With apologies to James Bond, Ian Fleming, and, well, just about everybody else. Here is a grab from my mail bag. The message was subjectlined: GPS Spy Applications. "I recently suspected my wife of cheating, having been involved with gps as a land surveyor since 1995, I used and application...More>>

We have entered rehearsals for world domination. Yes, that's right. World domination. In the GNSS sense. Which system will attain and maintain global leadership? Which industry will garner greatest profit? Which user community will enjoy most capability?More>>

With a Loran cut-off pending, users, manufacturers, and engineers from around the GNSS community react, pro and con, to the elimination of a potential GPS back-up system.More>>

The final ION 2009 blog reprints Trent Skidmore's concluding 2007 ION blog, which remains current. And probably will continue to do so, as long as the ION GNSS conference continues. The author is a senior research engineer at The Ohio University, whose projects have included development of a...More>>

The SVN49 Impasse, and results of the Great Sticky Pad ExperimentMore>>

395 technical papers in three days. That’s a tall order for yours truly to sift through, looking for the next dozen or so articles in the magazine over the next six months. But I do it with joy, for you, because —More>>

Ok, ready for this? I distrust technology. The level I’m most comfortable with comes in the form of a steel shovel blade at the end of a lathe-turned wooden handle. That sets me back, oh, maybe 3,000 years or more. More>>

As I make my own plans for ION in Savannah and prepare my presentation for the CGSIC meeting, I'm reviewing user concerns with GPS/GNSS and its development. Some scary stuff.More>>

GNSS thoughts while digging in the garden. Subjects: Furore Aplentys; the GAO Report returns to burn; Everyone's Master; Further musing on things in the air, such as NextGen and NowGen; a meditation on satellite manufacture by nations, occasioned by the expiry of a Compass space vehicleMore>>

Post-conference recaps from the ENC, on the wing high above Greenland. Subjects: Loran; the real race in GNSS; Aire, the FAA, NextGen, and NowGenMore>>