NAVCEN hosts 60th CGSIC meeting virtually before ION GNSS+ 2020

In previous years, the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC) took place right before the start of the ION GNSS+ conference.

This year, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Coast Guard Navigation Center (NAVCEN) are holding the 60th meeting virtually, in collaboration with the Institute of Navigation (ION).

The meeting will take place Sept. 21-22 online before the annual ION GNSS+ conference, which will also take place virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

All CGSIC meetings are free and open to the public. Anyone in the world with access to a computer can attend these public meetings of the U.S. Civil GPS Program.

DOT serves as the civil lead for the GPS program and chairs the CGSIC in this capacity. NAVCEN is assigned duties as deputy chair and executive secretariat for the CGSIC.

Subcommittees of the CGSIC for Timing, International Information, and Surveying-Mapping-Geosciences will hold meetings Sept. 21, and a summary of these meetings will be presented to the CGSIC plenary session on Sept. 22.

The keynote speaker for this year’s plenary session will be Major General John E. Shaw, Combined Force Space Component Commander, U.S. Space Command, and Commander, Space Operations Command, U.S. Space Force.

Presentations this year include:

• PNT updates from various countries around the world
• Atomic clocks for fundamental physics: time for discovery
• Missouri Department of Agriculture land survey program
• National PNT Policy Update from the National Space Council
• Mobile geospatial technology’s role in tracking beetle infestation in our nation’s forests

The full agenda is available online. CGSIC presentations will be posted online shortly after the meeting ends. Register for the meetings here.