Name the hottest test-bed for interoperability of multiple GNSS in user applications. North America, cradle of global satellite positioning, navigation, and timing? Close, but as the saying goes, no cigar. Europe, the up and coming? You’re getting colder. Russia, rocketeer of the once and future...More>>

When Alan Cameron first asked me a year ago to write for GPS World, I was delighted to think that an old crow such as myself could be considered as a potential contributor to this dynamic publication. At the time I had to decline, but as circumstances change — and change they certainly have for...More>>

Do you want it neutral? No matter where you sit in the mobile location ecosystem, the outcome of the net neutrality debate will impact your business. If you are emerging from a coma, I’ll fill you in. First, Brazil did not win the World Cup. Second, the debate over net neutrality is whether...More>>

There is no hiding the 800-pound gorilla in the location-based services market. It’s the smartphone that will drive most LBS services. One company, deCarta, is finding strong growth powering navigation on several smartphone platforms. As a future LBS market driver, deCarta believes that...More>>

I like doing interviews, and obviously GPS World Defense PNT readers like them as well because I receive the most mail after an interview. Following my May 2010 interview with General C. Robert (Bob) Kehler (USAF), the commander of Air Force Space Command, it took me weeks (I am still receiving...More>>

Try wiping up the Gulf oil spill with your phone. If that doesn’t work, Trimble’s Map the Spill, a free location-based mobile app and website, acts as a repository of data to chronicle impacts. Users can log reports, upload photos, map oil locations, and share updates. “The geographic scope...More>>

It is with some sadness that I write my last Professional OEM newsletter. I am leaving the GPS World team to take up a new role with Australia’s national science agency the CSIRO where I will be a director in the Oceans research flagship. In many respects this is a return to my roots as it was...More>>

It’s July, which means big news is slow to come by — and it is the opportunity to examine what will drive the location-based services market in 2010. Who are the big players who are winning this year? Is it Google with huge advertising and LBS focus? Or is it Nokia, the top handset manufacturer...More>>

On February 8, the United States began shutting down its 20-odd Loran transmitters. The International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA), of which the United States is a member, continually recommends the use of eLoran as back up for GNSS, and is moving...More>>

Thanks to all who attended last month’s webinar on the application of positioning in open-pit mining. As usual, in this month’s newsletter we will provide the webinar poll results and also try and answer the questions we were unable to get to during the hour. More>>