John F. Raquet

Director | Advanced Navigation Technology Center, Air Force Institute of Technology

"GPS has shown us the value of navigation, and more and more we are assuming that our navigation systems will just work. However, there are environments where GPS by itself is not sufficient. Much of our work at the Advanced Navigation Technology Center is focused on developing alternative methods of navigation that can be used to complement GPS when it is not available."

Lawrence R. Weill

President | Lawrence R. Weill, Ph.D. Systems Analysis and Development

Actively researching advanced GNSS signal processing techniques, Weill's current focus is on theoretical and practical aspects of receiver-based GNSS multipath mitigation. His work includes recently developed signal compression technology and the multipath mitigation technology algorithm licensed to receiver manufacturer NovAtel, Inc. He will also continue research in new techniques for acquiring very weak GNSS signals (below 1160 dBm) for unique emerging positioning and time transfer applications.

Chris Rizos

Professor & Head | School of Surveying & Spatial Information Systems, The University of New South Wales

"In this an Olympic year, how can we live up to the Olympic ideal of citius, altius, fortius — swifter, higher, stronger? I'm fortunate to be part of the revolution fueled by GNSS in two activities. The International GNSS Service has just completed its Strategic Plan, and amongst improvements it will make is a move to a real-time service for science and the community. The International Association of Geodesy is establishing the Global Geodetic Observing System, laying the foundations for studying System Earth at millimeter accuracy. GNSS is truly a star performer — fast, accurate, reliable and absolutely essential."

Hans Streng

CEO | Geotate

"Geotate, a recent spinout from NXP, brings to market a software/web service-based technology which enables a wide range of new geotagging applications. Geotate technology tags objects in a fraction of a second with a snapshot of raw unprocessed GPS satellite data. The raw data is converted into a geoposition through web-assisted post-processing. The most compelling application is location tagging of photos and videos. Equipped with the Geotate sensor client, imaging devices such as DSCs, videocameras and accessories can create embedded geotags for photos, videos, or any other data-object in a fraction of a second and with virtually no power consumption."

Günter Heinrichs

Head of Customer Applications Department and Business Development | IFEN GmbH

"We have had an exciting year 2007 at IFEN GmbH. We saw the uncertainties related to the Galileo program, we solved some challenges in setting up the Galileo Test and Development Environment (GATE) test bed, and we successfully launched our first commercial products to the market. For 2008/09 I will focus on the successful commercial putting into operation of the GATE test bed, the continuous extension and successful marketing of the commercial GNSS product family of IFEN, and setting up our new customer applications department, for the marketing and sales of and customer support for all commercial products."