing for the first 12 vehicles.” 2009-06-03T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/232009/601500null HTML http://cp.gpsworld.com/gpscp/Mass+Market+OEM+News/Broadcom-Introduces-PND-on-a-Chip/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/601294?ref=25 Broadcom announced what it calls "the first PND on a chip," a new navigation processor and power management unit (PMU) designed for personal navigation devices (PNDs). The BCM4760 system-on-a-chip (SoC) includes a GPS baseband, radio frequency (RF) circuitry, low noise amplifier (LNA), and high-powered applications and graphics processors to drive 3D user interfaces. 2009-06-02T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpscp/232009/601294null HTML http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/Corporate+Profile/Corporate-Profile-Leadership-Series-2009-Laser-Tec/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/600724?ref=25 Laser Technology 2009-06-01T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsworld/222009/600724null PDF http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/Corporate+Profile/Corporate-Profile-Leadersthip-Series-2009-CAST-Nav/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/602968?ref=25 Corporate Profile 2009 CAST Navigation 2009-06-01T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsworld/242009/602968null PDF http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/From+the+Editor/Out-in-Front-But-Enough-about-Me/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/607262?ref=25 Let us hear from you readers of print or digital editions, website users, e-newsletter subscribers, webinar attendees, linkers-in, RSS feeders, twitterers, Tech Talk bloggers. What do you think of the information conveyed through GPS World?s multiple channels? What new, different, or simply more of the same would you like to see? 2009-06-01T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/272009/607262null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Innovation/Innovation-L5-Signal-First-Light/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/601296?ref=25 Great excitement surrounds the activation of a new transmitter from a satellite — an occasion dubbed first light. Research groups around the globe joined the GPS Wing in monitoring and analyzing the first L5 signals from space. We describe the equipment and procedures used to capture and analyze SVN49's signals and give an assessment of their characteristics. 2009-06-01T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/232009/601296/i2_t_thumbnail.jpg http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/232009/601296null XML http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/Corporate+Profile/Corporate-Profile-Leadership-Series-2009-Telogis/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/600727?ref=25 Telogis 2009-06-01T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsworld/222009/600727null PDF http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/Corporate+Profile/Corporate-Profile-Leadership-Series-2009-NovAtel/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/600728?ref=25 NovAtel 2009-06-01T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsworld/222009/600728null PDF http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/Business+News+%26+Outlook/The-Business-LabSat-Simulator-Tests-OEM-GPS-Device/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/601266?ref=25 With the ability to record, replay, and simulate GPS RF data, Racelogic?s new LabSat is being marketed as a real-world testing solution for original equipment manufacture (OEM) of GPS devices. PLUS: Apisphere Unveils Out-of-the-Box Geocaching GPS; JAVAD GNSS Customers Now Track GPS L5 Signal; and Trimble GPS Mapping Solutions Receive EU Certification 2009-06-01T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsworld/232009/601266null HTML http://cp.gpsworld.com/gpscp/Latest+News/US-Customs-OKs-Redesigned-GPS-Chip-Import/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/601076?ref=25 U.S. Customs and Border Protection has determined that GPS chips redesigned by SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc., of San Jose, California, fall outside an exclusion order issued by the U.S. International Trade Commission, reported the Reuters news service. Following the announcement, SiRF stock rose 14 percent. 2009-06-01T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpscp/232009/601076null HTML http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/Feature/2009-Buyers-Guide-and-Corporate-Profiles/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/600546?ref=25 The capabilities of hundreds of companies are outlined in our authoritative directory to product manufacturers and service providers in the GNSS industry. Leaders in the GNSS marketplace describe their products, services, and corporate capabilities in special advertiser-sponsored pages. 2009-06-01T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsworld/222009/600546null XML http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/2009-Buyers-Guide-PDF/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/602534?ref=25 2009 Buyers Guide and Corporate Profiles 2009-06-01T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsworld/242009/602534null PDF http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/Corporate+Profile/Corporate-Profile-Leadership-Series-2009-Taoglas/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/600731?ref=25 Taoglas 2009-05-29T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsworld/222009/600731null PDF http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/Corporate+Profile/Corporate-Profile-Leadership-Series-2009-746th-Tes/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/600723?ref=25 746th Test Squadron 2009-05-29T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsworld/222009/600723null PDF http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/Corporate+Profile/Corporate-Profile-Leadership-Series-2009-Pacific-C/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/600725?ref=25 Pacific Crest 2009-05-29T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsworld/222009/600725null PDF http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/Corporate+Profile/Corporate-Profile-Leadership-Series-2009-Rakon/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/600730?ref=25 Rakon 2009-05-29T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsworld/222009/600730null PDF http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Russia-to-Launch-Two-GLONASS-Correction-Relay-Sate/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/600689?ref=25 According to an Interfax news item, the Russians will launch two multipurpose relay satellites in 2010-2011, which will carry payloads for providing GLONASS correction data. 2009-05-29T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/222009/600689null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Parkinson-Prescribes-Remedy-for-GAO-Report-Alarm/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/599901?ref=25 Brad Parkinson, the first GPS Program Office director, chief architect and advocate for GPS, submitted written testimony to Congress on mitigation options for possible GPS brownouts. His presentation comes in reference to the recent GAO report highlighting the risk that the GPS constellation may fall below the minimum level of 24 satellites required for full operational capability. In his opening, Parkinson states that "GAO correctly points out the possibility that the GPS constellation will be reduced to less than the current number of 30 to 32 satellites. In fact, it is possible that the constellation will be at a level of less than 24 satellites. I would like to focus on the options that would help reduce this risk." 2009-05-26T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/222009/599901null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Calling-the-Real-Race-in-GNSS/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/599294?ref=25 Andrew Sage, a director of UK-based transport consultancy Helios, delivered a presentation at the European Navigation Conference entitled: The race to be the partner of choice for GPS. 2009-05-21T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/212009/599294null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/Galileo-Services-and-OREGIN-Join-Forces/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/599348?ref=25 Galileo Services Association is joining forces with OREGIN, the ORganisation of European GNSS equipment and service INdustry, a European network of GNSS industries. 2009-05-21T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/212009/599348null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Lockheed-Martin-GPS-III-Team-Completes-Design-Revi/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/599544?ref=25 The Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Air Force's next-generation GPS spacecraft, known as GPS III, has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) phase, a major program milestone that allows the team to begin the Critical Design Review (CDR) stage. 2009-05-21T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/212009/599544null HTML http://sc.gpsworld.com/gpssc/Survey+%26+Construction+News/Topcon-Receivers-Track-New-L5-Signal/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/599319?ref=25 Topcon Positioning Systems engineers have successfully tracked the new L5 signal transmitted from a U.S.-based GPS satellite. More than four years ago, Topcon announced it had receivers capable of tracking L5 signals. Topcon's GR-3 and NET-G3 receivers are L5-capable. 2009-05-21T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssc/212009/599319null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Air-Force-Space-Command-Committed-to-GPS-Health/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/599356?ref=25 The U.S Air Force and Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) have been the diligent stewards of GPS since its conception in the 1970s and continue its commitment to this critical component of our National Infrastructure, stated the agencies today in a press release from Peterson Air Force Base. 2009-05-21T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/212009/599356null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Air-Force-GPS-Expert-to-Twitter-on-GAO-Report/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/599127?ref=25 The U.S. Air Force Space Command’s subject-matter expert on the GPS program will Twitter on the command’s site, www.twitter.com, from 2 to 3 p.m. MT, in response to the recent Government Accountability Office report on the GPS program. 2009-05-20T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/212009/599127null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Loran-Study-Finally-Unleashed-Says-Keep-It-Best-Op/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/597861?ref=25 Withheld from the public for two years, since its completion in March 2007, the Independent Assessment Team (IAT) report has been let out of detention, just in time to counter recent efforts by the Obama administration, the Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Coast Guard to throttle the program. The IAT “unanimously recommends that the U.S. government complete the eLoran upgrade and commit to eLoran as the national backup to GPS for 20 years." The IAT’s conclusion has long been informally known throughout the GPS industry, but the report’s release adds considerable weight, expertise, and specifics to a long, determined campaign to preserve the program. 2009-05-12T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/202009/597861null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/GPS-at-Risk-Doomsday-2010/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/597841?ref=25 The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued on May 7 an alarming report on the future of GPS, characterizing ongoing modernization efforts as shaky. The agency appears to single out the IIF program as the weak link between current stability and ensured future capability, calling into doubt "whether the Air Force will be able to acquire new satellites in time to maintain current GPS service without interruption." It asserts the very real possibility that "in 2010, as old satellites begin to fail, the overall GPS constellation will fall below the number of satellites required to provide the level of GPS service that the U.S. government commits to." 2009-05-12T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/202009/597841null HTML http://lbs.gpsworld.com/gpslbs/LBS+News/ABI-Research-LBS-Subscribers-Increase-to-18-Millio/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/597753?ref=25 The number of subscribers to handset-hosted location-based services (LBS) increased in 2008 to more than 18 million, according to a new study from ABI Research. 2009-05-11T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpslbs/202009/597753null HTML http://sc.gpsworld.com/gpssc/Survey+%26+Construction+News/Hemisphere-GPS-Expands-Business-Ventures-in-China-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/597754?ref=25 Hemisphere GPS has been able to secure agreements with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in China for custom, private-label precision GPS positioning solutions including the company's Crescent and Eclipse GPS receiver technologies. 2009-05-11T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssc/202009/597754null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/NOAA-Predicts-Mild-Solar-Storm-Season/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/597380?ref=25 Although its peak is still four years away, a new active period of Earth-threatening solar storms will be the weakest since 1928, predicts an international panel of experts led by NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center and funded by NASA. Despite the prediction, Earth is still vulnerable to a severe solar storm, which can affect GPS and GNSS. 2009-05-08T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/192009/597380null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/Spirent-Collaborates-with-U-of-Nottingham-to-Advan/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/597109?ref=25 Spirent Communications plc, provider of navigation and positioning test solutions, and the GNSS Research and Applications Centre of Excellence (GRACE), part of University of Nottingham's Institute of Engineering Surveying and Space Geodesy (IESSG), have expanded their relationship to advance the facility's satellite navigation signal test and simulation capabilities. 2009-05-07T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/192009/597109null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/New-GPS-Satellites-Problems-Indicated/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/596465?ref=25 The U.S. Air Force spoke briefly for the first time in public regarding signal anomalies from the IIR(M)-20 satellite launched in March. 2009-05-04T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/192009/596465null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Innovation/Innovation-The-WAAS-L5-Signal/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/597762?ref=25 L5 signals have been continuously transmitted by a pair of satellites for the past several years. The geostationary Earth-orbiting (GEO) satellites used by the Wide Area Augmentation System to provide enhanced integrity and accuracy include not only an L1 payload but an L5 payload as well. Although the WAAS L5 signals are not yet intended for end users, can they be used now for positioning and navigation and, if so, are there any caveats? 2009-05-01T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/202009/597762/Innov_thumbnail.jpg http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/202009/597762null XML http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/Business+News+%26+Outlook/The-Business-Mileage-Based-Road-Tax-Gets-Pumped/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/597768?ref=25 A congressional commission is recommending using GPS to tax drivers based on distance traveled, instead of taxing the gas drivers buy. The method, already tested in Oregon, is also being considered by half a dozen states. PLUS: u-blox Announces Acquisition of Geotate; White Electronic Awarded $8.6M in Contracts; Trimble Introduces Tiny GPS Timing Receiver; more 2009-05-01T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsworld/202009/597768/gaspump-T_thumbnail.jpg http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsworld/202009/597768null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Insight+%26+Commentary/50-GNSS-Leaders-to-Watch/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/597763?ref=25 Who will move the frontiers of knowledge, the industry, and user applications forward in 2009 and 2010? What strategies will they employ and what risks will they undertake? In this fourth annual special report, we gain insight from key indivduals shaping the future of GNSS, and pick five technologies to watch. 2009-05-01T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/202009/597763/i1_thumbnail.jpg http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/202009/597763null XML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Insight+%26+Commentary/Out-in-Front-Ready-Aim-Shoot-Foot/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/595209?ref=25 The GPS community carries around a loaded weapon, seemingly unconcerned with figuring out how to put a safety on it. This is a catastrophe waiting to happen, one that could hobble the industry. Equipment to interfere with the GPS signal is readily available over the Internet. 2009-05-01T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/182009/595209/Alan_Cameron_SMALL_thumbnail.jpg http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/182009/595209null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/Department-of-Transportation-Releases-Civil-Monito/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/596189?ref=25 On April 30, the U.S. Department of Transportation released a Civil Monitoring Performance Specification document for GPS. 2009-05-01T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/182009/596189null HTML http://sc.gpsworld.com/gpssc/Survey+%26+Construction+News/KVH-Garners-1M-for-Continuous-Nav-System-with-NovA/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/595757?ref=25 KVH Industries, Inc., has received a $1 million order for its CNS-5000, a self-contained navigation system that combines fiber-optic gyro (FOG)-based inertial measurement technology from KVH with GPS technology from NovAtel. 2009-04-29T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssc/182009/595757/KVH-CNS-5000-T_thumbnail.jpg http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssc/182009/595757null HTML http://sc.gpsworld.com/gpssc/Latest+News/JAVAD-GNSS-Customers-Now-Track-GPS-L5-Signal/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/595183?ref=25 JAVAD GNSS has announced that its customers with JAVAD GNSS "triple-frequency" type OEM boards (TR-G2T, TR-G3T, TRE-G2T, TRE-G3T, TRE-G3TAJ) and receivers (TRIUMPH-1, Alpha TR-G2T/TR-G3T, DeltaS TRE-G2T/TRE-G3T/TRE-G3TAJ, SigmaS TRE-G2T/TRE-G3T/TRE-G3TAJ) can now track the L5 demonstration signal. 2009-04-27T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssc/182009/595183/javad-T_thumbnail.jpg http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssc/182009/595183null HTML http://lbs.gpsworld.com/gpslbs/LBS+News/Frost-amp-Sullivan-Game-Changing-Moves-Strengthen-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/594991?ref=25 A number of factors including the development of third-party location databases and technologies are poised to finally drive real LBS market growth on mobile phones, according to a research report by Frost & Sullivan. 2009-04-24T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpslbs/172009/594991null HTML http://tl.gpsworld.com/gpstl/Avionics+%26+Transportation+News/Navteq-Study-Shows-Fuel-Savings-Result-from-Nav-Sy/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/594878?ref=25 Map provider Navteq has revealed the results of a proprietary research study designed to assess the consumer impact of everyday use of navigation devices. Results revealed that the drivers using navigation devices drove shorter distances and spent less time driving. 2009-04-23T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpstl/172009/594878null HTML http://sc.gpsworld.com/gpssc/Latest+News/Slower-Farm-Spending-Reduces-Revenues-for-Hemisphe/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/594909?ref=25 Hemisphere GPS has reported a 31 percent decrease in revenues for the first quarter of 2009, which ended March 31, 2009. Revenues decreased to $18 million, compared to $25.9 million in the first quarter of 2008. 2009-04-23T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssc/172009/594909null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Senate-Committees-Support-eLoran/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/594454?ref=25 Two leading Senate committees publicly back the eLoran system and question the U.S. President's latest budget proposal. The FY 2010 Concurrent Budget Resolution releases views from the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs backing the continued support for the Loran system, acknowledging the investment already made in infrastructure upgrades and recognizing the studies performed and multi-departmental conclusion that eLoran is the best backup to GPS. 2009-04-21T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/172009/594454null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Norway-Joins-Galileo-Project/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/594438?ref=25 The Norwegian government has decided that Norway shall participate in the Galileo project together with the 27 members of the European Union (EU). Norway is not a member of the EU. The Norwegian participation would cost almost 600 million Norwegian kroner (USD 93 million) over five years. 2009-04-21T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/172009/594438null HTML http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/System+Design+and+Test+News/Septentrio-Offers-Dual-Constellation-Live-L5-Track/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/595868?ref=25 Septentrio Satellite Navigation, based in Leuven, Belgium, states that its commercial off-the-shelf GNSS receivers are now successfully tracking the new L5 signal transmitted from GPS satellite SVN49 since turn-on April 10. Researchers and other specialists interested in evaluating and monitoring GPS and Galileo signals on two common frequencies can now perform tests with live signals from both constellations on L1 and L5/E5a. 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsworld/182009/595868null HTML http://cp.gpsworld.com/gpscp/Latest+News/Septentrio-Offers-Dual-Constellation-Live-L5-Track/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/594232?ref=25 Septentrio Satellite Navigation, based in Leuven, Belgium, states that its commercial off-the-shelf GNSS receivers are now successfully tracking the new L5 signal transmitted from GPS satellite SVN49 since turn-on April 10. Researchers and other specialists interested in evaluating and monitoring GPS and Galileo signals on two common frequencies can now perform tests with live signals from both constellations on L1 and L5/E5a. 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpscp/172009/594232null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Latest+News/New-van-Diggelen-Book-Covers-A-GPS-Indoor-Position/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/593768?ref=25 Frank van Diggelen has published a new book, A-GPS: Assisted GPS, GNSS, and SBAS, available through Artech House Publishers. The 380-page book, primarily intended for technical professionals involved in the study, research, design, or use of GPS/GNSS, covers both practical and theoretical details of signal acquisition and use under difficult conditions, primarily indoors. 2009-04-16T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/162009/593768/FrankvanDiggelen-T_thumbnail.jpg http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/162009/593768null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/China-Launches-Second-Compass-Satellite/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/593522?ref=25 The Chinese news agency Xinhua reports the successful launch on April 14 of a second Beidou/Compass global navigation satellite, destined for geostationary orbit along the equator at an altitude of about 22,300 miles. 2009-04-15T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/162009/593522/Compass-T_thumbnail.jpg http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/162009/593522null HTML http://lbs.gpsworld.com/gpslbs/Latest+News/T-1-Solutions-Tops-Winners-of-2009-Navteq-Global-L/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/591433?ref=25 T+1 Solutions is the Grand Prize winner of The Americas edition of the 2009 Navteq Global LBS Challenge, for its progrqam Taxi4me. 2009-04-15T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpslbs/142009/591433null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Featured-Video-Brad-Parkinson-Discusses-Big-Three-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/593288?ref=25 Brad Parkinson, the first program director of the U.S. Global Positioning System, delivers his “Big Three” requirements the world deserves of GPS in particular, and all global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) in general, that are not yet adequately addressed, in a video interview viewable at www.gpsworld.com/video. 2009-04-14T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/162009/593288null HTML http://cp.gpsworld.com/gpscp/Mass+Market+OEM+News/Egypt-Lifts-Ban-on-Civilian-GPS-Imports/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/593377?ref=25 The Egyptian authorities have announced plans to loosen the restrictions on the use of GPS devices within the country. The National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has lifted a ban on civilian use of GPS which had blocked import of most mid- to high-end mobile and smartphones. 2009-04-14T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpscp/162009/593377null HTML http://sc.gpsworld.com/gpssc/Latest+News/Topcon-Provides-Receivers-for-Chinas-Crustal-Movem/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/593184?ref=25 Topcon Positioning Systems has been selected to supply GNSS receivers for the Crustal Movement Observation Network of China (CMONOC). The company will supply 132 campaign-mode (portable) GNSS CORS receivers and GNSS choke-ring antennas for CMONOC. 2009-04-13T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssc/162009/593184null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Latest+News/Trimble-Introduces-Tiny-GPS-Timing-Receiver-to-Kee/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/593132?ref=25 Trimble has introduced a new embedded GPS receiver for timing applications. The Trimble Resolution-SMT GPS receiver provides advancements in performance, ease of integration, and software flexibility, Trimble said. It enables system integrators to add precise GPS to provide location, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), and synchronization to many products or systems where cost or size had previously been a limitation, the company said. 2009-04-13T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/162009/593132/resolution-smt-T_thumbnail.jpg http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/162009/593132null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/United-States-Air-Force-Successfully-Transmits-L5-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/593023?ref=25 The U.S. Air Force GPS IIR-20(M) satellite successfully transmitted for the first time a GPS signal in the L5 frequency band today. L5, the third civil GPS signal, will eventually support safety-of-life applications for aviation and provide improved availability and accuracy. 2009-04-10T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/152009/593023/L-5-T_thumbnail.jpg http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/152009/593023null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/L5-GPS-Signal-Now-Being-Transmitted-from-IIRM-20-S/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/592964?ref=25 The L5 third civil signal from the IIR(M)-20 satellite launched March 24 successfully began transmitting today, as planned. The satellite is equipped with a payload designed to provide an on-orbit demonstration of the L5 signal. 2009-04-10T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/152009/592964null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Military+%26+Government+News/L5-Demonstration-Event-Don-Jewell-Reports/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/593024?ref=25 On Friday, April 10th at 04:58:18 PDT, SRI International personnel utilized the SRI-operated 150-foot diameter radio telescope antenna in the Stanford Hills to monitor a GPS signal on a new civil frequency known as L5. 2009-04-10T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/152009/593024null HTML http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/Pedro-Pedreira-of-the-European-GNSS-Supervisory-Au/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/592741?ref=25 At the 2009 Munich Satellite Navigation Summit, Pedreira comments on alignment of U.S. and European interests over commercialization of Galileo services 2009-04-09T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsworld/152009/592741null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/White-Electronic-Awarded-86-Million-in-Military-GP/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/592701?ref=25 Semiconductor maker White Electronic Designs Corporation (Phoenix, Arizona) has been awarded multiple contracts worth approximately $8.6 million for its manufacture of products used in multiple GPS platforms. 2009-04-09T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/152009/592701null HTML http://cp.gpsworld.com/gpscp/Mass+Market+OEM+News/Berg-Shipments-of-GPS-enabled-GSMWCDMA-handsets-Ju/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/592482?ref=25 According to a new research report by Berg Insight, global shipments of GPS-enabled GSM/WCDMA handsets jumped 178.6 percent in 2008 to 78.0 million units. 2009-04-08T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpscp/152009/592482null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/L5-Signal-Activation-Anticipated-for-Friday/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/591925?ref=25 The GPS Wing is anticipating that the L5 signal from the IIR(M)-20 satellite launched March 24 will begin transmitting on April 10. The satellite is equipped with a payload designed to provide an on-orbit demonstration of the L5 third civil signal. 2009-04-06T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/152009/591925null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Latest+News/Census-Bureau-Kicks-Off-with-GPS-Help/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/591909?ref=25 Throughout the country, the Census Bureau launched a massive operation on March 30 to verify and update more than 145 million addresses as it prepares to conduct the 2010 Census, this time using GPS. 2009-04-06T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/152009/591909/fdca-T_thumbnail.jpg http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/152009/591909null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Algorithms+%26+Methods/Innovation-Precise-Point-Positioning/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/593503?ref=25 Is there a viable alternative to real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning? In this month's column, we take a look at the technique of precise point positioning (PPP). How close is PPP to prime time? 2009-04-01T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/162009/593503/Innov-T_thumbnail.jpg http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/162009/593503null XML http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/Business+News+%26+Outlook/The-Business-Security-Paramount-Strengthened-by-Lo/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/590020?ref=25 Two new products, from Qascom in Italy and White Electronics in the United States, demonstrate ways to protect and secure sensitive data, augmenting other encryption and protection with location technology in scalable security solutions. PLUS: Broadcom, SiRF Top ABI's GPS Chip Vendor Ranking; Getac GPS Comes with Camera, Altimeter, E-Compass; more 2009-04-01T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsworld/142009/590020/TIGER-T_thumbnail.jpg http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsworld/142009/590020null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Expert+Advice+%26+Leadership+Talks/Indoor-Message-System-Evaluated/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/589988?ref=25 The IMES indoor messaging system aims to provide seamless positioning at the room level. 2009-04-01T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/142009/589988/ForssellBorje-T_thumbnail.jpg http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/142009/589988null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/From+the+Editor/Out-in-Front-Talking-Heads/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/589977?ref=25 An edict has arrived from on high: explore the use of new media to further our mission and increase our numbers, whether they count revenue, pages, or web traffic. 2009-04-01T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/142009/589977null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Latest+News/ION-Mini-Urban-Challenge-Seeks-Sponsors/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/590545?ref=25 The Institute of Navigation is sponsoring the first-ever annual Mini-Urban Challenge, along with the Air Force Research Laboratory and administered by the Dayton Section of the ION, and is seeking sponsors to provide cash prizes. 2009-03-31T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/142009/590545null HTML http://cp.gpsworld.com/gpscp/Latest+News/Microsoft-TomTom-Settle-Patent-Dispute/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/590586?ref=25 Microsoft Corp. and TomTom N.V. announced Monday that they have settled the patent infringement cases brought by Microsoft before the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington and the International Trade Commission (ITC) and by TomTom in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. 2009-03-31T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpscp/142009/590586null HTML http://cp.gpsworld.com/gpscp/Latest+News/Furuno-Completes-Acquisition-of-eRide/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/590633?ref=25 Furuno Electric Co., Ltd. has acquired eRide, Inc., making eRide a majority-owned subsidiary of Furuno. The acquisition enables eRide and Furuno to jointly develop future generations of market leading GPS technology and products, said Furuno, which is based in Nishinomiya, Japan. 2009-03-31T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpscp/142009/590633null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Just-Launched-IIRM-20-GPS-Satellite-Now-Active/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/589973?ref=25 The IIR(M)-20 satellite launched March 24 from Cape Canaveral is now transmitting L1/L2 GPS signals. However, the satellite has not yet been declared healthy and is not yet included in almanacs. 2009-03-30T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/142009/589973null HTML http://cp.gpsworld.com/gpscp/Latest+News/u-blox-Announces-Acquisition-of-Geotate/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/590114?ref=25 u-blox Holding AG today announced that u-blox AG has acquired Geotate B.V. (a joint venture between Road Group Holding AG and NXP B.V.). Geotate develops GPS geotagging solutions based on software GPS technology and related web services. 2009-03-30T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpscp/142009/590114null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/GPS-Wings-Work-Continues-after-Successful-Launch/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/589764?ref=25 While many were celebrating the successful launch of the Delta II as it streaked across the Atlantic Ocean, others who were gathered in the 45th Launch Support Squadron headquarters held off until successful separation of the spacecraft from the vehicle and the all-important acquisition of signals to and from the satellite, reports the public affairs office of the GPS Wing. 2009-03-27T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/132009/589764null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Latest+News/Northrop-Grumman-to-Supply-Land-Nav-Systems-for-So/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/589408?ref=25 Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract by Korean military systems and vehicle manufacturer Doosan DST Co., Ltd. to deliver inertial navigation units for the Republic of Korea's new K21 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV). The LLN-G1 units will be built by the company's German navigation systems subsidiary, Northrop Grumman LITEF. 2009-03-25T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/132009/589408/korrean-T_thumbnail.jpg http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/132009/589408null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Symmetricom-Network-Time-Server-Gets-Security-Nod-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/589417?ref=25 Symmetricom, Inc.'s SyncServer S300/S350 SAASM NTP Network Time Server meets GPS security requirements of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the company announced. 2009-03-25T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/132009/589417/S350-T_thumbnail.jpg http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/132009/589417null HTML http://lbs.gpsworld.com/gpslbs/LBS+News/Hale-Capital-Autodesk-Announce-Completion-of-LBS-S/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/589407?ref=25 Hale Capital Partners and Autodesk announced completion of the transaction to transfer Autodesk's Location Services business unit to LocationLogic, a new entity owned and operated by Hale Capital Partners, with Autodesk and other minority investors. Further terms of the transaction were not disclosed. 2009-03-25T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpslbs/132009/589407null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/IIR-20M-Satellite-with-L5-Civil-Signal-Successfull/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/589051?ref=25 A Lockheed Martin-built modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, equipped with an innovative payload that will provide an on-orbit demonstration of the L5 third civil signal, was successfully launched today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. 2009-03-24T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/132009/589051/GPS2R20-T_thumbnail.jpg http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/132009/589051null HTML http://sc.gpsworld.com/gpssc/Latest+News/SSTL-Led-Team-Investigates-GNSS-Signals-for-Remote/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/588889?ref=25 Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) will lead a British project to exploit signals from GPS and GNSS navigation satellites that are reflected from the Earth for remote sensing purposes. The project will investigate a prototype instrument capable of measuring the roughness of the sea and soil moisture content, providing data for atmospheric science and for operational ocean and weather forecasting. 2009-03-23T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssc/132009/588889null HTML http://sc.gpsworld.com/gpssc/Professional+OEM+News/Value-of-GPS-Networks-Services-Predicted-to-Rise/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/587688?ref=25 The worldwide value of GPS networks and services is forecast to rise from US $263 million in 2009 to US $504 million by 2013, according to a Position One Consulting market report. 2009-03-23T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssc/122009/587688null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Launch-Set-Tuesday-for-GPS-Satellite-with-L5-Civil/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/588867?ref=25 A U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin team is gearing up to launch a modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, which includes a demonstration payload that will transmit a new third civil signal, known as L5. This spacecraft is set for launch aboard a Delta II rocket on March 24, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. 2009-03-23T04:00:00Z http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/132009/588867/GPSIIR20patch-T_thumbnail.jpg http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/132009/588867null HTML