Gakstatter to Discuss LightSquared on America’s Web Radio February 27

February 24, 2012 - By GPS World Staff

Eric Gakstatter, Survey Scene and GIS editor, along with Gavin Schrock (Administrator, Washington State Reference Network) and Laurence Socci (ACSM/NSPS Government Affairs Consultant) will be guests on America’s Web Radio on Monday, February 27, at 11 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the latest developments in the LightSquared/GPS interference debate as well as other GPS/GNSS issues.

The one-hour program is hosted and moderated by American Congress on Surveying and Mapping’s (ACSM) executive director Curt Sumner.

You can listen to the radio broadcast by visiting America’s Web Radio website. The show will also be recorded and available on the ACSM and GPS World websites for download.

ACSM, with its largest Member Organization being the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS), was founded in June 1941 and is incorporated as a non-profit educational organization whose goal is to advance the sciences of surveying and mapping and related fields, in furtherance of the welfare of those who use and make maps. ACSM also encourages the development of educational programs and supports publications that represent the professional and technical interests of surveying and mapping. The society is comprised of four independently incorporated Member Organizations which include more than 5000 surveyors, cartographers, geodesist, and other spatial data information related professionals from private industry, government, and academia throughout the world. Each member Organization serves the specific interests of their respective members, while working collectively to achieve the overall goals of ACSM.